Mussaenda rivularis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Mussaenda rivularis Welw. ex Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 452 (1898)

Typus: F. Welwitsch 1118 (in flower and fruit almost during 7 months, December 1859, January and 5 April 1860; BM [BM000902922^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], LISU [LISU208547^(JSTOR)], PRE {PRE0594686-1^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, PRE0594686-2^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}; Isotypus: M-0106423 / 27743 / 18784^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}).
Type locality: [Angola.] Huilla[Huíla], in dense forests by cataracts near Lopollo, in company with Epilobium hirsutum L., Osmunda regalis L., and species of Rumex, Blyxa, Eriocaulon, etc.

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

Hiern, W.P. 1898. Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853–61. [Vol. I.] Dicotyledons, Part II. Combretaceæ to Rubiaceæ. Pp. 337–510 BHL; Dicotyledons, Part III. Dipsaceæ to Scrophulariaceæ. Pp. 511–784 BHL. London. Reference page.

International Plant Names Index. 2022. Mussaenda rivularis. Published online. Accessed: 13 April 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Mussaenda rivularis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 April 2022.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Mussaenda rivularis. Accessed: 2023 March 14.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Mussaenda rivularis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 14. Reference page.