Aidia henryi

Lectotype of Aidia henryi (K000761825)

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 henryi

Name

Aidia henryi (E.Pritz.) T.Yamaz., J. Jap. Bot. 45(11): 338 (1970)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Randia henryi E.Pritz. in Diels, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29(5): 581 (1901), as Randia Henryi
    • ⧼Types⧽:
      • Lectotype: A. Henry 8924 ([February 1890?]; K [​000761825^(JSTOR), designated by Tirvengadum & Sastre 1986: 270]; Isolectotypes: A, P [​P02274543^(JSTOR)]; possible isolectotypes: IBSC 0005876, P [​P02274542^(JSTOR)]).
      • Syntypes:
        • B. von Rosthorn 275 (August [1891]; GZU-Rosthorn 000264303^(JSTOR)).
        • B. von Rosthorn 282 (August [1891]; GZU-Rosthorn 000264302^(JSTOR)).
    • Type locality: China.
      • Henry: O[Eastern China]: o. n. O.
        • Note: slips on the lectotype and the [iso]lectotype in P read 'Szechwan' and 'Se-Tchuen' respectively.
      • von Rosthorn: S[Southern China], Nan chʿuan,
        • 275: Tʿèng tsʿao pʿing, in tiefem Wald.
        • 282: Shan tzu pʿing.
• Heterotypic
  • Randia acutidens Hemsl. & E.H.Wilson, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906(5): 160 (1906); not accepted by Tirvengadum & Sastre (1986: 270), Ridsdale (1996: 145), Govaerts (2003) and Chen & Taylor (2011) [cited as Aidia henryi]
    • Type: while the type-protologue is "Szechuan. Henry, 8924 ; Pratt, 377 ; hills around Kiating, Wilson, 4093, 4423", Tirvengadum & Sastre and Ridsdale cite Faber 194 (Szechuen: Mount Omei, 3000 feet.; Holotype: K [​K000761826^(JSTOR)]) as type, which was tentatively determined as Diplospora sp. by Hemsley, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 23: 384 (1888).
    • Type locality: China. Szechuan[Sichuan].
  • Randia caudatifolia Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. 23: 268 (1923), nom. illeg., non Pit., Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H. Lecomte et al.] 3: 244 (1923) [≡ Pitardella caudatifolia (Pit.) Tirveng.]; not accepted by Tirvengadum & Sastre (1986: 271), Ridsdale (1996: 146), Govaerts (2003) [cited as Aidia merrillii] and Chen & Taylor (2011) [cited as Aidia henryi]
    • Type: F.A. McClure 9439 (5 May 1922; Holotype: SYS [ex LU]; Isotypes: A 00006122^(GBIF) [numbered '2883'], NAS {NAS00072674 (193424), NAS00252570 (193422)}, NY {NY00004076^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, NY00004078^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}, US [cf. US02495498 (1249219)^(GBIF), paratype, numbered 9564, collected on 13 May 1922, determined with Aidia cochinchinensis Lour. by D.D. Tirvengadum in 1975], Z-000023100^(GBIF); cf. IBSC 0005880).
    • Type locality: [People's Republic of China.] Hainan: Ng Chi Leng [​Wuzhi Mountain].
  • Randia densiflora f. angustifolia Makino, J. Jap. Bot. 3(5): 19 (1926); not accepted by Ruhsam (2005) [cited as Aidia cochinchinensis] and Yonekura & Kajita (2019) [cited as Aidia henryi], see Randia cochinchinensis under Misapplied names.
    • Type: N. Ui s.n. (29 May 1921; MAK).
    • Type locality: Japan. [Honshu, ] Prov. Kii[Wakayama Prefecture]: Nishimuro-gôri, Higashitonda-mura.
  • Randia oppositifolia var. parvifolia (King & Gamble) Craib, Fl. Siam. 2: 107 (1932), p.p.; see Ridsdale (1996: 146) [cited as Aidia merrillii]
  • Randia merrillii Chun, Sunyatsenia 2(1): 46 (1934); not accepted by Tirvengadum & Sastre (1986: 271), Ridsdale (1996: 146), Govaerts (2003) [cited as Aidia merrillii] and Chen & Taylor (2011) [cited as Aidia henryi]
    • Note: new name for Randia caudatifolia Merr., nom. illeg.
  • Aidia cochinchinensis Lour. f. angustifolia (Makino) Honda, Nom. Pl. Japonic.: 317, 503 (1939), as 'A. cochinchinensis form. angustifolia'; not accepted by Govaerts (1995, 2003) [cited as Aidia cochinchinensis] and Yonekura & Kajita (2019) [cited as Aidia henryi], see also Randia cochinchinensis under Misapplied names.
  • Randia nipponensis Makino, J. Jap. Bot. 20: 126 (1944); not accepted by Ohwi (1965: 825) [cited as Randia cochinchinensis], Ridsdale (1996: 145) and Govaerts (2003) [cited as Aidia henryi]
    • Type: T. Makino, T. Yoshinaga & T. Yamawaki (山脇哲臣) s.n.
      • Note: Makino states that he sent his specimen together with those located at the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo to Russia in 1888 for seeking Maximowicz's determination. Maximowicz determined the specimen as Randia densiflora.
    • Type locality [Japan. Shikoku,] 土佐 [= Tosa, i.e. Kōchi Prefecture]: 宇佐港ノ向ヒ地ノ龍並ニ越知ノ横倉山麓林中 [= Ryū, opposite side of the Port of Usa & in the forest at the foot of Mt. Yokokura, Ochi].
      • Note: illustration in Makino, loc. cit.
  • Randia nipponensis f. angustifolia (Makino) Makino, J. Jap. Bot. 20: 126 (1944)
  • Aidia nipponensis (Makino) Makino, Ill. Fl. Japan, ed. rev.: 118 (1949); accepted by Tirvengadum & Sastre (1986: 271), but not accepted by Govaerts (1995, 2003) [cited as Aidia henryi]
  • Aidia merrillii (Chun) Tirveng., Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia Sér. 4, 8(3): 271 (1986); accepted by Govaerts (1995, 2003) and Ridsdale (1996: 146), but not accepted by Chen & Taylor (2011) [cited as Aidia henryi]

