Mussaenda zenkeri

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 zenkeri

Name

Mussaenda zenkeri Wernham, J. Bot. 51: 276 (1913); as 'M. Zenkeri'

• Typus: G.A. Zenker 1516 ([1897]; syntypus: K [cf. K000414488^(JSTOR), without type indication apart from a determination slip left by H.F. Wernham on 10 June [19]13], WU0078273; isosyntypi: HBG521416, M0106420) et G.A. Zenker & A. Staudt 422 (syntypus).
  • Note: syntype seems to be also deposited in BM judging from the type-protologue.
• Type locality:
  • 1516: Cameroon. Yaunde, 2600 ft.

Note:

Bridson & Verdcourt (1988: 463) stated that Mussaenda zenkeri is very close to M. elegans Schumach. & Thonn. and Figueiredo (2007) places the former taxon tentatively as a distinct species, but considering it a possible synonym of the latter.

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Wernham, H.F. 1913. The Mussændas of the African Continent. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 51: 233–240 (BHL), 274–278 (BHL). Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 
• Figueiredo, E. 2007. The Rubiaceae of Cabinda (Angola). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 154(4): 455–495. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00675.x Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Mussaenda zenkeri in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 24. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Mussaenda zenkeri in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Mussaenda zenkeri. Published online. Accessed: 24 March 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Mussaenda zenkeri. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 March 2022.