Family:
Rubiaceae Juss.
Genus:
Benkara Adans.

Benkara scandens (Thunb.) Ridsdale

This species is accepted, and its native range is S. China to Vietnam, Philippines.

Native to:

China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Philippines, Vietnam

Benkara scandens (Thunb.) Ridsdale appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Tate, G.R. [s.n.], Macao K000742852 Unknown type material
Hance, H.F. [10137], Macao K000742853 Unknown type material

First published in Reinwardtia 12: 300 (2008)

Accepted by

  • Ridsdale, C.E. (2008). Thorny problems in the Rubiaceae: Benkara, Fagerlindia and Oxyceros Reinwardtia 12: 289-300.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ridsdale, C.E. (2008). Thorny problems in the Rubiaceae: Benkara, Fagerlindia and Oxyceros Reinwardtia 12: 289-300.
  • Ruhsam, M in Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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