Misapplied names

• Diplospora sp. ? sensu Hemsl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 23: 384 (1888)
  • Note: tentatively labelled for the specimen Faber 194; see Randia acutidens.
• Randia densiflora auct. non (Wall.) Benth., Fl. Hongk.: 155 (1861) [≡ Aidia densiflora (Wall.) Masam.]: Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 4: 88 (1890); Drake in Morot, J. Bot. (Morot) 9(12): 217 (1895); Matsum., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 15: 3 (1901); Matsum. & Hayata, Journ. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 22: 190 (1906); Maxim. ex Makino, J. Jap. Bot. 20: 125, 126 (1944)
  • Note: see Makino (1944), Tirvengadum & Sastre (1986: 270), Ridsdale (1996: 145).
• Hyptianthera stricta auct. non (Roxb. ex Sm.) Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 399 (1834): Drake in Morot, J. Bot. (Morot) 9(12): 220 (1895)
  • Note: see Tirvengadum & Sastre (1986: 270).
• Randia cochinchinensis auct. non (Lour.) Merr., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 24: 365 (1935) [≡ Aidia cochinchinensis Lour.]: Kaneh., Formos. Trees rev. ed.: 680, f. 635 (1936); Steward, Man. Vasc. Pl. Lower Yangtze Vall. China: 369 (1958); H.L.Li, Woody Fl. Taiwan: 869, f. 351 (1963); Ohwi, Fl. Jap., revised ed., [Ohwi]: 825 (1965); J.M.Chao in Fl. Taiwan 4: 330, pl. 1026 (1978)
  • Note: see Ridsdale (1996: 145).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central (Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan), Hainan, China Southeast (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang). Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Taiwan. Continenal: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indo-China Thailand, Vietnam. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Yamazaki, T. 1970. A revision of the genus Randia L. in Eastern Asia. The Journal of Japanese Botany 45(11): 337–341. DOI: 10.51033/jjapbot.45_11_5984 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Forbes, F.B. & Hemsley, W.B. 1888. An Enumeration of all the Plants known from China Proper, Formosa, Hainan, Corea, the Luchu Archipelago, and the Island of Hongkong, together with their Distribution and Synonymy. — Part V. Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany 23(155): 349–400. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1888.tb00535.x BHL Reference page. 
• Makino, T. 1890. 日本植物報知 (第五) [Report of Japanese plants (V)]. The Botanical Magazine [Tokyo] 4(37): 86–91. DOI: 10.15281/jplantres1887.4.86 Reference page. 
• Drake del Castillo, E. 1895. Contribution a la flore du Tonkin: Énumération des Rubiacées trouvées au Tonkin par M. Balansa en 1885–89. Journal de Botanique [Morot] 9: 206–212 (Gallica), 213–220 (Gallica). Reference page. 
• Diels, L. 1900–1901. Die Flora von Central-China. Nach der vorhandenen Litteratur und neu mitgeteiltem Original-Materiale. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 29(2): 169–320 (BHL), (3–4): 321–576 (BHL), (5): 577–659 (BHL). Reference page. 
• Matsumura, J. 1901. Notulæ ad Plantas Asiaticas Orientales (Continued from p. 147.). The Botanical Magazine [Tokyo] 15: 2–4 (DOI: 10.15281/jplantres1887.15.167_2), 13–17 (DOI: 10.15281/jplantres1887.15.168_13). Reference page. 
