Rubiaceae
Atractocarpus

Atractocarpus heterophyllus (Montrouz.) Guillaumin & Beauvis.

First published in Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 38: 96 (1913 publ. 1914)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NW. & Central New Caledonia. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

New Caledonia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mouly, A. (2012). On the distinction of Atractocarpus heterophyllus (Montrouz.) Guillaumin & Beauvis. and A. bracteatus Schltr. & K.Krause (Rubiaceae): in search of the correct name for the type species of Atractocarpus Schltr. & K.Krause. Adansonia, III, 34: 103-114.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
German, M.R. [s.n.] New Caledonia K000786030 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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