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Chassalia curviflora Thwaites

  • 1. Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW 9 3 AE, UK & Queen Mary University of London, E 1 4 NS, UK
  • 2. Singapore Botanical Liaison Officer, Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW 9 3 AE, UK. & Singapore Botanic Gardens, National Parks Board, 1 Cluny Road, Singapore 259569, Singapore.
  • 3. Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW 9 3 AE, UK.

Description

Chassalia curviflora (Wall.) Thwaites

Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae (2): 150 (Thwaites 1859). – Psychotria curviflora Wall. in Roxburgh, Flora indica 2: 167 (Roxburgh 1824). – Uragoga curviflora (Wall.) Kuntze, Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 299 (Kuntze 1891b). – Type: MALAYSIA • Penang; 1819; W. Jack s.n. [EIC 8360 A]; hololectotype: K-W[K 001125306]!, designated at the first step by Deb & Krishna (1983: 221) and at the second step by Turner (2019: 397).

Psychotria lurida Blume, Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 16: 959 (Blume 1826). – Zwaardekronia lurida (Blume) Korth., Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief 2 (2): 252 (Korthals 1851). – Chassalia lurida (Blume) Miq., Flora van Nederlandsch Indië 2 (2): 282 (Miquel 1857).

Chassalia curviflora var. lurida (Blume) Hochr., Candollea 5: 270 (Hochreutiner 1934). – Type: JAVA • C.L. Blume 2270; hololectotype: L[L.2950785], designated by Turner (2019: 397).

Chassalia chartacea Craib, Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1931: 279 (Craib 1931). Type: THAILAND • Surat, Yanyao; 21 Feb. 1930; A.F.G. Kerr 18175; holotype: K [K000761880]! [K001129592]! (2 sheets); isotype: BM [BM000945616].

For a more extensive synonymy see Turner (2019).

Distribution, habitat

India to the Philippines. Lowland evergreen forest.

Remarks

Chassalia curviflora is taken here as a single widespread (India to the Philippines) and variable species. Revision of this complex was beyond the scope of the present study, and only a single entity is keyed out above for Borneo.

Notes

Published as part of Yu, Tian Yi, Turner, Ian M. & Cheek, Martin, 2021, Revision of Chassalia (Rubiaceae-Rubioideae-Palicoureeae) in Borneo, with 14 new species, pp. 1-60 in European Journal of Taxonomy 738 on pages 22-23, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.738.1261, http://zenodo.org/record/4594541

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
EIC , K, BM
Event date
1930-02-21
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Chassalia
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
.2950785 , EIC 8360, 001125306 , K000761880, K001129592, BM000945616
Order
Gentianales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Species
curviflora
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , type
Verbatim event date
1930-02-21

References

  • Thwaites G. H. K. 1859. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae. Part 2. Dulau, London.
  • Roxburgh W. 1824. Flora indica. Vol. II. Mission Press, Serampore.
  • Kuntze O. 1891 b. Revisio Generum Plantarum. Pars I. Arthur Felix, Leipzig.
  • Deb D. B. & Krishna B. 1983 [' 1982 ']. Taxonomic studies of the genus Chassalia Comm. ex Poir. in India and adjoining regions. Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India 24: 221 - 224.
  • Turner I. M. 2019. A nomenclatural synopsis of Chassalia (Rubiaceae) in Asia. Feddes Repertorium 130: 396 - 404. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / fedr. 201900002
  • Blume C. L. 1826 - 1827. Bijdragen tot de Flora van Nederlandsch Indie. Vol. 16. Ter Lands Drukkerij, Batavia [Jakarta].
  • Korthals P. W. 1851. Overzigt der Rubiaceen van de Nederlandsch-Oostindische Kolonien. Nederlandsch Kruidkundige Archief 2 (2): 145 - 269.
  • Miquel F. A. W. 1857. Flora van Nederlandsch Indie. Vol. II, Part 2. C. G. van der Post, Amsterdam.
  • Hochreutiner B. - P. - G. 1934. Plantae hochreutineranae. Fascicule III. Candollea 5: 175 - 341.
  • Craib W. G. 1931. Contributions to the Flora of Siam. Additamentum XXXI. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1931: 275 - 280. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 4102489