Tarenna thomasii

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: Pavetteae
Genus: Tarenna
Species: Tarenna thomasii

Name

Tarenna thomasii Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 75, in clavi., 76 (1931); as 'T. Thomasii'

• Typus:
  • Lectotypus: G.F. Scott Elliot 5344 ([26] March [1892]; BM [​BM000528294^(JSTOR), designated by Degreef 2006: 136]; isolectotypus: K [​K000453441]; cf. BR [​BR0000090005657]).
  • Syntypus: N.W. Thomas 126 ([28] April [1914]; K [​K000411780^(JSTOR)]).
    • Note: Scott Elliot 5554, one of the syntypes collected at Limba, Bafodeya, Sierra Leone in April, was re-determined as Tarenna gracilis (Stapf) Keay by Hepper & Keay (1963).
• Type locality:
  • Lectotypus: Guinea. Farana[h].
  • Syntypus: Sierra Leone. Laminaiya.

Synonyms

• Tarenna sp. nov. sensu Hiern, Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 3: 90 (1877)
• Tarenna flexilis A.Chev., Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 319 (1920), nom. nud.
  • Original material: A.J.B. Chevalier 17177 (29 January 1907; 'holotypus': P [​P00546220^(JSTOR)]; 'isotypi': K [​K000453478], P {P00546221^(JSTOR), P00546222^(JSTOR)}, WAG [​WAG0255866^(JSTOR)]; cf. LY {LY0297505, LY0297507, LY0297508} [all without any type indication]).
  • Locality: Côte d'Ivoire. Vallée de l'Agniéby, entre Ouaguié et Capiécrou, dans la forêt.

Misapplied names

• Tarenna conferta auct. non (Benth.) Hiern: A.Chev., Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 319 (1920), pro parte, quoad Chevalier 578 (K [​K000453442]); Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 76, pro parte, quoad Guinean and Ivorian records
  • Note: vide Hepper & Keay (1963).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon [​fide Chadburn 2021] References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hutchinson, J. & Dalziel, J.M. 1931–1936. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Vol. 2. Crown Agents for the Colonies, London. Google Books. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Oliver, D. 1877. Flora of Tropical Africa. Vol. 3. Umbeliferae to Ebenaceae. 544 pp. London. BHL Reference page. 
• Chevalier, A. 1920. Exploration botanique de l'Afrique occidentale française. Tome I: Énumération des plantes récoltées avec une carte botanique, agricole et forestière. XV+798 pp. Paul Lechevallier, Paris. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Hepper, F.N. & Keay, R.W.J. 1963. Rubiaceae. In: Hepper, F.N. (ed.), Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2. 544 pp. London, United Kingdom: Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Adiministrations, pp. 104–223. Reference page.  [see Tarenna thomasii and Tarenna gracilis.]
• Degreef, J. 2006. Revision of Continental African Tarenna (Rubiaceae-Pavetteae). Opera Botanica Belgica 14: 1–150. ISBN 9789072619709 Google Books. Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Tarenna thomasii Hutch. & Dalziel (Least Concern) - Assessed by H. Chadburn on 13 January 2020 and published in 2021.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Tarenna thomasii. Published online. Accessed: 5 July 2022.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Tarenna thomasii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 July 5. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Tarenna thomasii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 July 2022.