• Matsumura, J. & Hayata, B. 1906. Enumeratio plantarum in insula Formosa sponte crescentium hucusque rite cognitarum adjectis descriptionibus et figuris specierum pro regione novarum. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 22. 1–702. BHL Reference page. 
• Some New Chinese Plants. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) 1906(5): 147–163. (1906) DOI: 10.2307/4111296
• Merrill, E.D. 1923. Diagnoses of Hainan plants, II. The Philippine Journal of Science 23(3): 237–268. BHL Reference page. 
• Makino, T. 1926. A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Flora of Japan. (Continued from vol II. p. 24.) The Journal of Japanese Botany 3: (1): 1–4 (DOI: 10.51033/jjapbot.3_1_234 ; reprint of 1923); (2): 5–8 (DOI: 10.51033/jjapbot.3_2_247 ); (3): 9–12 (DOI: 10.51033/jjapbot.3_3_266 ); (4): 13–16 (DOI: 10.51033/jjapbot.3_4_283 ), (5): 17–20 (DOI: 10.51033/jjapbot.3_5_301 ); (6): 21–24 (DOI: 10.51033/jjapbot.3_6_317 ); (7): 25–28 (DOI: 10.51033/jjapbot.3_7_333 ); (8): 29–32 (DOI: 10.51033/jjapbot.3_8_349 ); (9): 33–36 (DOI: 10.51033/jjapbot.3_9_364 ); (10): 37–40 (DOI: 10.51033/jjapbot.3_10_382 ); (11): 41–44 (DOI: 10.51033/jjapbot.3_11_400 ); (12): 45–48 (DOI: 10.51033/jjapbot.3_12_418 ). Reference page. 
• Ui, N. 1929. 紀州植物誌 [= Kishu Shokubutsu Shi; Flora of Kii Province] (in Japanese). Osaka: 髙橋南益社. DOI: 10.11501/1187477 Reference page.  [see page 45.]
• Merrill, E.D. & Chun, W.Y. 1934. Additions to our knowledge of the Hainan Flora, I. Sunyatsenia 2(1): 23–48. Google Books (only snippets available). Google Books (another version; only snippets available). Reference page. 
• Kanehira, R. 1936. Formosan Trees Indigenous to the Island (revised). [Taipei:] Department of Forestry, Government Research Institute, Formosa. Reference page. 
• Honda, M. (ed.) 1939. 日本植物名彙 [Nomina Plantarum Japonicarum]. Tokyo: Sanseidō. (Japanese) DOI: 10.11501/1115871 Reference page. 
• Makino, T. 1944. 結網植物記 (第二) [Plantae Miscellaneae Makinoanae (II)]. The Journal of Japanese Botany 20(3): 121–128. (mostly in Japanese) DOI: 10.51033/jjapbot.20_3_2833 Reference page. 
• Makino, T. 1949. 牧野日本植物図鑑[Makino's Illustrated Flora of Japan]. Revised Edition. Tokyo: Hokuryūkan. Reference page. 
• Steward, A.N. 1958. Manual of Vascular Plants of the Lower Yangtze Valley, China. Corvallis: Oregon State College. Internet Archive. Reference page. 
• Li, H.-L. 1963. Woody Flora of Taiwan. Narberth, Pennsylvania: Livingston Publishing Company. Google Books. Reference page. 
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• Chen Tao & Taylor, C.M. 2011. Aidia henryi. Pp. 72 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 henryi in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Aidia henryi. Published online. Accessed: 1 December 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Aidia henryi. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 December 2021.
• Yonekura, K. & Kajita, T. (2003 onwards) YList – index for Japanese-scientific plant names (「植物和名ー学名インデックス). Published on Internet. Accessed: 2022 March 31
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Aidia. Accessed: 2023 December 2.

Vernacular names

日本語: ミサオノキ
中文（臺灣）: 茜草樹
中文: 亨氏香楠

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