Rubiaceae
Mussaenda

Mussaenda glabra Vahl

First published in Symb. Bot. 3: 38 (1794)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nepal to Malaya, Jawa. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Chantaranothai, P. (2015). A synopsis of Mussaenda L. (Rubiaceae) in Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 43: 51-65.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Middleton, J.D. (ed.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 13: 1-654. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
  • 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.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
  • Turner, I.M. (2019). Flora of Singapore precursors, 12. Notes on various Rubiaceae genera. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 71: 45-59.
  • 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.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Parkinson, C.E. [1638] Burma K005313532 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [424] K005313526 Yes
Schomburgk, R. [43] Singapore K001129410 Lectotype Yes
Parker, R.N. [2311] Burma K005313530 Yes
Khant, M.P. [13290] Burma K005313533 Yes
s.coll. [2776] Burma K005313531 Yes
[Griffith] [[16]] Burma K005313537 Yes
Lua, H.K. [SING2017-150] Singapore K001569511 Yes
Parkinson, C.E. [1692] Burma K005313527 Yes
Possibly Walker, G.W. [65] Singapore K000740940 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [2778] K005313539 Yes
Parkinson, C.E. [1638] Burma K005313529 Yes
Kurz, S. [3086] Burma K005313535 Yes
Khant, M.P. [13290] Burma K005313534 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] Burma K005313536 Yes
Parkinson, C.E. [1692] Burma K005313528 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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