Coptosapelta diffusa

Coptosapelta diffusa

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
Tribus incertae sedis: Coptosapelteae
Genus: Coptosapelta
Species: Coptosapelta diffusa

Name

Coptosapelta diffusa (Champ. ex Benth.) Steenis, Amer. J. Bot. 56: 806 (1969)

• Type: [J.G. Champion 111] (probable isosyntype: GH 01154670^(JSTOR)).
• Type locality: Hong-Kong. On Mount Victoria[​Victoria Peak] and some other places, upon rocks in ravines.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Thysanospermum diffusum Champ. ex Benth., Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 168 (1852)
• Heterotypic
  • Thysanospermum diffusum var. longitubum Ohwi, Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, n.s., 3: 101 (1956); not accepted by Govaerts (2022) [cited as Coptosapelta diffusa]
    • Type: M. Kawarada s.n. (1876; holotype: TNS-18258).
    • Type locality: [Japan.] Ryukyus, Okinawa.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central (Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan), China Southeast (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang) Regional: Eastern Asia Nansei-shoto, Taiwan References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bentham, G. 1852. Florula Hongkongensis: an Enumeration of the Plants collected in the Island of Hong-Kong, by Capt.['Major' from page 73] J. G. Champion, 95th Reg., the determinations revised and the new species described by George Bentham, Esq. (Continued from vol. iii. p. 334.) Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 4: 41–50 (BHL), 73–81 (BHL), 116–123 (BHL), 164–172 (BHL), 193–199 (BHL), 232–237 (BHL), 296–305 (BHL), 327–335 (BHL). Reference page. 
• van Steenis, C.G.G.J. 1969. Some comments concerning the reduction of the genus Thysanospermum to Coptosapelta (Rubiaceae). American Journal of Botany 56(7): 805–807. DOI: 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1969.tb09729.x JSTOR Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ohwi, J. 1956. 日本及びその附近の植物について[Notes on some plants from Japan and its neighbours]. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, n.s. 3(2, No. 39): 98–101. NDL Digital Collection Reference page. 
• Chen Tao & Taylor, C.M. 2011. Coptosapelta diffusa. Pp. 93 in Wu, Zh.Y. , Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.-Y. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 19: Cucurbitaceae through Valerianaceae, with Annonaceae and Berberidaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 978-1-935641-04-9. efloras PDFReference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Coptosapelta diffusa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 12. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Coptosapelta diffusa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Coptosapelta diffusa. Published online. Accessed: 12 March 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Coptosapelta diffusa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 March 2022.
• Yonekura, K. & Kajita, T. (2003 onwards) YList – index for Japanese-scientific plant names (「植物和名ー学名インデックス). Published on Internet. Accessed: 2022 March 12

Vernacular names

日本語: ヒョタンカズラ
中文（臺灣）: 瓢箪藤
中文: 流苏子

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