Mussaenda wrayi

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 wrayi

Name

Mussaenda wrayi King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 72(4): 182 (1904); as 'Mussaenda Wrayi'

• Types:
  • Lectotype: King's Collector 10943 ([September 1886]; K [​K001129408^(GBIF), designated by Chantaranothai 2015: 64]).
  • Syntypes:
    • L. Wray Jr. 40 (not seen by Chantaranothai 2015; CAL [​CAL0000012514 (202349), dated 1886])
    • Wray 1788 (not seen by Chantaranothai 2015)
    • Wray 2583 (not seen by Chantaranothai 2015)
    • King's Collector 685 ([September 1880]; L 0057616^(GBIF); cf. P [​P03800617^(GBIF), collected in Penang, ex CAL, without any type indication], US [​US02371580 (516632)^(GBIF), without type indication])
    • King's Collector 1960 ([June 1881]; WU 0078245^(GBIF); cf. U.1569061 (U 0043313)^(GBIF))
    • King's Collector 5353 ([in fruit, December 1883]; K {K000740945^{(GBIF, JSTOR)} & K000740946^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}} [both ex CAL]; cf. LY [​LY0297458^(GBIF), without type indications], P [​P03800618^(GBIF), ex CAL, without any type indication])
    • Scortechini s.n. (not seen by Chantaranothai 2015; cf. MPU [MPU1127966^(GBIF), under number '80282' or '80782', ex Perak Museum, without any type indication, collected in 1884)
    • Curtis 1024 (not seen by Chantaranothai 2015)
    • Curtis 2730 (K)
    • Curtis 3304 (K).
• Type locality: [Malaysia.]
  • Curtis 2730 and 3304: Penang.
  • Others including the lectotype: Perak.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Mussaenda mollis E.T.Geddes, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1927(4): 171 (1927); not accepted by Chantaranothai (2015: 64) [cited as Mussaenda wrayi]
    • Type: A.F.G. Kerr 7285 ([22 July 1923]; Lectotype: K [​K000843195^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, designated by Chantaranothai 2015: 64]; Isolectotypes: ABD [​ABDUH:2/426, ex K], BK [BK257408^(JSTOR)], BM [​BM000945190^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], K [​K000843196^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]).
    • Type locality: Siam[Thailand]. Pattani[today Yala], Banang S[a]ta, 50 m., climbing at edge of evergreen forest.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indo-China Thailand. Regional: Malesia Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• King, G. & Gamble, J.S. 1903[1904]. Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. No. 14. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part 2. Natural History 72(4): 111–229. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Geddes, E.T. 1927. Contributions to the Flora of Siam. Additamentum XXI. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew): 1927(4): 164–174. DOI: 10.2307/4107591 Reference page. 
• Chantaranothai, P. 2015. A synopsis of Mussaenda L. (Rubiaceae) in Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 43: 51–65. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Mussaenda wrayi in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 April 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Mussaenda wrayi. Published online. Accessed: 6 April 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Mussaenda wrayi. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 April 2022.
• 'DICOT TYPE'. Accessed: 1 December 2023.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Mussaenda wrayi. Accessed: 2023 December 1.

Vernacular names

ไทย: ต่างดอกเรย์