Mitragyna inermis

Taxonavigation

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

Mitragyna inermis (Willd.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 288 (1891)

Typus: Herb. Willd.[P.E. Isert] 3908 ([1784]; B fide Ridsdale 1978: 67; isotypi: C10004661, LE {LE00017268^(JSTOR), LE00017269^(JSTOR)}).
Type locality: [Danish] Guinea[Ghana]. [Ada.]

Basionym
- Uncaria inermis Willd. in Usteri, Delect. Opusc. Bot. 2: 199, t. 3 (1793)
Homotypic
- Nauclea africana Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 1(2): 929 (1798), nom. illeg.; not accepted by Ridsdale (1978: 67) and Govaerts (2003) [cited as Mitragyna inermis]
- Mitragyna africana (Willd.) Korth., Obs. Naucl. Ind.: 19 (1839), nom. illeg.; not accepted by Ridsdale (1978: 67) and Govaerts (2003) [cited as Mitragyna inermis]
- Stephegyne africana (Willd.) Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 513 (1843), nom. illeg.; not accepted by Ridsdale (1978: 67) and Govaerts (2003) [cited as Mitragyna inermis]
- Platanocarpum africanum (Willd.) Hook.f., Icon. Pl. 8: t. 787 (1848); not accepted by Govaerts (2003) [cited as Mitragyna inermis]
- Nauclea inermis (Willd.) Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 201 (1879)
- Adina inermis (Willd.) Roberty, Bull. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire, A. 16: 50 (1954)
Heterotypic
- Cephalanthus africanus Rchb. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 345 (1830), nom. inval. in syn.; not accepted by Ridsdale (1978: 67) and Govaerts (1999, 2003) [cited as Mitragyna inermis]
- Nauclea platanocarpa Hook.f., Icon. Pl. 8: t. 787 (1848); not accepted by Ridsdale (1978: 67) and Govaerts (2003) [cited as Mitragyna inermis]
  - Typus: Vogel s.n. (K) fide Ridsdale (1978: 67), cf. K000394922^(JSTOR) (under the number 40, in Niger Expedition, without any type indication).
  - Type locality: [Ghana.] Acra.

Native distribution areas:

Africa
- West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Burkina, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Central African Republic, Cameroon, Zaïre
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Sudan

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Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars I. Pp. I–CLV, 1–374. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.] BHL Reference page.

Willdenow, C.L. 1798. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta. Tomus 1, pars 2. pp. [499]–1568. Berolini: G.C. Nauk. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page.
De Candolle, A.P. 1830. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 4: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines X. 683 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page.
Korthals, P.G. 1839. Observationes de Naucleis indicis. Bonnae: Typis Caroli Georgii. Google Books. Reference page.
Walpers, G.G. 1843. Repertorium Botanices Systematicae. Tomus II. 1029 pp. Sumtibus Friderici Hofmeister, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. BHL Reference page.
Hooker, W.J. (ed.) 1848. Icones Plantarum; or figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks, of new or rare plants, selected from the author's herbarium. Vol. VIII [= Vol. IV, new series.] Tt. DCCI–DCCC. Hippolyte Baillière, London. BHL Reference page.
Ridsdale, C.E. 1978. A revision of Mitragyna and Uncaria (Rubiaceae). Blumea 24(1): 43–100. PDF Reference page.
Govaerts, R. 1999. World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b). 1532 pp.. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-5720-098-8 (issue 1), ISBN 90-5720-099-6 (issue 2b). Reference page.
Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Mitragyna inermis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 December 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Mitragyna inermis. Published online. Accessed: 19 December 2021.
IUCN: Mitragyna inermis (Willd.) Kuntze (Least Concern)
Tropicos.org 2021. Mitragyna inermis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 December 2021.

bamanankan: Jun
Wolof: Xoos (Crétois 1983: 72)

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