Rubiaceae
Mussaenda

Mussaenda erythrophylla Schumach. & Thonn.

First published in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 116 (1827)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a scrambling shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and social uses, as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Society Is., Trinidad-Tobago

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Chantaranothai, P. (2015). A synopsis of Mussaenda L. (Rubiaceae) in Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 43: 51-65.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Delprete, P.G. & Cortés-B., R. (2006 publ. 2007). A synopsis of the Rubiaceae of the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, with a key to genera, and a preliminary species list. Revista de Biologia Neotropical 3: 13-96.
  • Delprete, P.G. (2010). Rubiaceae. Flora dos estados de Goiás e Tocantins 40: 1-1610. Universidade Federal de Goiás.
  • Delprete, P.G., Smith, L.B., Klein, R.M. (2005). Flora Ilustrada Catarinense 2: 349-842. Herbário "Barbosa Rodrigues", Atají, Brasil.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Figueiredo, E. (2007). The Rubiaceae of Cabinda (Angola). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 154: 455-495.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Friedmann, F. (1994). Flore des Seychelles Dicotylédones: 1-663. ORSTOM éditions.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Smith, A.C. (1988). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 4: 1-377. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Beskr. Guin. Pl. 116 (1827)
  • Chev. Bot. 314.
  • F.T.A. 3: 69
  • Wernham in J. Bot. 51: 275

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Figueiredo, E. (2007). The Rubiaceae of Cabinda (Angola). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 154: 455-495.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Chev., Expl. Bot. Afr. Occ. Fr.: 314 (1920).
  • F. Hallé in Adansonia sér. 2, 1: 274 t. 4/3 & 278 t. 6/1, 2 (1961).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 446, fig. 160 (1952).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 165, fig. 234 (1963).
  • Hiern in Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 69 (1877).
  • Irvine, Woody Pl. Ghana: 690, fig. 130 (1961).
  • K. Krause in Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908, 2 (Botanik) p. 315 (1911).
  • N. Hallé in Fl. Gabon 12, Rubiacées, 1: 148 (1966).
  • Pellegrin, Fl. Mayombe 3: 8 (1938).
  • Petit in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 25: 154 (1955).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 2: 335 (1947).
  • Schumach. & Thonn., Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 116 (1827).
  • Watson in Bot. Mag. 134, t. 8222 (1908).
  • Wernham in Journal of Botany 51: 275 (1913).

