Geophila herbacea

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: Palicoureeae
Genus: Geophila
Species: Geophila herbacea

Name

Geophila herbacea K.Schum. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(4): 119 (1891)

Synonyms

Basionym
- Psychotria herbacea Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 16 (1760)
Homotypic
- Carinta herbacea (Jacq.) W.Wight Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 216 (1905)
- Cephaelis herbacea (Jacq.) Kurz J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 46: 140 (1877)
- Geocardia herbacea (Jacq.) Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 17: 445 (1914)
- Geophila reniformis D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 136 (1825), nom. superfl.
- Geophila repens subsp. reniformis (D.Don) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 3A: 16 (2001)
- Mapouria herbacea (Jacq.) Müll.Arg. C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(5): 427 (1881)
- Psychotria sylvana Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 207 (1805), nom. superfl.
- Psychotrophum herbaceum (Jacq.) Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 259 (1766)
- Uragoga herbacea (Jacq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 300 (1891)
- Uragoga reniformis (D.Don) M.Gómez Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 292 (1894), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic
- Carinta repens var. comorensis Bremek. Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 54(5): 120 (1963)
- Carinta uniflora (Hiern) G.Taylor A.W.Exell, Suppl. Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tomé: 25 (1956)
- Cephaelis diversifolia Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 1004 (1826)
- Geocardia cordata (Miq.) Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 17: 445 (1914)
- Geophila cordata Miq. Linnaea 17: 72 (1843)
- Geophila diversifolia (Blume) DC. Prodr. 4: 537 (1830)
- Geophila hydrocotyloides Zipp. ex Span. Linnaea 15: 319 (1841)
- Geophila reniformis var. asiatica Rheede ex Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 4: 137 (1829)
- Geophila repens var. asiatica (Cham. & Schltdl.) Fosberg Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 45: 27 (1980)
- Geophila uniflora Hiern D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 221 (1877)
- Geophila uniflora Span. Linnaea 15: 319 (1841), pro syn.
- Mapouria cordata (Miq.) Müll.Arg. C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(5): 426 (1881)
- Mapouria herbacea var. minor Müll.Arg. C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(5): 427 (1881)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Zaïre
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Tanzania, Uganda
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - KwaZulu-Natal
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean'
  - Comoros, Madagascar

Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, China Southeast
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Hainan, Taiwan

Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Andaman Is., Cambodia, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, Vietnam
- Regional: Malesia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera
- Regional: Papuasia
  - Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Is.

Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - Queensland

Continental: Pacific
- Regional: Southwestern Pacific
  - Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is.
- Regional: South-Central Pacific
  - Cook Is., Society Is.
- Regional: Northwestern Pacific
  - Caroline Is.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Schumann, K. 1891. Rubiaceae. Pp. 1–156. in Engler, A. & Prantl, K. (eds.), Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, IV. Teil, Abteilung 4. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. BHL Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Geophila herbacea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 3 March 2024.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Geophila herbacea. Published online. Accessed: 3 March 2024.
World Flora Online (WFO) (2024) Geophila herbacea. Published on the Internet. Accessed: 3 March 2024.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. Geophila herbacea. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Accessed: 3 March 2024.