Oxyanthus lepidus S.Moore

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 160 (1905)
This name is a synonym of Oxyanthus goetzei

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Ntore, S., Lachenaud, O. & Sonké, B. (2023). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), n.s., Rubiaceae Tribu XII. Sherbournieae: 1-76. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise. [Cited as Oxyanthus goetzei.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • 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. [Cited as Oxyanthus lepidus.]
  • 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. [Cited as Oxyanthus lepidus.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Oxyanthus lepidus.]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bridson in Kew Bulletin 34: 121 (1979).
  • S. Moore in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 37: 160 (1905).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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/
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