Mussaenda microdonta subsp. odorata

Type specimen of Mussaenda microdonta subsp. odorata (K000319583)

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 microdonta
Subspecies: Mussaenda microdonta subsp. odorata

Name

Mussaenda microdonta subsp. odorata (Hutch.) Bridson, Kew Bull. 30(4): 696 (1975 publ. 1976)

• Type: E. Battiscombe 708 ([29 July 1913]; holotype: K; fragment of the holotype: BM; isotype: EA000002958).
  • Note: there are two specimens deposited in K: K000319583 ['Isosyntype'] and K000319584 ['Unknown type material'].
• Type locality: British East Africa[KENYA]. Streams of South-East Kenya, 1835-1990 m.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Mussaenda odorata Hutch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914(7): 247 (1914)
• Heterotypic
  • Mussaenda keniensis K.Krause in R.E.Fries & T.C.E.Fries, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 603 (1929); not accepted by Bridson (1976) [cited as Mussaenda microdonta subsp. odorata]
    • Type: R.E. Fries & T.C.E. Fries 1818 (in fruit, 22 February 1922; syntype: UPS) et R.E. Fries & T.C.E. Fries 2060 (in fruit, 5 March 1922; syntype: UPS).
    • Type locality:
      • 1818: O.-Kenia[Eastern KENYA]. Am Kaseri[Kageri?]-Fluß.
      • 2060: S.-Kenia[Southern KENYA]. Im Bergwalde am Mukengeria-Fluß.

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• 1914. Diagnoses africanae: LX. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 1914(7): 245–249. DOI: 10.2307/4119467 BHL
• Bridson, D.M. 1975[1976]. A new variety and combination in Mussaenda (Rubiaceae). Kew Bulletin 30(4): 696. DOI: 10.2307/4102912 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Fries, R.E. & Fries, T.C.E. 1929. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Flora des Kenia, Mt. Aberdare und Mt. Elgon XII. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 10(96): 594–621. DOI: 10.2307/3994784 Reference page. 
• 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 page 466].
• 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 microdonta subsp. odorata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 21. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Mussaenda microdonta subsp. odorata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Mussaenda microdonta subsp. odorata. Published online. Accessed: 21 March 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Mussaenda microdonta subsp. odorata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 March 2022.

Vernacular names

Gĩkũyũ: Mũringathinga