Cuviera

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: Dialypetalanthoideae
Tribus: Vanguerieae
Genus: Cuviera
Species: C. acutiflora – C. angolensis – C. calycosa – C. heisteriifolia – C. letestui – C. longiflora – C. macroura – C. migeodii – C. nigrescens – C. physinodes – C. pierrei – C. schliebenii – C. semseii – C. subuliflora – C. talbotii – C. tomentosa – C. trilocularis – C. truncata

Name

Cuviera DC., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 222. (1807), nom. cons.

• Type species: Cuviera acutiflora DC., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 222. (1807)

Homonyms

• • Cuviera Koeler, Descr. Gramin.: 328. (1802), nom. rej. vide Hordelymus (Jess.) Harz, Samenkunde 2: 1147. (1885) (Poaceae)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West Tropical Africa Benin, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierre Leone, Togo. West-Central Tropical Africa Cabinda, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaïre. East Tropical Africa Tanzania. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Candolle, A.P. de 1807. Annales du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 9: 222.
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Cuviera. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 14.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cuviera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cuviera. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 14 2019.
• Verstraete, B., Lachenaud, O., Smets, E., Dessein, S. & Sonké, B. 2013. Taxonomy and phylogenetics of Cuviera (Rubiaceae - Vanguerieae) and reinstatement of Globulostylis with the description of three new species. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 173: 407–411. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12062. Reference page.