Pseudomussaenda monteiroi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Pseudomussaenda monteiroi (Wernham) Wernham, J. Bot. 54: 298 (1916)

Basionym
- Mussaenda monteiroi Wernham, J. Bot. 51: 240 (1913); as 'M. Monteiroi'
  - Syntypes:
    - Monteiro s.n. (BM ['holotype' fide Troupin & Petit 1953: 229], K [cf. K000412585^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, under number '6173']);
    - J. Gossweiler 4273 ([March 1907]; BM [BM000902870^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; Isotype: COI [COI00067723^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]).
    - Note: Gossweiler 563, one of the syntypes in the original publication, later served as that of Pseudomussaenda gossweileri Wernham, J. Bot. 54: 298 (1916).
  - Type locality:
    - Monteiro: [THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. District of Bas-Congo:] Boma.
      - Note: Wernham indicated the broader regional unit erroneously as Angola.
    - Gossweiler 4273: ANGOLA. Anha-Benguella.
Heterotypic
- Pseudomussaenda gossweileri Wernham, J. Bot. 54: 298 (1916); synonymized with P. monteiroi by Figueiredo (2008)
  - Syntypes:
    - J. Gossweiler 563 (BM, K [K000412586^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, collected in 1905], P [P00539373^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, collected in 1903]).
      - Note: this syntype formerly served as that of Mussaenda monteiroi.
    - J. Gossweiler 6357 (October 1914; BM [BM000902871^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], COI [COI00067722^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], LISC [LISC001018^(JSTOR)], LISU, LUA).
  - Type locality: Angola. [Cuanza Norte:] Cazengo, Rio Catoco, Granja S. Luiz, n'Dalatando.

Mussaenda luteola auct. non Delile [vide Pseudomussaenda flava Verdc.]: T.Durand & Schinz, Études Fl. Congo (in Mém. Cour. Acad. Roy. Belg.) 53(4): 156 (1896); T.Durand & De Wild., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 37: 118 (1898); S.Moore, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 301 (1906), quoad Gossweiler 563; T.Durand & H.Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol.: 249 (1909); De Wild., Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. sér. 5, 3: 283 (1910)
- Note: vide Troupin & Petit (1953).

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

Wernham, H.F. 1916. Pseudomussænda: a new genus of Rubiaceæ. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 54: 297–301. BHL. Reference page.

Figueiredo, E. 2008. The Rubiaceae of Angola. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 156(4): 537–638. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00750.x Reference page. [see page 582]
Moore, S. le M. 1906. A Second Contribution to the Flora of Africa—Rubiacæ and Compositæ II. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 37(260): 298–329. BHL Reference page.
Troupin, G. & Petit, E. 1953. Pseudomussaenda Wernham au Congo Belge (Rubiaceae). Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l’État à Bruxelles 23: 227–232. DOI: 10.2307/3666931 Reference page.
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.