Aidia canthioides

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Dialypetalanthoideae
Tribus: Gardenieae
Genus: Aidia
Species: Aidia canthioides

Name

Aidia canthioides (Champ. ex Benth.) Masam., Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 28: 118 (1938)

• Typus: Champion s.n. (K) fide Ridsdale (1996: 176; 2008: 298); cf. K000742857^(mirror), without Champion's name, but typified by D.D. Tirvengadum's determination in 1986.
• Type locality: Hong-Kong. In ravines of Victoria Peak.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Randia canthioides Champ. ex Benth., Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 194 (1852); as Randia? canthioides
• Homotypic
  • Fagerlindia canthioides (Champ. ex Benth.) Tirveng. [in D. D. Tirvengadum & C. Sastre, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia Sér. 4, 8(3): 274 (1986), nom. illeg. (no basionym cited)] ex Ridsdale, Blumea 41(1): 176 (1996)
  • Benkara canthioides (Champ. ex Benth.) Ridsdale, Reinwardtia 12(4): 298 (2008); not accepted by Chen & Taylor (2011) [cited as Aidia canthioides]
• Heterotypic
  • Randia canthioides var. macrophylla Pit., Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H. Lecomte et al.] 3: 241 (1923); not accepted by Ruhsam (2005) [cited as Fagerlindia canthioides]
    • Typus: P.A. Eberhardt (syntypi: P [under the number 2696: P02274563^(mirror), P02274564^(mirror); under the number 2731: P02274561^(mirror), P02274562^(mirror)]).
      • Note: all these specimens except for P02274564 were determined as Aidia canthioides by D.D. Tirvengadum in 1976 and 1978.
    • Type locality: [Vietnam.] Annam: prov. de Thua-thien[​Thừa Thiên Huế province], haut cours du Bo-giang.
  • Aidia canthioides var. lanceolata Masam., Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 29: 218 (1939); not accepted by Ridsdale (1996: 176) and Govaerts (2003) [cited as Fagerlindia canthioides]
    • Typus: Masamune s.n. (not seen by Ridsdale 2008: 298).
    • Type locality: Taiwan.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central (Yunnan), Hainan, China Southeast (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong) Regional: Eastern Asia Nansei-shoto, Taiwan Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indo-China Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bentham, G. 1852. Florula Hongkongensis: an Enumeration of the Plants collected in the Island of Hong-Kong, by Capt.['Major' from page 73] J. G. Champion, 95th Reg., the determinations revised and the new species described by George Bentham, Esq. (Continued from vol. iii. p. 334.) Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 4: 41–50 (BHL), 73–81 (BHL), 116–123 (BHL), 164–172 (BHL), 193–199 (BHL), 232–237 (BHL), 296–305 (BHL), 327–335 (BHL). Reference page. 
• Masamune, G. 1938. 東亞植物雜報[Miscellaneous notes on the flora of eastern Asia]. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa 28: 45–46 (I), 114–121 (II), 138–144 (III), 233–237 (IV), 284–288 (V), 431–437 (VI). Google Books. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Pitard, J. 1922–1933. Rubiacées. Pp. 20–442. In: Lecomte, H., Humbert, H. & Gagnepain, F. (eds.), Flore générale de l'Indo-Chine. Tome troisième: Caprifoliacées à Apocynacées. Paris: Masson et C^ie. BHL Reference page. 
• Masamune, G. 1939. 東亞植物雜報[Miscellaneous notes on the flora of eastern Asia]. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa 29: 26–30 (VII), 56–64 (VIII), 83–89 (IX), 179–182 (X), 216–219 (XI), 238–242 (XII), 269–274 (XIII), 339–344 (XIV). Google Books. Reference page. 
• Tirvengadum, D.D. & Sastre, C. 1986. Étude taxonomique et systèmes de ramification chez Aidia et genres asiatiques affins, et chez Brachytome (Rubiaceae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 4^e série, Section B, Adansonia, Botanique, Phytochimie 8: 257–296. BHL Reference page. 
• Ridsdale, C.E. 1996. A review of Aidia s.l. (Rubiaceae) in Southeast Asia and Malesia. Blumea 41(1): 135–179. PDF. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page. 
• Ruhsam, M. 2005. Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Ridsdale, C.E. 2008. Thorny problems in the Rubiaceae: Benkara, Fagerlindia and Oxyceros. Reinwardtia 12(4): 289–300. DOI: 10.14203/reinwardtia.v12i4.58 [nonfunctional] PDF Reference page. 
• Chen Tao & Taylor, C.M. 2011. Aidia canthioides. Pp. 71, 79 in Wu, Zh.Y. , Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.-Y. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 19: Cucurbitaceae through Valerianaceae, with Annonaceae and Berberidaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 978-1-935641-04-9. efloras PDFReference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Aidia canthioides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 24. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Aidia canthioides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 January 5. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Aidia canthioides. Published online. Accessed: 5 January 2021.
• IUCN: Aidia canthioides (Champ. ex Benth.) Masam. (Least Concern)
• Tropicos.org 2021. Aidia canthioides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 January 2021.

Vernacular names

日本語: シマミサオノキ
Tiếng Việt: Găng căng; Mỏ quạ (Phạm-Hoàng Hộ 1999:III:157)
中文: 香楠