Rubiaceae
Kerianthera

Kerianthera preclara J.H.Kirkbr.

First published in Brittonia 37: 109 (1985)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Brazil (Amazonas near Manaus). It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North

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.

Kew Bulletin

  • (1985: 109).
  • Andersson, L. & Antonelli, A. (2005). Phylogeny of the tribe Cinchoneae (Rubiaceae), its position in Cinchonoideae, and description of a new genus, Ciliosemina. Taxon 54: 17 – 28.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Delprete, P. (1996a). Notes on the taxonomic position of the monotypic Brazilian genus Kerianthera (Rubiaceae). Opera Bot. Belg. 7: 271 – 275.
  • Delprete, P. (1998). Notes on calycophyllousRubiaceae. Part III. Brittonia 50: 309 – 317.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Delprete, P.  (1996b). Notes on calycophyllousRubiaceae. Part 1. Brittonia 48: 35 – 44.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Drummond, G. M., Martins, C. S., Machado, Â. B. M., Sebaio, F. A. & Antonini, Y. (2005). Biodiversidadeem Minas Gerais — Um atlas para suaconservação. 2a ed. FundaçãoBiodiversitas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
  • IBGE (1992). Manual técnico da vegetaçãobrasileira. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • IUCN (2001). IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 3.1. Prepared by the IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K.
  • Kirkbride, J. (1985). ManipulusRubiacearum IV. Kerianthera (Rubiaceae), a new genus from Amazonian Brazil. Brittonia 37: 109 – 116.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Machado, R. B. & Fonseca, G. A. B. (2000). The Avifauna of Rio Doce Valley, Southeastern Brazil, a Highly Fragmented Area. Biotropica 32: 914 – 924.
  • Marques-Souza, A. C., Absy, M. L., Miranda, I. P. A. & Küchmeister, H. E. C. (1993). Características de flores, nectar y visitantes de Kerianthera preclara (Rubiaceae). Rev. Biol. Trop. 41: 483 – 489.
  • Oliveira-Filho, A. T. & Fontes, M. A. L. (2000). Patterns of floristic differentiation among Atlantic forests in south-eastern Brazil, and the influence of climate. Biotropica 32: 793 – 810.
  • Oliveira-Filho, A. T. (2006). Catálogo das ÁrvoresNativas de Minas Gerais. Editora UFLA, Lavras, Brazil.
  • Robbrecht, E. & Manen, J.-F. (2006). The major lineages of the coffee family (Rubiaceae, angiosperms). Syst. Geogr. Pl. 76: 85 – 145.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Santos, J.L. [759] Brazil K001139527 Yes
Santos, J.L.; Coelho, J.A. [759] Brazil K001139528 Yes
Santos, J.L. [759] Brazil K001139526 Yes
Santos, J.L. [759] Brazil K001139530 Yes
Prance, G.T. [24293] Brazil K001139532 Yes
Santos, J.L. [759] Brazil K001139529 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Hill, R.J.; Coelho, L.F.; Ramos, J.F. [24293] Brazil K001139531 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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 Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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