Sherbournia

Sherbournia bignoniiflora

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: Sherbournia
Species: S. ailarama – S. amaraliocarpa – S. batesii – S. bignoniiflora – S. buccularia – S. calycina – S. curvipes – S. hapalophylla – S. kiliotricha – S. millenii – S. myosura – S. streptocaulon – S. zenkeri

Name

Sherbournia G.Don, Encycl. Pl., new ed., Suppl. 2: 1303. (1855)

• Typus: S. foliosa G.Don = Sherbournia calycina (G.Don) Hua, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 14: 398 (1901)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Amaralia Welw. ex Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. (Bentham & J.D.Hooker) 2(1): 90. 1873.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

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

References

• Don, G. 1855. Encycl. Pl. Suppl. (Loudon) 2: 1323.
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Sherbournia. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 18.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Sherbournia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Sherbournia. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 18 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Sherbournia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: {{{3}}} Jan. 18 2019.

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