Rubiaceae
Cordiera

Cordiera obtusa (K.Schum.) Kuntze

First published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 279 (1891)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Brazil (Alagoas to Rio de Janeiro). It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Alibertia obtusa.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Alibertia obtusa.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Persson, C. & Delprete, P.G. (2017). The Aliberta Group (Gardenieae-Rubiaceae) - Part 1. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 119: 1-241.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
FEEP [250] Brazil Alibertia obtusa K001139863 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [67965] Brazil Alibertia obtusa K001139869 Yes
Burchell [5313] Brazil Alibertia obtusa K001139860 Yes
Forzza, R.C. [1549] Brazil Alibertia obtusa K001139859 Yes
Heringer, E.P. [2640] Brazil Alibertia obtusa K001139861 Yes
Giulietti, A.M. [6408] Brazil Alibertia obtusa K001139875 Yes
Forzza, R.C. [3274] Brazil Alibertia obtusa K001139871 Yes
Barnacci, L.C. [3575] Brazil Alibertia obtusa K001139866 Yes
Souza, V.C. [9594] Brazil Alibertia obtusa K001139865 Yes
Souza, V.C. [4941] Brazil Alibertia obtusa K001139876 Yes
Mantovani, W. [950] Brazil Alibertia obtusa K001139873 Yes
Prance, G.T. [59177] Brazil Alibertia obtusa K001139870 Yes
Queiroz, L.P. [2385] Brazil Alibertia obtusa K001139867 Yes
Nakajima, J.N. [3197] Brazil Alibertia obtusa K001139862 Yes
Mantovani, W. [853] Brazil Alibertia obtusa K001139874 Yes
Eiten, G. [9219] Brazil Alibertia obtusa K001139877 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [9536] Brazil Alibertia obtusa K001139864 Yes
Kirizawa, M. [216] Brazil Alibertia obtusa K001139872 Yes
Leitão, H.F. [12920] Brazil Alibertia obtusa K001139868 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images