Aidia abeidii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Aidia abeidii S.E.Dawson & Gereau, Novon 20(3): 257 (256–259; fig. 1) (2010)

Typus: Y.S. Abeid 264 (1 July 1998, in flower; holotypus: K; isotypi: BR, M, MO-2292748^(JSTOR), NHT, UPS).
- Note: there are two specimens labelled as 'holotype': K000771307^(JSTOR) and K000771310^(JSTOR).
Type locality: Tanzania. Pwani Region: Bagamoyo Distr., Zaraninge Forest, Gongo Village, near WWF office, 06°11′S, 38°36′E, 260 m.

Dawson & Gereau consider the following two mentions possibly this species:

Aidia sp. sensu Verdc., Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Rub. (Part 2): 489 (1988)
Aidia sp. (aff. gardneri (Thwaites) Tirveng.) sensu S.T. Iversen, Symb. Bot. Upsal. 29(3): 204 (1991)

Native distribution areas:
Africa East Tropical Africa Kenya [fide Amano et al. (2020)], Tanzania References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Dawson, S.E. & Gereau, R.E. 2010. New Species of Aidia and Polysphaeria (Rubiaceae) from East Africa. Novon 20(3): 256–264. DOI: 10.3417/2009110 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page.

Bridson, D. & Verdcourt, B. 1988. Rubiaceae (Part 2). In Polhill, R.M. (ed.), Flora of Tropical East Africa, pp. 415–747. ISBN 90-6191-337-3 Google Books [reprint 2019 by CRC Press]. Reference page.
Iversen, S.T. 1991. The Usambara mountains, NE Tanzania: phytogeography of the vascular plant flora. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses 29(3): i–vi, 1–234. ISBN 91-554-2752-9 Reference page.

IUCN: Aidia abeidii S.E.Dawson & Gereau (Vulnerable) - Assessed by Amano, M., Kelbessa, E., Gereau, R.E., Hemp, A., Kabuye, C., Kalema, J., Kindeketa, W., Luke, W.R.Q., Malombe, I., Minani, V. & Ndangalasi, H. on 5 November 2014 and published in 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Aidia abeidii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 28. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Aidia abeidii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 28. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Aidia abeidii. Published online. Accessed: 28 March 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Aidia abeidii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 March 2022.