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: Ixoroideae
Tribus: Pavetteae
Genus: Pavetta
Species: Pavetta genipifolia

Name

Pavetta genipifolia Schumach., Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 78 (1827); as 'P. Genipæfolia'

  • Type: not designated; Bremekamp (1934: 136) claimed that Hiern had selected Barter s.n. (collected in Sierra Leone in 1857; K000411879(JSTOR)) as lectotype, but such an argument lacks evidence of actual designation by Hiern and is Pavetta leonensis Keay (vide Keay 1957: 100–101); apart from them, there exists 'holotype' collected by P.E. Isert in Aquapim[Akuapem], Ghana in 1786 (C 10004301).

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Ixora genipifolia (Schumach.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 286 (1891)
  • Heterotypic
    • Pavetta megistocalyx K.Krause, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43(1–2): 146 (1909); not accepted by Keay (1957) [cited as Pavetta genipifolia]
      • Type: Busse 3424 (in fruit, December 1904; holotype: B, presumably destroyed).
      • Type locality: Togo. In einer Waldschlucht bei Misahöhe.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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