Tessiera lithospermoides

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: Rubioideae
Tribus: Spermacoceae
Genus: Tessiera
Species: Tessiera lithospermoides

Name

Tessiera lithospermoides DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 4: 574 (1830).

• Type locality: "Mexico"
• Holotype: T.X.P. Haenke s.n. (PR-612185; Isotype: GOET-000144)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
• Spermacoce lithospermoides (DC.) Bartl. ex B.D.Jacks., Index Kew. 2: 958 (1895)

• Heterotypic
• Diphragmus scaber C.Presl, Bot. Bemerk.: 81 (1844)
• Spermacoce asperifolia M.Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 11(1): 132 (1844)
  • Type locality: "humid places near the Pacific Ocean in the State of the Oaxaca," Mexico
  • Holotype: H.G. Galeotti 2626 (BR; isotypes P, K, B)
• Borreria asperifolia (M.Martens & Galeotti) B.L.Rob., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 45: 409 (1910)
• Staelia scabra (C.Presl) Standl., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 8: 385 (1931)
• Diphragmus scaber var. minor Borhidi & Lozada-Pérez, Rubiác. México: 190 (2006)
  • Type locality: "en las cercanías de la Playa Copacabana, 12 km al SE de Acapulco", Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
  • Holotype: J.C. Soto Núñez 6850 (MEXU; isotype FCME)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1830. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 4: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines X. 683 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
• Salas, R.M. & Cabral, E.L. 2010. Rehabilitación y lectotipificación del género Tessiera, su relación con Diphragmus y Staelia (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae): una nueva combinación y un nuevo sinónimo. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 4(1): 181–192. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2022. Tessiera lithospermoides. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct. 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Tessiera lithospermoides. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 19 2022.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Tessiera lithospermoides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct. 19. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Tessiera lithospermoides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Oct. 2022.