Ixora sparsifolia

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 sparsifolia

Name

Ixora sparsifolia K.Krause, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40(3): 328 (1908)

Typus: F.C. Lehmann 5589 (in flower, November; Holotypus: B [destroyed; monochrome photograph: F0BN000423^{(GBIF, GBIF2, JSTOR)}]; ⧼Isotypi⧽: F {V0069611F (606687)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, V0069612F (586969)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)} [fragm.]}, K {K000424569^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, K001445271 [without type indication]}, LE 00005189, US [US00138602 (943462)^(JSTOR), fragm.]).
Type locality: ECUADOR. In arboretis fruticetisque densis circum Eutable prope Naranjal.

Synonymy

Heterotypic
- Ixora ulei K.Krause, Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 205 (1914), as 'Ixora Ulei'; accepted by Mendoza et al. (2004) and Taylor (2017), but regarded as conspecific with I. sparsifolia by Vásquez Martínez et al. (2008)
  - Typus: E.H.G. Ule 7710 (in flower, November 1908; Holotypus: B [monochrome photocopy: F0BN000421^{(GBIF1, GBIF2, JSTOR)}]; Lectotypus: MG [MG012817^{(GBIF1, GBIF2)}, determined by P.G. Delprete in 2013]; ⧼Isolectotypi⧽: F [V0069616F (607302)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], L 0058067^(JSTOR); cf. K [K000424576^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, without type indication]).
  - Type locality: Brasilien [= BRAZIL]. [Roraima:] Im Gebiet des Rio Branco auf der Serra de Carauma.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Panamá [I. ulei].
- Regional: Northern South America
  - French Guiana [I. ulei], Guyana [I. ulei], Suriname [I. ulei], Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil North (Amazonas, Pará, Roraima [I. ulei]).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Notes

Panaman occurrence is represented by T.M. Antonio & W.J. Hahn 4315 (collected in Chepigana, Darién, alt. 1000–1300 ft, 21 April 1980; deposited in MO-1025321 (2785745)^(GBIF); also in PMA [PMA43838 (22977)]).
Colombian occurrences had been represented by J.C. Betancur B. et al. 2868 (as I. ulei; collected in Vaupés, alt. 150 m, 2 October 1991; deposited in MO-1545946 (4231147)^(GBIF); also in COL [COL000050449 (351012)]), which was re-determined with I. panurensis Müll.Arg. by C.M. Taylor in 2016, and D. Cárdenas L. et al. 2910 (collected in San Luis, Antioquia, alt. 350 m, 26 June 1990; deposited in JAUM [see Tropicos record], MO-1545859 (4246657)), which was re-determined with I. standleyana C.M.Taylor by Taylor in 2018.

References

Primary references

Krause, K. 1908. Rubiaceae andinae. In Urban, I. (ed.), Plantae novae andinae imprimis Weberbauerianae. III. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 40(3): 312–351. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Krause, K. 1914. Rubiaceae. In: Pilger, R., Plantae Uleanae novae vel minus cognitae. [Heft 3]. Notizblatt des Königl. botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin 6(56): 200–212. DOI: 10.2307/3994405 BHL Reference page.
Standley, P.C. 1931. The Rubiaceae of Ecuador. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 7(2): 179–251. BHL Reference page. [see pages 180, 218.]
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 42.]
Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) 1999. Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181. Online. Reference page.
Mendoza, H., Ramírez P., B.R. & Jiménez, L.C. 2004. Rubiaceae de Colombia. Guía ilustrada de géneros. Bogotá, Colombia: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. Programa Inventarios de BiodiversidadGrupo de Exploración y Monitoreo Ambiental - GEMA. ISBN 8151-31-7 Invalid ISBN ResearchGate (Spanish) Reference page. [see page 323.]
Taylor, C.M., Campos, M.T.V.A. & Zappi, D. 2007. Flora da Reserva Ducke, Amazonas, Brasil: Rubiaceae. Rodriguésia 58(3): 549–616. (Portuguese) DOI: 10.1590/2175-7860200758306 BHL Reference page. [see page 578.]
Vásquez Martínez, R., Rojas González, R. & van der Werff, H. (eds.) 2010. Flora del Río Cenepa, Amazonas, Perú, Vol. 2. Angiospermae (Gentianaceae—Zingiberaceae). ISBN 9781930723924 Google Books. (Spanish) Reference page. [see page 1277.]
Taylor, C.M. 2011. RUBIACEAE. In: Idárraga-Piedrahita, Á., Ortiz, R. del C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.), Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares, Vol. 2. Listado de las Plantas Vasculares del Departamento de Antioquia. Programa Expedición Antioquia 2013. Series Biodiversidad y Recursos Naturales. 939 pp. Medellín: Universidad de Antioquia, Missouri Botanical Garden y Oficina de Planeación Departamental de la Gobernación de Antioquia. ISBN 978-958-8709-61-1 PDF ResearchGate Reference page. [see page 834.]
Delprete, P.G. & Cortés-B., R. 2015[2016]. Ixora%20ulei. In: Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.), Cátalogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia, pp. 2252–2343. ResearchGate . Accessed: 3 December 2022. Reference page. [see page 2281.]
Taylor, C.M. 2017. "Ixora sparsifolia" in Studies in Tropical Rubiaceae. Tropicos. Accessed: 21 December 2022.
Taylor, C.M. 2017. "Ixora ulei" in Studies in Tropical Rubiaceae. Tropicos. Accessed: 21 December 2022.

Links

IUCN: Ixora sparsifolia K.Krause (Least Concern) - Assessed by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group on 12 June 2018 and published in 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ixora sparsifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 November 6. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ixora sparsifolia. Published online. Accessed: 6 November 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Ixora sparsifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 November 2022.
Ixora sparsifolia. Flora e Funga do Brasil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 3 December 2022.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ixora panurensis. Accessed: 2022 December 3.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ixora sparsifolia. Accessed: 2022 December 21.