Ixora grandifolia

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: Ixoreae
Genus: Ixora
Species: Ixora grandifolia
Varietates: I. g. var. grandifolia – I. g. var. lancifolia – I. g. var. rosella

Name

Ixora grandifolia Zoll. & Moritzi, Syst. Verz. (Moritzi et al.): 65 (1846)

Synonyms

Replaced synonym
- Pavetta macrophylla Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 16: 953 (October 1826 – November 1827)
  - Note: there exists a blocking name Ixora macrophylla Bartl. ex DC. (1830).
  - Typus: C.L. Blume 890 (Holotypus: L 0000575^(JSTOR)).
    - Note: LE herbarium holds an 'specimen original' collected by Korthals (LE 00017440^(JSTOR)).
  - Type locality: [Indonesia. Java: Salak], in sylvis montanis.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indo-China Andaman Is., Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Borneo (Brunei, Kalimantan, Sabah, Sarawak), Jawa, Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore), Sulawesi, Sumatera. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Homonyms

Ixora grandifolia Müll.Arg., Flora 58: 454 (1875), nom. illeg. [≡ Ixora muelleri Bremek.]

References

Primary references

Moritzi, A. et al. 1845–1846. Systematisches Verzeichniss der von H. Zollinger in den Jahren 1842–1844 auf Java gesammelten Pflanzen, nebst einer kurzer Beschreibung der neuen Gattungen und Arten. Solothurn. MDZ . Reference page.

Additional references

Blume, C.L. 1826 ["1825"]. Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië. 16 de Stuk. Pp. 942–1066. Ter Lands Drukkerij, Batavia. BHL Reference page.
Koorders, S.H. (ed.) & Valeton, T. 1915. Atlas der Baumarten von Java: im Anschluss an die "Bijdragen tot de kennis der boomsoorten van Java", zusammengestellt von Dr. S. H. Koorders und Dr. Th. Valeton, Dritter Band[Vol. 3]. Leiden: Verlag der Buch- und Steindruckerei von Fa. P. W. M. TRAP. BHL Reference page.
Bremekamp, C.E.B. 1937. The Malaysian species of the genus Ixora (Rub.). Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 14(3–4): 197–367. Google Books. Google Books (another version). Reference page. [see pages 320, 363, 365.]
Corner, E.J.H. 1941. Notes on the Systematy and Distribution of Malayan Phanerogams, IV: Ixora. Gardens' Bulletin. Straits Settlements 11(3): 177–235. BHL Reference page. [see pages 197–205.]
Sennikov, A.N. 1996. [The type specimens of the family Rubiaceae kept in the herbarium of Komarov Botanical Institute (Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg). Subfamily Ixoroideae]. (in Russian) Botanicheskii Zhurnal 81(9): 37–49. PDF. Reference page. [see page 43.]
Chamchumroon, V. 2006. A checklist of the genus Ixora L. (Rubiaceae) in Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 34: 4–24. PDF Reference page. [see pages 14–15.]
Wong, K.M., Turner, I.M., Wang, R.J., Harwood, R., Seah, W.W., Ng, X.Y., Lim, R.C.J., Lua, H.K. & Mahyuni, R. 2019. Rubiaceae. Flora of Singapore 13: 1–358. DOI: 10.26492/fos13.2019-01 Reference page. [see pages 141–142.]

Links

IUCN: Ixora grandifolia Zoll. & Moritzi (Least Concern) - Assessed by S. Oldfield on 18 October 2019 and published in 2020.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ixora grandifolia. Published online. Accessed: 21 June 2022.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ixora grandifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 31. Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Pink River Ixora
ไทย: เข็มใหญ่ (Chamchumroon 2006)