Chomelia rauwolfioides

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: Chomelia
Species: Chomelia rauwolfioides

Name

Chomelia rauwolfioides (Standl.) Steyerm., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17(1): 341 (1967)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Anisomeris rauwolfioides Standl., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 4(8): 292 (1929)
    • Typus: J. Steinbach 6768 (in flower, 19 December 1924; Holotypus: F [​V0068448F (563841)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; ⧼Isotypi⧽: A 00092325^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, BM [​BM000832377^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], K [​K000432606^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], MO-716551 (929330)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, S [S05-960^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; cf. WIS [see Tropicos record]).
    • Type locality: Bolivia. Dept. Santa Cruz: Prov. Sara, Río Palometillas, edge of forest.

Distribution

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

Notes

• Besides the type, Jørgensen et al. (2013) also cited M.H. Nee 33332 (collected in Ñuflo de Chávez, Santa Cruz, alt. 250 m, 27 December 1986; deposited in MO-1560543 (4273752)^(GBIF), NY [​NY00396389^(GBIF)]), which C.M. Taylor re-determined with Chomelia ulei (K.Krause) Achille & Delprete in 2022.

References

Primary references

• Maguire, B. & Steyermark, J.A. 1967. Chomelia rauwolfioides. In Maguire, B. & collaborators. The botany of the Guayana Highland – Part VII. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 17(1): 341. Google Books. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Standley, P.C. 1929. Studies of American plants—I. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 4(8): 197–299. BHL Reference page. 
• Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck, S.G. (eds.) 2013. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): 1–1741. ISBN 978-1-930723-71-9 (issue 1), ISBN 978-1-930723-83-2 (issue 2). Online version at Tropicos. Reference page. 
• Taylor, C.M. 2022. Studies in Tropical Rubiaceae. Tropicos. Accessed: 9 December 2022.

Links

• IUCN: Chomelia rauwolfioides (Standl.) Steyerm. (Near Threatened) - Assessed by R. Clegg on 2 April 2020 and published in 2021.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Chomelia anisomeris. Accessed: 2022 December 9.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Chomelia rauwolfioides. Accessed: 2022 December 9.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Chomelia ulei. Accessed: 2022 December 9.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Chomelia rauwolfioides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 9. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Chomelia rauwolfioides. Published online. Accessed: 9 December 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Chomelia rauwolfioides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 November 2022.