Ixora narcissodora

Taxonavigation

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

Ixora narcissodora K.Schum., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33(2): 356 (1903)

Types:
- Holotype: Scheffler 263 (in flower, 4 August 1900; B [destroyed]).
- Neotype: H.J.E. Schlieben 4053 (6 July 1933; B [designated by De Block 1998: 136]; ⧼Isoneotypes⧽: BM, BR [BR0000006268374^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], HBG, LISC, M-0106278 / 27598 / 18639^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, P [cf. P03817279^(GBIF)], S [S05-9472^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], Z; cf. MA-01-00384503^(GBIF)).
Type locality: [TANZANIA.]
- Holotype†: Usambara[Pangani District]: Landschaft Useguha, Station Makiyumbi, im Primärwalde, im Sumpfe, am Ufer des Panganiflusses bei den kleinen Fällen, 300 m ü. M. [= Useguha area, Station Makiyumbi, in the primary forest, in the marsh, on the bank of Pangani River near the small falls, 300 m above sea level].
- Neotype: Bezirk Morogoro, Tuliani, Lualefluß, Parklandschaft, 360 m ü. M.

Heterotypic
- Ixora stolzii K.Krause, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57(1): 39 (1920), as 'I. Stolzii'; reduced to I. narcissodora by Bridson (1978)
  - Type: A.F. Stolz 2248 (in flower and fruit, early October 1913; Holotype: B [destroyed]; Isotypes: HBG [HBG521525^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], JE 00000334^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, M-0106277 / 27597 / 18638^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, O [V-2014442^(GBIF)], U 0006057^(JSTOR), UPS [V-694434^(GBIF)], W 1922-0012596^(GBIF), Z-000021795^{(Z1 & Z2; GBIF)}).
  - Type locality: Nördliches Nyassaland [= TANZANIA in the boundary region adjacent to Malawi]. [Rungwe District:] Am Songwefluß bei Bulambya, um 1200 m ü. M. [= On Songwe River near Bulambya, about 1200 m above sea level].
Ixora sp. near I. odorata sensu Greenway in Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees Shrubs: 448 (1961), quoad Battiscombe 44, Drummond & Hemsley 1153, Rawlins 322 et Wakefield s.n.
- Note: vide Bridson (1978), De Block (1998).
Ixora sp. sensu Kokwaro, Medicinal Pl. E. Afr.: 188 (1976)
- Note: vide De Block (1998).
Ixora chasei Bullock ex De Block, Opera Bot. Belg. 9: 136 (1998), pro syn.

Ixora odorata auct. non Hook. [≡ I. hookeri (Oudem.) Bremek.]: Dale, Trees & Shrubs Kenya Colony [Battiscombe]: 141, 144 (1936); Brenan, Check-Lists For. Trees & Shrubs Brit. Emp. 5(2), Tanganyika Terr.: 502 (1949); R.O. Williams, Useful & Ornamental Plants of Zanzibar & Pemba: 312 (1949), pro parte
- Note: vide Bridson (1978), De Block (1998).

Native distribution areas:
Africa East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania. South Tropical Africa Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Beentje, H.J. 1994. Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. 762 p. Online. ISBN 9966-9861-0-3. Reference page. [see Rubiaceae]
Bridson, D.M. 1978. Studies in Ixora (Rubiaceae subfam. Cinchonoideae) for part 2 of 'Flora of Tropical East Africa: Rubiaceae'. Kew Bulletin 32(3): 603–607. DOI: 10.2307/4109668 Reference page. [see pages 606–607]
Dale, I.R. & Greenway, P.J. 1961. Kenya Trees and Shrubs. Nairobi: Buchanan's Kenya Estates and Hatchards. Internet Archive. Reference page.
De Block, P. 1998. The African Species of Ixora (Rubiaceae-Pavetteae). Opera Botanica Belgica 9: 1–218. ISBN 9789072619372 Google Books. Reference page. [see page 136]
Krause, K. 1920. Rubiaceae africanae. V. (IX.). Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 57(1): 25–53. BHL Reference page.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ixora narcissodora. Accessed: 2024 February 19.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ixora narcissodora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 November 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ixora narcissodora. Published online. Accessed: 20 November 2022.
IUCN: Ixora narcissodora K.Schum. (Least Concern) - Assessed by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group on 12 June 2018 and published in 2019.
Tropicos.org 2022. Ixora narcissodora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 November 2022.

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