Oxyanthus lepidus subsp. lepidus

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: Sherbournieae
Genus: Oxyanthus
Species: Oxyanthus lepidus
Subspecies: Oxyanthus lepidus subsp. lepidus

Name

Oxyanthus lepidus subsp. lepidus, autonym

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Oxyanthus oxycarpus S.Moore, J. Bot. 45: 265 (1907); reduced to O. lepidus subsp. lepidus by Bridson (1979)
    • Typus: A.G. Bagshawe 1300 ([11 November 1906]; Holotypus: BM [cf. BM000903174^(JSTOR), 'Type']; Isotypus: US [​US00610783 (1349165)^(JSTOR)]).
    • Type locality: Uganda. Toro, forest near the Semliki river.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Zaïre Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Sudan East Tropical Africa Tanzania, Uganda South Tropical Africa Mozambique, Zambia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Moore, S. le M. 1907. Alabastra Diversa.―Part XV. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 45: 226–233 (BHL), 263–268 (BHL). Reference page. 
• Bridson, D.M. 1979. Studies in Oxyanthus and Mitriostigma (Rubiaceae subfam. Cinchonoideae) for part 2 of 'Flora of Tropical East Africa: Rubiaceae'. Kew Bulletin 34(1): 113–130. DOI: 10.2307/4117977 Reference page.  [see page 121.]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Oxyanthus lepidus subsp. lepidus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 16. Reference page.