Virectaria

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: Sabiceeae
Genus: Virectaria
Species: V. angustifolia – V. belingana – V. herbacoursi – V. major – V. multiflora – V. procumbens – V. salicoides – V. tenella

Name

Virectaria Bremek., Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 48(2): 21. (1952)

• Type species: Virectaria major (K.Schum.) Verdc., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 23: 42. (1953)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Virecta Afzel. ex Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 37: s.p. (1818), nom. illeg. hom. = Virecta L.f., Suppl. Pl. 17. (1782) vide Sipanea Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 147. (1775) (Rubiaceae)
• Heterotypic
  • Phyteumoides Smeathman ex DC., Prodr. 4: 414. (1830), pro syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierre Leone, Togo. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cabinda, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaïre. East Tropical Africa Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Zambia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Bremekamp, C.E.B. 1952. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen Section 2, 48(2): 21.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Virectaria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Virectaria. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 29 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Virectaria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Mar. 2019.