Airosperma

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: Cinchonoideae
Tribus: Airospermeae
Genus: Airosperma
Species: A. fuscum – A. grandifolia – A. psychotrioides – A. ramuensis – A. trichotomum – A. vanuense

Name

Airosperma Lauterb. & K.Schum., Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee: 565 (1901 publ. 1900)

• Type species: Airosperma psychotrioides Lauterb. & K.Schum., Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee: 565 (1900)
  • Note: lectotypified by Darwin (1979: 14).

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Abramsia Gillespie, Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 91: 27 (1932)
    • Type species: Abramsia trichotoma Gillespie, Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 91: 29 (1932) [≡ Airosperma trichotomum (Gillespie) A.C.Sm.]

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Papuasia New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea) Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schumann, K.M. & Lauterbach, C.A.G. 1900–1901. Die Flora der deutschen Schutzgebiete in der Südsee. 613 pp. XXII pl. Gebrüder Borntraeger, Leipzig. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gillespie, J.W. 1932. New plants from Fiji—III. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 91: 1–81. Google Books. Reference page. 
• Darwin, S.P. 1979. A synopsis of the indigenous genera of Pacific Rubiaceae. Allertonia 2(1): 1–44. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Darwin, S.P. 1980. Notes on Airosperma (Rubiaceae), with a new species from Fiji. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 61(1): 95–105. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 
• Smith, A.C. 1988. Flora Vitiensis Nova: A New Flora of Fiji (Spermatophytes Only). Vol. 4. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai, Kauai, Hawaii. BHL Reference page.  [see page 225.]

Links

• Tropicos.org 2019. Airosperma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 January 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Airosperma in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Airosperma. Published online. Accessed: 25 October 2022.