Mussaenda leptantha

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 leptantha

Name

Mussaenda leptantha Wernham, J. Bot. 57: 277 (1919); as 'Mussænda leptantha'

• Typus: G.L. Bates 1202 ([1919]; Holotypus: BM [​BM000902905^(JSTOR), determined as Mussaenda tenuiflora Benth. by O. Lachenaud]).
• Type locality: [Cameroon. Yaoundé Dist.]

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Wernham, H.F. 1919. Rubiaceæ Batesianæ. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 57: 275–283 (BHL), 342–347 (BHL). Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Mussaenda leptantha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 July 20. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Mussaenda leptantha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 July 2022.