Rubiaceae
Mussaenda

Mussaenda roxburghii Hook.f.

First published in Fl. Brit. India 3: 87 (1880)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central Himalaya to N. Myanmar. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • 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?
Clarke, C.B. [26486C] India K005313431 Yes
Hara, H.; Kanai, H.; Kurosawa, S.; Murata, G.; Togashi, M.; Tuyama, T. [1382] Nepal K005313424 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [18] K005313450 Yes
Grierson, A.J.C.; Long, D.G. [1424] Bhutan K005313425 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005313439 Yes
Watt, G. [7322] India K005313455 Yes
Meebold, A.E. [6051] K005313459 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [3761C] India K005313434 Yes
Parry, N.E. (Mrs) [276] K005313460 Yes
Jenkins [s.n.] K005313440 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [18] K005313447 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [44321A] K005313441 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [538] K005313451 Yes
Keenan, R.L. [s.n.] K005313448 Yes
J.D.H. [18] India K005313433 Yes
Parry, N.E. (Mrs) [846] K005313442 Yes
Keenan, R.L. [s.n.] K005313454 Yes
Barua, J.C. [4036] India K005313443 Yes
[Masters] [483] Nepal K005313423 Yes
Parry, N.E. (Mrs) [276] K005313457 Yes
Williams; Stainton [8497] Nepal K005313422 Yes
Bedi, R. [527] Bhutan K005313426 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [9574] India K005313428 Yes
[J. Gammie] [s.n.] India K005313435 Yes
J.D.H. [18] India K005313427 No
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [[34]] K005313453 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [3784] India K005313437 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [10476] India K005313429 Yes
Kingdon-Ward, F. [8455] India K005313444 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [355] K005313452 Yes
Kingdon-Ward, F. [8455] K005313445 Yes
Jenkins; Hooker [496] K005313438 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [3761A] India K005313430 Yes
Mckee, H.S. [6283] Burma K005313517 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [19] K005313446 Yes
Parry, N.E. (Mrs) [276] K005313456 Yes
J.D.H. [20] India K005313436 Yes
Keenan, R.L. [s.n.] K005313449 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [228] K005313461 Yes
Parry, N.E. (Mrs) [276] K005313458 Yes
s.coll. [2780] India K005313432 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/

  • 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

    • Copyright applied to individual images