Rubiaceae
Argostemma

Argostemma verticillatum Wall.

First published in W.Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 2: 325 (1824)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and N. Indo-China. It is a perennial or tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lanorsavanh, S. & Chantaranothai, P. (2019). Notes on the genus Argostemma (Rubiaceae) from Lao PDR. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 47: 29-33.
  • Puff, C., Chayamarit, K., Chamchumroon, V. & Esser, H.-J. (2021). Flora of Thailand 15(1): 1-235. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2022). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 4: 1-522. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hộ, P.-H. (2000). Câycỏ Việtnam. An Illustrated flora of Vietnam, ed. 2, 3: 1-1020. Pham-hoang Ho, Montréal.
  • Lanorsavanh, S. & Chantaranothai, P. (2019). Notes on the genus Argostemma (Rubiaceae) from Lao PDR. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 47: 29-33.
  • Puff, C., Chayamarit, K., Chamchumroon, V. & Esser, H.-J. (2021). Flora of Thailand 15(1): 1-235. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dalzell [s.n.], India K000031004 Unknown type material Yes
Stocks, J.E. [s.n.], India K000031005 Unknown type material Yes
Edgeworth, M.P. [s.n.], India K000031006 Unknown type material Yes
Wallich [H.I. 8394 A], Nepal K000031007 Unknown type material Yes
DeSilva, F. [H.I.8394 B], India K000031008 Unknown type material Yes
Wallich, N. [H.I. 8394 C], India K000031009 Unknown type material Yes
Wallich, N. [8394 A], Nepal K000031010 Unknown type material Yes
Wallich, N. [8394 C], India K000031011 Unknown type material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8394], Nepal K001125378 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8394], India K001125379 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8394], Nepal K001125377 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8394], Nepal K001125376 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8394], India K001125381 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8394], India K001125380 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8394], India K001125382 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8394], India K001125383 Yes
s.coll. [8396], Indian Subcontinent K000760232 Yes

Sources

  • 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 2023. 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 2023. 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