Rubiaceae

Mitragyna Korth.

First published in Observ. Naucl. Indic.: 19 (1839), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical Africa, S. China to Tropical Asia.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 3: 40 (as Mitragyne). Nom. cons.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 1979 Thwaites, G.H.K. [18] Sri Lanka K000030897 Type Yes
Styles, B.T. [191] Uganda K:SPC-25694.044 No
Koorders, S.H. [6903 B] Indonesia K000729974 Unknown Type Material Yes
Korthals, P.W. [s.n.] Borneo K000729975 Unknown Type Material Yes
Troupin, G. [4342] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-00888.000 No
Koorders, S.H. [6898B] Indonesia K000729973 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brenan, J.P.; Greenway, P.J. [8066] Zambia K:SPC-00889.000 No
s.coll. [195] New Guinea K000729972 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Fleny], F. [24] Cote d'Ivoire Fleroya K000771408 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0