Nauclea vanderguchtii

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: Cinchonoideae
Tribus: Naucleeae
Genus: Nauclea
Species: Nauclea vanderguchtii

Name

Nauclea vanderguchtii (De Wild.) E.M.A.Petit, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 28: 12 (1958)

• Typus:
  • Vander Gucht 94 (1912; lectotypus: BR0000008848703).
  • J. Bequaert 2605 ([24] February 1914; syntypus: BR {BR0000008784155, BR0000008784186, BR0000008784513}), J. Bequaert 6629 ([15] January 1915; syntypus: BR {BR0000008785800, BR0000008786135}) and J. Claessens 689 (May 1921; syntypus: BR {BR0000008848710, BR0000008848758, BR0000008848765})
• Type locality: [The Democratic Republic of the Congo.] District Forestier Central:
  • Lectotype: env. Nala.
  • Bequaert 2605: Penge-Irumu.
  • Bequaert 6629: Walikale-Lubutu.
  • Claessens: Buta.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Sarcocephalus vanderguchtii De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 2: 221 (1923)
• Heterotypic
  • Sarcocephalus nervosus Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 100 (1931); not accepted by Petit (1958: 12), Ridsdale & Bakhuizen van den Brink (1975: 548) [cited as Nauclea vanderguchtii]
    • Typus: P.A. Talbot 1604 (BM {BM000902818^(JSTOR), BM000902819^(JSTOR)}, BR0000008848727 [s.n.], K [cf. K000394939^(JSTOR), K000394940^(JSTOR), both without any type indication apart from a determination slip left by E. Petit in April 1957], MO-716962^(JSTOR) [s.n.]).
    • Type locality: Nigeria. Oban.
  • Sarcocephalus nervosus var. cordifolius A.Chev., Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 18: 190 (1938); as Sarcocephalus nervosus var. cordifolius; not accepted by Ridsdale & Bakhuizen van den Brink (1975: 548) [cited as Nauclea vanderguchtii]
    • Typus: Le Testu 1884 (28 November 1914; syntypus: P) and F. Fleury in Herb. Chev. 33620 (syntypus: P).
    • Type locality: Gabon.
      • Le Testu: Tchibanga.
      • Fleury: environs de Libreville, dans la forêt.
• Sarcocephalus sp. sensu Bequaert in W.M. Wheeler, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 460 (1922)
  • Note: see Petit (1958: 12); the illustration drawn from life at Masongo, between Walikale and Lubutu, January, 1915.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Liberia, Nigeria Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cabinda, Congo, Gabon, Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Wildeman, E. 1923–1924. Plantae Bequaertianae études sur les récoltes botaniques du Dr. J. Bequaert, chargé de missions au Congo Belge (1913-1915) 2: 569 pp. Google Books. Reference page. 
• Petit, E. 1958. Les Naucleeae (Rubiaceae) du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi. — 2. Mitragyna et Nauclea. Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l’État à Bruxelles 28: 1–13. DOI: 10.2307/3667017 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Wheeler, W.M., with the Collaboration of J. Bequaert, I.W. Bailey, F. Santschi & W.M. Mann 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo Expedition. A Contribution to the Myrmecology of Africa. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45, art. I: 1–1055. BHL Reference page. 
• Hutchinson, J. & Dalziel, J.M. 1931–1936. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Vol. 2. Crown Agents for the Colonies, London. Google Books. Reference page. 
• Chevalier, A. 1938. Note sur quelques Sarcocephalus africains. Revue de botanique appliquée et d'agriculture coloniale 18(199): 176–190. Persée. Reference page. 
• Ridsdale, C.E. & Bakhuizen van den Brink Jr, R.C. 1975. A synopsis of the African and Madagascan Rubiaceae — Naucleeae. Blumea 22(3): 541–553. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Nauclea vanderguchtii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 February 6. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Nauclea vanderguchtii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 February 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Nauclea vanderguchtii. Published online. Accessed: 6 February 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Nauclea vanderguchtii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 February 2022.