Cosmocalyx spectabilis

Taxonavigation

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

Cosmocalyx spectabilis Standl., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 8(1): 56 (1930)

Type: G.F. Gaumer & sons 24270 (in flower, 1917–1921; Holotype: F 552275^(GBIF) [monochrome photocopy in NO /NO0008001/]; Isotypes: A 00898247^{(GBIF, JSTOR)} [ex F], CAS [CAS0002078^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], GH 00898246^{(GBIF, JSTOR)} [ex F], K [K000424299^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], MO-316869 (953622)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, NY [NY00131148^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], S [S06-477^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], US [US00138611 (57119)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, fragm.]).
Type locality: [Mexico.] Yucatan: Without definite locality.

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Southwest (Guerrero [possibly extinct]), Mexico Southeast (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatán [possibly extinct]). Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Guatemala [possibly]. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Occurrence in Campeche is represented by D. Álvarez M. 1745 (collected in Calakmul, alt. 97.5, 20 July 2002; deposited in MEXU [PV1070062]; also in CICY 55807^(GBIF), IEB 199607^(GBIF)) and that in Quintana Roo by O. Téllez V. & E. F. Cabrera C. 2840 (collected in Felipe Carrillo Puerto, alt. 13 m, 10 July 1980; deposited in MEXU {PV278214, PV313748}; also in MO-509568 (3594125)^(GBIF)).
Belizean occurrence is represented by S.W. Brewer 1975 (collected in Toledo, alt. 400 m, 30 October 2004; deposited in PTBG [see Tropicos record]).

Carnevali Fernández-Concha, G., Tapia Muñoz, J.L., Duno de Stefano, R. & Ramírez Morillo, I.M. 2010. Flora Ilustrada de la Península Yucatán: Listado Florístico. 326 pp. Mérida: Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, A.C. PDF. ResearchGate . Reference page. [see page 245]
Lorence, D.H. 2012. Cosmocalyx spectabilis. Pp. 124 in Lorence, D.H. & Taylor, C.M., 207. Rubiaceae. In Davidse, G., Sousa S., M., Knapp, S. & Chiang, F. (eds.), Flora Mesoamericana, Vol. 4, Parte 2: Rubiaceae a Verbenaceae. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México; Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis; The Natural History Museum, London. ISBN 978-1-935641-08-7. Online Reference page.
Taylor, C.M. & Lorence, D.H. 2015. "Cosmocalyx spectabilis" in Studies in Tropical Rubiaceae. Tropicos. Accessed: 15 December 2022.

IUCN: Cosmocalyx spectabilis Standl. (Vulnerable) - Assessed by M.-S. Samain, A.C.D. Fuentes & E. Martínez Salas on 12 June 2018 and published in 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cosmocalyx spectabilis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cosmocalyx spectabilis. Published online. Accessed: 15 December 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Cosmocalyx spectabilis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 December 2022.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cosmocalyx spectabilis. Accessed: 2022 December 21.