Mussaenda gossweileri

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 gossweileri

Name

Mussaenda gossweileri Wernham, J. Bot. 54: 300 (1916); as 'Mussænda Gossweileri'

• Typus: J. Gossweiler 4284 (in flower and fruit, 27 February 1907; BM [​BM000902906^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; ⧼Isotypi⧽: COI, MO-2049432 (1688286)^(GBIF) [determined by C.M. Taylor in 2009 or 2019]).
• Type locality: Angola. [Huíla:] Kaconda, along the rivulet Cababa.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa South Tropical Africa Angola. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Wernham, H.F. 1916. Pseudomussænda: a new genus of Rubiaceæ. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 54: 297–301. BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Figueiredo, E. 2008. The Rubiaceae of Angola. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 156(4): 537–638. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00750.x Reference page.  [see pages 568–569.]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Mussaenda gossweileri in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Mussaenda gossweileri. Published online. Accessed: 19 March 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Mussaenda gossweileri. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 March 2022.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Mussaenda gossweileri. Accessed: 2023 March 28.