Usteria (Loganiaceae)

Usteria guineensis

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: Loganiaceae
Tribus: Antonieae
Genus: Usteria
Species: U. guineensis

Name

Usteria Willd., Disp. Veg. Meth. 1. (1790)

• monotypic taxon

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Monodynamis J.F.Gmel. in Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 10 (1791)

Homonyms

• Usteria Dennst., Schlüssel Hortus Malab. 31. (1818) nom. illeg. hom. vide Acalypha L., (1753) (Euphorbiaceae)
• Usteria Cav., Icon. 2(1): 15. (1793) nom. illeg. hom. vide Maurandya Ortega, (1797) (Plantaginaceae)
• Usteria Medik., Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6(Phys.): 480. (1790) vide Hyacinthoides Heist. ex Fabr. (1759) (Liliaceae)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional:Western Africa Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Regional:Central Africa Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Willdenow, C.L. in C.A.von Cotenius, 1790. Dispositio Vegetabilium Methodica a Staminum Numero Desunta 1.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Usteria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 29. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Usteria. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Nov. 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Usteria. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Usteria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Nov. 2020.

Vernacular names

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