Mussaenda arcuata

Mussaenda arcuata

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: Mussaendeae
Genus: Mussaenda
Species: Mussaenda arcuata

Name

Mussaenda arcuata Poir., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 4(1): 392 (1797)

• Type: P. Commerson s.n.[304] (holotype: P-LA; isotypes: P {P00121711^(JSTOR) [under number '356'], P00121712^(JSTOR) [under number '356', also labelled as Landia astrographa]}; 'types': MPU {MPU021489, MPU021491, MPU021492}; possible types collected in Réunion: MPU {MPU021487, MPU021488}).
• Type locality: L'île de France[Mauritius].

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Landia astrographa Comm. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 372 (1830), pro syn. sub Mussaenda arcuata
  • Landia stelligera Comm. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 372 (1830), pro syn. sub Mussaenda arcuata
  • Mussaenda arcuata var. parviflora S.Moore, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 301 (1906); not accepted by Bridson & Verdcourt (1988) [cited as Mussaenda arcuata]
    • Type: J. Gossweiler 1235 ([9 August 1903]; BM000902914^(JSTOR); isotype: K000412561^(JSTOR) [ex COI]).
    • Type locality: [Angola.] In wet situations along the flat banks of the Quizanga near Malange.
  • Mussaenda abyssinica Chiov., Ann. Bot. (Roma) 9: 67 (1911); not accepted by Bridson & Verdcourt (1988) [cited as Mussaenda arcuata]
    • Type: E. Chiovenda 705 (4 July 1909; holotype: FT003382^(JSTOR)).
    • Type locality: [Ethiopia.] Tzellemti: Mai Taclit lungo il torrente.
  • Mussaenda arcuata var. pubescens Wernham, J. Bot. 51: 274 (1913); not accepted by Bridson & Verdcourt (1988) [cited as Mussaenda arcuata]
    • Type:
      • J. Gossweiler 4247 ([1907]; syntype: BM000902913^(JSTOR); isosyntype: BR0000008848406; cf. COI00072246^(JSTOR), without type indication).
      • G.A. Schweinfurth 2891 ([30 January 1870]; syntype: K; isosyntypes: M {M0198428, M0198429}) et Schweinfurth 1742 (syntype).
      • Goetze 208 (syntype: K).
      • T. Kassner 2585 ([13 March 1908]; syntype: BM; isosyntypes: BR0000008848390^(JSTOR), HBG521437) et T. Kassner 2608 ([13 March 1908]; syntype: BM; isosyntype: HBG521436).
    • Type locality:
      • Gossweiler: Angola. High plateau.
      • Schweinfurth: Central Africa[South Sudan?]. Bongo-land.
      • Goetze: East Africa[Tanzania]. Uluguru, 3250 ft.
      • Kassner: [The Democratic Republic of the Congo.] Kundelungu.
  • Mussaenda laurifolia A.Chev., Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 314 (1920), nom. nud.; not accepted by Bridson & Verdcourt (1988) [cited as Mussaenda arcuata]
    • Original materials: A. Chevalier 18582 (25 September 1907) et A. Chevalier 18847 (September - October 1907).
    • Locality: Guinée française. Fouta-Djalon,
      • 18582: entre Dalaba et Diaguissa, 1100 à 1250 mètres d’altitude.
      • 18847: plateau de Dalaba-Diaguissa, 1000 à 1300 mètres d’altitude.

Misapplied names

• Mussaenda polita auct. non Hiern: T.Durand & De Wild., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 37: 118 (1898); De Wild., Pl. Laur.: 54 (1903); T.Durand & H.Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol.: 249 (1909); De Wild., Contr. Fl. Kat.: 208 (1921)
  • Note: vide Petit (1955: 157).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West Tropical Africa Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Zaïre Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Sudan East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe Western Indian Ocean Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lamarck, J.-B. (ed.) 1797–1798. Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique. Tome 4. 764 pp. H. Agasse, Paris. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 
• Moore, S. le M. 1906. A Second Contribution to the Flora of Africa—Rubiacæ and Compositæ II. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 37(260): 298–329. BHL Reference page. 
• Chiovenda, E. 1911. Plantae novae vel minus notae e regione aethiopica. Annali di Botanica. Roma 9(1): 51–85 (BHL), (2): 125–152 (BHL). Reference page. 
• Wernham, H.F. 1913. The Mussændas of the African Continent. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 51: 233–240 (BHL), 274–278 (BHL). Reference page. 
• Chevalier, A. 1920. Exploration botanique de l'Afrique occidentale française. Tome I: Énumération des plantes récoltées avec une carte botanique, agricole et forestière. XV+798 pp. Paul Lechevallier, Paris. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Petit, E. 1955. Les Mussaenda L. (Rubiaceae) du Congo Belge. Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l’État à Bruxelles 25(2): 149–167. DOI: 10.2307/3667062 Reference page.  [see pages 157–161.]
• Bridson, D. & Verdcourt, B. 1988. Rubiaceae (Part 2). In Polhill, R.M. (ed.), Flora of Tropical East Africa, pp. 415–747. ISBN 90-6191-337-3 Google Books [reprint 2019 by CRC Press]. Reference page.  [see pages 461–462.]
• 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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Mussaenda arcuata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 28. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Mussaenda arcuata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Mussaenda arcuata. Published online. Accessed: 28 March 2022.

• Tropicos.org 2022. Mussaenda arcuata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 April 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Forest Star [in Zambia and Zimbabwe]
français: Lingue café [in Réunion]
lingála: Esobi
ikirundi: Umubozanda (Petit 1955)
Sängö: Ngûlayänü
chiShona: Muridzameso

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