Ixora hiernii

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 hiernii

Name

Ixora hiernii Scott Elliot, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 82 (1894); as 'Ixora Hiernii'

• Typus: G.F. Scott Elliot 4596 (26 January [1892]; holotypus: BM; isotypi: GH 00898262^(JSTOR), K [​K000411836^(JSTOR)], P [​P00553421^(JSTOR)]).
• Type locality: Sierra Leone. Beside streams in dense bush on Mount Kofiu (near Scarcies).

Synonyms

• Ixora sp. non déterminé sensu Pobég., Ess. Fl. Guin. Fr.: 310 (1906)
• Ixora genre radiata sensu Pobég., Ess. Fl. Guin. Fr.: 312 (1906), pro parte, excl. Pobéguin 269
  • Note: vide De Block (1998: 108).

Misapplied names

• Ixora breviflora auct. non Hiern, Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 3: 165 (1877) [= Ixora guineensis Benth.]: Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 89 (1931), pro parte, excl. Mann 315 [​lectotype of I. breviflora, collected in Bioko, Equatorial Guinea; K {K000411814^(JSTOR), K000411815^(JSTOR)}] et Mildbraed 6391 [type of I. carniflora K.Krause, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54(4): 354 (1917); collected in Bioko in August 1911; holotypus: B, destroyed; isotypi: HBG {HBG521541^(JSTOR)], HBG521542^(JSTOR)]}, WAG.1311254]
  • Note: vide Hepper & Keay (1963), De Block (1998: 104, 108).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West Tropical Africa Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo West-Central Tropical Africa Congo References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Scott Elliot, G.F. 1894. On the Botanical Results of the Sierra Leone Boundary Commision. Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany 30(206): 64–100. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Pobéguin, H. 1906. Essai sur la flore de la Guinée Française: produits forestiers, agricoles et industriels. Paris: Challamel. Reference page. 
• Hutchinson, J. & Dalziel, J.M. 1931–1936. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Vol. 2. Crown Agents for the Colonies, London. Google Books. Reference page. 
• Hepper, F.N. & Keay, R.W.J. 1963. Rubiaceae. In: Hepper, F.N. (ed.), Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2. 544 pp. London, United Kingdom: Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Adiministrations, pp. 104–223. Reference page.  [see this entry.]
• De Block, P. 1998. The African Species of Ixora (Rubiaceae-Pavetteae). Opera Botanica Belgica 9: 1–218. ISBN 9789072619372 Google Books. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ixora hiernii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 2. Reference page.