Ixora patens

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 patens

Name

Ixora patens Ridl., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 79: 83 (1918)

• Type: H.C. Robinson s.n. ([19 January 1913]; Lectotype: SING [​SING0058817^(JSTOR), designated first step by Corner 1941, second step by Turner et al. 2018: 351]; Syntype/Isolectotype: K [​K000763268^(JSTOR)]).
• Type locality: [Malaysia.] Selangor: Gunong Mengkuang Lebar 5,000 ft.

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Ixora micrantha Ridl., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 61: 21 (1912), nom. illeg., non Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis, 3: 179 (1818); not accepted by Turner et al. (2018: 350–351) [cited as Ixora patens]
    • Note: Turner (1995) once accepted this name, synonymizing I. patens.
    • Type: H.N. Ridley 15830 ([April 1911]; Lectotype: SING [​SING0058818^(JSTOR), designated first step by Corner 1941, second step by Turner et al. 2018: 350]; Isolectotype: K [​K000763267^(JSTOR)]).
    • Type locality: [Malaysia.] Selangor: Sempang mines.
  • Psychotria setistipula Ridl., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 79: 88 (1918); synonymized with I. patens by Turner et al. (2018: 371–372)
    • Type: H.C. Robinson s.n. (in young bud, 5 February 1913; Lectotype [designated by Turner et al. 2018] or possibly holotype: K [​K000777138^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]).
    • Type locality: [Malaysia.] Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang Lebar.

Misapplied names

• Ixora undulata auct. non Roxb.: Fl. Malay Penins. 2: 98 (1923)
  • Note: vide Turner (1995).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Malesia Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Ridley, H.N. 1918. New and Rare Malayan Plants Series X. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 79: 63–100. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ridley, H.N. 1912. New and Rare Malayan Plants (Series VI.). Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 61: 1–43. BHL Reference page. 
• Ridley, H.N. 1923. The Flora of the Malay Peninsula. Vol. 2. Gamopetalae. 672 pp. L. Reeve and Co., London. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Turner, I.M. 1995 publ. 1997. A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347–655. BHL Reference page.  [see page 428.]
• Turner, I.M., Low, Y.W., Rodda, M., Wong, K.M. & Middleton, D.J. 2018. The plant taxa of H.N. Ridley, 5. The Gentianales. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 70(2): 307–395. DOI: 10.26492/gbs70(2).2018-08 ResearchGate Reference page.  [see pages 350–351, 371–372.]

Links

• IUCN: Ixora patens Ridl. (Data Deficient) - Assessed by IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) on 14 July 2020 and published in 2021.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ixora patens. Published online. Accessed: 17 October 2022.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Ixora patens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 June 23. Reference page.