Arachnothryx peruviana

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 peruviana

Name

Arachnothryx peruviana (Standl.) Steyerm., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17(1): 251 (1967), as 'Arachnothrix peruviana'

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Rondeletia peruviana Standl., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 8(5): 342 (1931)
    • Typus: G. Tessmann 4223 (in flower and fruit, 7 October 1924; Holotypus: B [monochrome photocopy: /F0BN049936^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}/]; ⧼Isotypi⧽: F [​V0041124F (638744)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, fragment], NY [​NY00133190^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]).
    • Type locality: Peru. Mouth of the Río Santiago, upper Marañón, alt. 160 m., in upland forest.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Western South America Peru. 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. World Flora Online Monographs Details, NYBG Steere Herbarium. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Standley, P.C. 1931. Studies of American Plants—V. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 8(5): 293–398. BHL Reference page. 
• 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.]
• Taylor, C.M. 2022. "Arachnothryx peruviana". In: Studies in Tropical Rubiaceae. Tropicos. Accessed: 27 December 2022.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Arachnothryx peruviana. Accessed: 2022 December 27.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Arachnothryx peruviana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Arachnothryx peruviana. Published online. Accessed: 27 December 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Arachnothryx peruviana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 December 2022.