Rubiaceae
Mitracarpus

Mitracarpus recurvatus Standl.

First published in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 8: 384 (1931)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Brazil (Goiás to Minas Gerais). It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Delprete, P.G. (2010). Rubiaceae. Flora dos estados de Goiás e Tocantins 40: 1-1610. Universidade Federal de Goiás.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • de Souza, E.B., Cabral, E.L. & Zappi, D.C. (2010). Revisão de Mitracarpus (Rubiaceae - Spermacoceae) para o Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 61: 319-352.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • de Souza, E.B., Cabral, E.L. & Zappi, D.C. (2010). Revisão de Mitracarpus (Rubiaceae - Spermacoceae) para o Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 61: 319-352.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2013 Munhoz, C.; Rodrigues, N.; Ramos, K.M.O. [1140] Brazil K000847654 Yes
Jan 1, 2007 Pereira, B.A.S. [238] Brazil K000847653 Yes
Jan 1, 2007 Prance, G.T.; Silva, N.T. [58281] Brazil K000847652 Yes
Feb 6, 1931 Glaziou, A.F.M. [21511] Brazil K000174497 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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