Arachnothryx brenesii

Taxonavigation

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

Arachnothryx brenesii (Standl.) Borhidi, Acta Bot. Hung. 33(3–4): 301 (1987)

Basionym
- Rondeletia brenesii Standl., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 18(4): 1370 (1938), as 'Rondeletia Brenesii'
  - Typus: A.M. Brenes Mora 6757 (in flower, March 1929; Holotypus: F [V0070840F (854972)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; Isotypus: NY [NY00133154^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; cf. CR 34833^(GBIF)).
  - Type locality: Costa Rica. [Alajuela:] Camino de San Ramón a La Calera, [alt. 1100 m].
Heterotypic
- Gonzalagunia exaltata Standl., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 22(5): 385 (1940); not accepted by Burger & Taylor (1993) [cited as Rondeletia brenesii], Lorence (2012), Taylor (2016), Borhidi (2017) [cited as Arachnothryx brenesii]
  - Typus: A.F. Skutch 4747 (in flower, March 1940; Holotypus: F [V0069274F (1044350)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; ⧼Isotypi⧽: A 00092915^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, MO {MO-022096 (04909792)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, MO-312182 (1192109)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}, NY [NY00131608^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], US [US00137880 (1792722)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]).
  - Type locality: Costa Rica. Prov. San José: basin of El General, alt. 675–900 meters, beside river.

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, Panama. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Panaman occurrence is represented by Florpan & C. Guerra 2745 (deposited in MO-505961 (04927785)^(GBIF) [collected in Coclé, 3 March 1997]; also in BM, MEXU, PMA [PMA47428 (51306), collected in Chiriquí/Bocas del Toro, alt. 1100–1300 m, 11 August 2000], SCZ).

Borhidi, A. 1987. Studies in Rondeletieae (Rubiaceae) X. New combinations of Central American taxa. Acta Botanica Hungarica 33(3–4): 301–303. Arcanum Digitheca Reference page.

Standley, P.C. 1938. Flora of Costa Rica. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 18(4): 1137–1616. BHL Reference page.
Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. 1940. Studies of Central American plants―II. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 22(5): 325–396. BHL Reference page.
Burger, W. & Taylor, C.M. 1993. Family #202 Rubiaceae. In Burger, W. (ed.), Flora Costaricensis. Fieldiana: Botany, new ser., 33: I–V, 1–333. BHL Reference page. [see page 295.]
Lorence, D.H. 2012. Arachnothryx brenesii. Pp. 41–42 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. 2016. "Arachnothryx brenesii". In: Studies in Tropical Rubiaceae. Tropicos. Accessed: 26 December 2022.
Borhidi, A.L. 2017. Revisión crítica del género Arachnothryx Planch.. Acta Botanica Hungarica 59(3–4): 287–318. DOI: 10.1556/034.59.2017.3-4.2 ResearchGate Reference page. [see page 302.]

IUCN: Arachnothryx brenesii (Standl.) Borhidi (Near Threatened) - Assessed by N. Zamora on 25 May 2021 and published in 2022.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Arachnothryx brenesii. Accessed: 2022 December 26.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Arachnothryx brenesii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Arachnothryx brenesii. Published online. Accessed: 26 December 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Arachnothryx brenesii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 December 2022.