Airosperma grandifolia

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: Airosperma grandifolia

Name

Airosperma grandifolia Valeton, Nova Guinea 8(2): 760 (1912)

• Typus: K. Gjellerup 239 (in flower, 29 June 1910; Holotypus: BO-1887340 [photograph available in Takeuchi & Arifiani 2018: 2]; cf. L.2900070 [without any type indication]).
• Type locality: [Indonesia.] Nord-Neu-Guinea [= Northern New Guinea, Jayapura District]: Salzquelle am Beguwri, [​02˚ 58' 23" S, 140˚ 57' 18" E], ± 170 m ü. d. M., auf einem kieselreichen, rötlichen Humusboden [= brine spring on the Beguwri River, ± 170 m above sea level, on a gravelly, reddish humus soil].

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Valeton, T. 1911–1912. Rubiaceae. Nova Guinea 8(1): 437–519 (BHL), (2): 755–775 (BHL). Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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.  [see pages 96–98.]
• Takeuchi, W. & Arifiani, D. 2018. Floristic records in Rubiaceae from the upper Sepik of Papua New Guinea: Airosperma grandifolia and Psychotria augustaflussiana sp. nov.. Harvard Papers in Botany 23(1): 1–8. DOI: 10.3100/hpib.v23iss1.2018.n1 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Airosperma grandifolia Valeton (Least Concern) - Assessed by IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) on 12 June 2018 and published in 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Airosperma grandifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Airosperma grandifolia. Published online. Accessed: 24 October 2022.