Ixora labuanensis

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 labuanensis

Name

Ixora labuanensis Bremek., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 14: 266 (1937)

• Typus: F.W.T. Burbidge s.n. "Ixora 3" ([1877]; holotypus: K [cf. K000763308^(JSTOR), 'unknown type material']; isotypus: GH 00032309^(JSTOR)).
• Type locality: [Malaysia.] British North Borneo[Sabah]: Labuan.

Misapplied names

• Ixora stricta auct. non Roxb. [= Ixora chinensis Lam.]: Gibbs, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 42: 94 (1914), quoad numerum 2876 [deposited in BM & K (with immature flowers)]
  • Note: vide Bremekamp (1937).
• Ixora chinensis auct. non Lam.: Merr., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. Special Number: 571 (1921), pro parte (cf. Ixora gibbsiae Bremek.)
  • Note: vide Bremekamp (1937).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Malesia Borneo Sabah References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• 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. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gibbs, L.S. 1914. A Contribution to the Flora and Plant Formations of Mount Kinabalu and the Highlands of British North Borneo. Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany 42(285): 1–240. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1914.tb00882.x BHL Reference page. 
• Merrill, E.D. 1921. A bibliographical enumeration of Bornean plants. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Special Number: 1–637. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Ixora labuanensis Bremek. (Critically Endangered) - Assessed by P.K. Hoo, C.R. Maycock, A. Damit, E. Khoo, R. Nilus, J. Sugau, S. Tanggaraju, S. Tsen & J.T. Pereira on 12 February 2019 and published in 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ixora labuanensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 12. Reference page.