Rubiaceae

Mitracarpus Zucc.

First published in J.A.Schultes & J.H.Schultes, Mant. 3: 210 (1827)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Alabama, Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Marianas, Mauritania, Mexican Pacific Is., Mississippi, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Western Australia, 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.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 3: 243.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Anderson in Taxon 20: 643 (1971).
  • in Schultes & Schultes, Syst. Veg.3, Mant. : 210 (1827), in obs.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Anderson in Taxon 20: 643 (1971)
  • in Schultes & Schultes, Mant. Pl. 3: 210 (1827), in obs.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 2007 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; dos Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [19654] Brazil K000016283 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Queiroz, L.P.; et al. [1607] Brazil K000012274 Yes
Oct 1, 1998 Blanchet Jamaica K000016300 No
Oct 1, 1998 Gardner [2188] Brazil K000016472 Yes
Oct 1, 1998 Gardner [882] Brazil K000016302 Yes
Oct 1, 1998 Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [10890] Brazil K000016372 Yes
Mar 1, 1997 Ferreira, M.C.; Guedes, M.L.; Carvalho, A.M.; Giulietti, A.M.; Melo, E.; Mayo, S.; Sales, M.F. [PCD16] Brazil K000016258 Yes
Jun 1, 1996 Laurenio, A.; Gomes, A.P.S.; Andrade, K. [33] Brazil K000016309 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Wood, J.R.I. [7657] Bolivia K000447055 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Arbo, M.M.; Mello-Silva, R.; Coffani-Nunes, J.V. [5404] Brazil K000016275 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Arbo, M.M.; Mello-Silva, R.; Coffani-Nunes, J.V. [5404] Brazil K000016248 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Arbo, M.M.; Mello-Silva, R.; Coffani-Nunes, J.V. [5722] Brazil K000016488 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Harley, R.M.; Sales, M.; Simao, R.; Cavalcanti, T.B.; Assis, M.C.; Chukr, N.S.; Pires, F. [25063] Brazil K000016253 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Hatschbach, G.; Hatschbach, M.; Barbosa, E. [56878] Brazil K000016489 Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Eiten, G.; Eiten, L. [4438] Brazil K000447057 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Irwin, H.S.; Grear, J.W.; Souza, Jr., R.; dos Santos, R.R. [14886] Brazil K000016308 Yes
Nunes, T.S. [1399] Brazil K001204573 Yes
Colaço, M.; Nunes, C. [61] Brazil K001204563 Yes
Glaziou, A. [18989] Brazil K001204556 Yes
Pastore, J.F.B. [2052] Brazil K001204559 Yes
Pipoly, J. [6611] Brazil K001204555 Yes
Fernandes, H.Q.B. [2795] Brazil K001204571 Yes
Nascimento, M.S.B. [462] Brazil K001204564 Yes
Prance, G.T. [9431] Brazil K001204575 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [19600] Brazil K001204549 Yes
Schumann [2889] K001204558 Yes
Fernandes, H.Q.B. [3012] Brazil K001204566 Yes
Prance, G.T. [28775] Brazil K001204554 Yes
Queiroz, L.P. [5125] Brazil K001204560 Yes
Williams, L.O.; Assis, V. [8023] Brazil K001204550 Yes
Fontana, A.P. [760] Brazil K001204568 Yes
Colaço, M. [53] Brazil K001204562 Yes
Folli, D.A. [3206] Brazil K001204551 Yes
Silva, M.M. [324] Brazil K001204565 Yes
Glaziou, A. [19422] Brazil K001204557 Yes
Mexia, Y. [4717] Brazil K001204548 Yes
Langsdorff [69] Brazil K001204552 Yes
Giulietti, A.M.; Semir, J.; Menezes, N.L.; Rossi, L.; Cordeiro, I.; Pirani, J.R.; Furlan, A. [CFCR1241] Brazil K000016482 Yes
Hofmann, A. [167] Brazil K001204574 Yes
Riedel [2324] Brazil K001204553 Yes
Hunt, D.R. [6041] Brazil K001204546 Yes
Leal, S. [14] Brazil K001204569 Yes
Vidal, J. [III/88/b] Brazil K001204572 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [17170] Brazil K001204545 Yes
Queiroz, L.P. [5193] Brazil K001204567 Yes
Fontana, A.P.; Britto, R.C.; Fadini, F.; Lima, L.N. [820] Brazil K001204561 Yes
Harley, R.M. [53887] Brazil K001204570 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

    • '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.

  • 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