Breonia membranacea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Breonia membranacea Havil., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 33: 35 (1897)

Typus: G.S. Perrottet s.n. (in flower, 1820; Lectotypus: P [P00462423^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, designated by Ridsdale 1975: 545 fide Razafimandimbison 2002: 26]).
Type locality: Madagascar.

This name had been once included in the synonymy of Breonia citrifolia (Poir.) Ridsdale, Blumea 22(3): 545 (1975) [= B. chinensis (Lam.) Capuron], but was reinstated by Razafimandimbison (2002: 26).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Ridsdale, C.E. & Bakhuizen van den Brink Jr, R.C. 1975. A synopsis of the African and Madagascan Rubiaceae — Naucleeae. Blumea 22(3): 541–553. PDF Reference page.
Razafimandimbison, S.G. 2002. A systematic revision of Breonia (Rubiaceae-Naucleeae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 89(1): 1–37. BHL Reference page.

IUCN: Breonia membranacea Havil. (Critically Endangered) - Assessed by F. Rakotonasolo & S.G. Razafimandimbison on 28 March 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Breonia membranacea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 February 7. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Breonia membranacea. Published online. Accessed: 7 February 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Breonia membranacea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 February 2022.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Breonia membranacea. Accessed: 2023 November 13.

Malagasy: Molompangady (Razafimandimbison 2002)