Rubiaceae
Virectaria
Virectaria major

Virectaria major subsp. major

This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Tropical Africa. It is a scrambling perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Gulf of Guinea Is., Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 2004 Pollard, B.J. [594] Cameroon K000746456 Yes
Dec 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [10478] Cameroon K000746507 Yes
May 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [9469] Cameroon K000026349 Yes
May 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [9081] Cameroon K000026348 Yes
Jun 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9574] Cameroon K000025409 Yes
Jun 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [7570] Cameroon K000025408 Yes
May 1, 1999 Kamundi, D. [716] Cameroon K000338746 Yes

Sources

  • 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