Mussaenda tomentosa

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 tomentosa

Name

Mussaenda tomentosa Wall. [Numer. List: n. 6265 (1832), nom. inval.] ex G.Don, Gen. Hist. Pl. 3: 491 (1834)

• Type: [Wight s.n.] Wallich EIC 6265 (holotype: K000031983^(JSTOR) [verified by D.M.A Jayaweera in 1960–1962]; 'isosyntypes': E {E00174728^(JSTOR), E00174729^(JSTOR), E00174730^(JSTOR)}; 'types': BM000945196^(JSTOR), BR0000005587261^(JSTOR)).
• Type locality: [India. Tamil Nadu: Arcot,] Gingee Mountains[Gingee Hills].

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent India (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu [type locality]) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Homonyms

• Mussaenda tomentosa Reinw. ex Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 211 (1857), nom. illeg. = Mussaenda reinwardtiana Miq., loc. cit.
• Mussaenda tomentosa Wight ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3(7): 90 (1880), nom. inval. pro syn. sub M. frondosa var. hirsutissima Hook.f. [≡ Mussaenda hirsutissima (Hook.f.) Hutch. ex Gamble], but see also Mussaenda frondosa L..

References

Primary references

• Don, G. 1834. A general history of the dichlamydeous plants, comprising complete descriptions of the different orders; ...; the whole arranged according to the natural system. Vol. III. — Calyciiflorae. VIII+867 pp. J.G. and F. Rivington, et al., London. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Wallich, N. 1828–1849. A Numerical List of Dried Specimens of plants in the Museum of the Honl. East India Company, which have been supplied by Dr. Wallich, superintendent of the botanic garden at Calcutta. London. BHL Reference page. 
• Jayaweera, D.M.A. 1963. The Rubiaceous genus Mussaenda: the species of India and Ceylon. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 44(2): 232–267. BHL Reference page.  [see page 236.]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Mussaenda tomentosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 23. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Mussaenda tomentosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Mussaenda tomentosa. Published online. Accessed: 23 March 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Mussaenda tomentosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 March 2022.