Arachnothryx ovata

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: Guettardeae
Genus: Arachnothryx
Species: Arachnothryx ovata

Name

Arachnothryx ovata (Rusby) Steyerm., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17(1): 259 (1967), as 'Arachnothrix ovata'

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Rondeletia ovata Rusby, Descr. S. Amer. Pl.: 129 (1920)
    • Typus: H.H. Smith 1813 p.p. (with flowers, [16] December [1898], with annotation "A shrub or small tree, to 15 feet, the flowers deep-pink in December. Moderately common in thickets near a stream. Las Nubes, 4,500 feet"; Holotypus: NY [​NY00133189^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; ⧼Isotypi⧽: A 00094353^{(GBIF, JSTOR)} [​fide Ayers & Boufford 1988], BM [​BM001008779^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], L 0001307^(JSTOR), MT [​MT00117483^(GBIF)], WIS [WISv0255225WIS^(JSTOR)]).
      • Note: the type of R. colombiana Rusby [≡ Arachnothryx colombiana (Rusby) Steyerm.] has the same collector and number. For the list of such specimens, vide Arachnothryx colombiana.
    • Type locality: Colombia. [Magdalena: Santa Marta], Las Nubes, 4,500 feet [≒ 1,350 m].

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Western South America Colombia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Maguire, B. & Steyermark, J.A. 1967. Rubiaceae. In Maguire, B. & collaborators. The botany of the Guayana Highland – Part VII. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 17(1): 230–439. Google Books. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Rusby, H.H. 1920. Descriptions of three hundred new species of South American plants, with an index to previously published South American species by the same author. 170 pp. Published by the author, New York. BHL Reference page.  [also see page 4.]
• Standley, P.C. 1930. The Rubiaceae of Colombia. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 7: 1–175. BHL Reference page.  [see pages 28–29.]
• Ayers, T.J. & Boufford, D.E. 1988. Index to the vascular plant types collected by H. H. Smith near Santa Marta, Colombia. Brittonia 40(4): 400–432. DOI: 10.2307/2807652 (via Wikipedia Library ). JSTOR . ResearchGate . Reference page.  [see page 427.]
• Delprete, P.G. & Cortés-B., R.,  Arachnothryx%20ovata. In: Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. 2015. Cátalogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. ISBN 978-958-775-726-2 ResearchGate (Vol. 1).  Accessed: 28 December 2022. Reference page.  PDF. [see page 2255.]
• Borhidi, A.L. 2017. Revisión crítica del género Arachnothryx Planch.. Acta Botanica Hungarica 59(3–4): 287–318. DOI: 10.1556/034.59.2017.3-4.2 ResearchGate Reference page.  [see page 309.]

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Arachnothryx ovata. Accessed: 2022 December 28.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Arachnothryx ovata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Arachnothryx ovata. Published online. Accessed: 28 December 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Arachnothryx ovata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 December 2022.