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Jansen, P., Lemmens, R., Oyen, L., Siemonsma, J., Stavast, F. & Van Valkenburg, J. (1991) Plant Resources of South-East Asia. Basic list of species and commodity grouping. Final version. Pudoc, Wageningen.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2011 Todd, H. [110] Cameroon K001480240 Yes
Jul 1, 2007 Tchiengue, B. [2206] Cameroon K000518634 No
Jul 1, 2007 Tchiengue, B. [1868] Cameroon K000518632 No
Jun 1, 2004 Etuge, M. [4809] Cameroon K000746545 No
Dec 1, 2003 Onana, J.-M. [2046] Cameroon K000746482 No
Nov 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [2171] Cameroon K000109766 No
Nov 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1813] Cameroon K000109767 No
Nov 1, 2001 Gosline, G. [95] Cameroon K000109768 No
May 1, 1999 Etuge, M. [2345] Cameroon K000338432 No
Jan 1, 1995 Cable, S. [1592] Cameroon K000540882 No
Dec 1, 1994 Tekwe, C. [111] Cameroon K000085974 No
Jan 1, 1979 de Kruif, A.P.M. [461] Cote d'Ivoire K001562586 Yes
Dacremont [370] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005225927 Yes
Van Harten, A.M. [23] Liberia K005225225 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [1177] Cameroon K005225919 Yes
Louis, J. (Dr.) [7574] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005225929 Yes
Liben, L. [2430] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005225939 Yes
Barker, A. [1184] Liberia K005225224 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [420] Cameroon K005225914 Yes
Small, D. [51] Sierra Leone K005225204 Yes
Haswell, D.R. [135] Sierra Leone K005225201 Yes
Thomas, D.W. [4597] Cameroon K005225906 Yes
Froment, D. [564] Congo, Republic of the K005225936 Yes
s.coll. [1468] Burundi K005225949 Yes
Sonké, B.; Simo, M. [5281] Cameroon K001639448 Yes
Pollard, B.J. [990] Cameroon K001518916 Yes
Harley, W.J. [1265] Liberia K005225228 Yes
Jansen, J.W.A. [1993] Liberia K005225219 Yes
Dacremont [370] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005225925 Yes
Dacrémont [377] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005225922 Yes
Adam, J.G. [20523] Liberia K005225221 Yes
Etuge, M.; Thomas, D.W. [292] Cameroon K005225910 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [FCD1317] Sierra Leone K005225216 Yes
Molmou, D.; Couch, C.; Oulare, I.; Diallo, M.O. [1978] Guinea K000875283 Yes
Etuge, M. [5371] Cameroon K000875952 Yes
Etuge, M.; Pollard, B. [3660] Cameroon K001518072 Yes
Bequaert, J.C. [44] Liberia K005225229 Yes
Gossens [4379] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005225932 Yes
Jansen, J.W.A. [1366] Liberia K005225217 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [1941] Cameroon K005225915 Yes
Meijer, W. [15230] Cameroon K005225913 Yes
Liben, L. [3925] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005225938 Yes
Sanford, W.W. [6103] Cameroon K005225912 Yes
s.coll. [580] Cameroon K005225920 Yes
Lebrun [2520] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005225945 Yes
Meurillon, A.; et al. [2014] Cameroon K005225916 Yes
Tessmann, G. [2684] Cameroon K005225907 Yes
Jean Louis [9663] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005225946 Yes
Baker, W.J. [413] Cameroon K001412322 Yes
Gillardin [238] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005225923 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [3160] Sierra Leone K005225207 Yes
Reekmans, M. [4203] Burundi K005225950 Yes
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [9479] Liberia K005225231 Yes
Paterson, A. [564] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005225947 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [s.n.] Angola K001307524 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Liberia K005225227 Yes
Adames, P. [429] Liberia K005225220 Yes
Zenker; Staudt [30] Cameroon K005225917 Yes
Goossens [4304] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005225931 Yes
Pyne, C.T. [123] Sierra Leone K005225208 Yes
Bull, W. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K005225924 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [s.n.] Angola K001307523 No
Gossweiler, J. [4777] Angola K001307522 No
Claessens, J. [122] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005225930 Yes
Smythe, C.W. [5] Sierra Leone K005225210 Yes
Bos, J.J. [2445] Liberia K005225218 Yes
Saxer, A. [267] Cameroon K005225918 Yes
[H. Fredericq in de Witte] [7811] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005225933 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [5898] Sierra Leone K005225205 Yes
Morton; Jarr [SL1577] Sierra Leone K005225203 Yes
Thomas, D.W. [4485] Cameroon K005225911 Yes
Welwitsch [1116] Angola K000412560 Unknown Type Material Yes
Herman [2194] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005225928 Yes
Fraser, P.J. [690] Cameroon K001401162 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [2227] Sierra Leone K005225211 Yes
Quarre [2183] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005225942 Yes
Bakshi, T.S. [193] Sierra Leone K005225206 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K005225215 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [890] Sierra Leone K005225213 Yes
Adames, P. [429] Liberia K005225222 Yes
Bos, J.J. [2109] Liberia K005225226 Yes
Robyns [1458] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005225926 Yes
Compère [985] Congo, Republic of the K005225937 Yes
Harley, W.J. [2047] Liberia K005225230 Yes
Taton [1011] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005225941 Yes
Morton; Cole [SL2160] Sierra Leone K005225202 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [s.n.] Angola K001307525 No
Sonké, B. [1890] Cameroon K005225909 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [10256] Cameroon K005225908 Yes
Bos, J.J. [4361] Cameroon K005225921 Yes
Peter, G.A. [15173] Burundi K005225951 Yes
Devred [663] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005225934 Yes
Lebrun, J. [2598] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005225944 Yes
Harley, W.J. [1265] Liberia K005225223 Yes
[Luscen] [3] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005225943 Yes
Small, D. [472] Sierra Leone K005225209 Yes
Callens [2947] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005225935 Yes
s.coll. [6500] Burundi K005225948 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K005225214 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [2142] Sierra Leone K005225212 Yes
de Witte, G.F. [7632] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005225940 Yes

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