Cordiera triflora A.Rich.

Delprete, Piero G. & Persson, Claes, 2012, Octavia sessiliflora DC. and Mussaenda glomerulata Lam. ex Poir., two obscure taxa from French Guiana synonymous with members of the Alibertia group (Rubiaceae, Gardenieae), Adansonia (3) 34 (2), pp. 353-363 : 360-362

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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/a2012n2a9

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5874617

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scientific name

Cordiera triflora A.Rich.
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Cordiera triflora A.Rich. View in CoL

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In DC., Prodromus 4: 445 (IX.1830) (reimpr. Mémoire sur la famille des Rubiacées 223: pl. 20, fig. 2 [XII.1830]; reimpr. Mémoires de la Societé d’Histoire naturelle de Paris, series 3, 5: 223, pl. 20, fig. 2 [1834]). — Alibertia triflora (A.Rich.) K.Schum. View in CoL in Mart. et al., Flora Brasiliensis 6 (6): 392 (1889). — Cordiera trifolia Steud. , orth. var., Nomenclator Botanicus, 2nd ed., 1: 419 (1840).

Type: French Guiana, Kourou R., L.C.M. Richard s.n. (lecto-, P [ P03821428 ], selected by Persson & Delprete in Delprete [2010] ; iso-, F, K).

Octavia sessiliflora DC. View in CoL , Prodromus 4: 464 (1830). — Nonatelia sessiliflora (DC.) Kuntze, Revisio Generum View in CoL Plantarum 1: 290 (1891).

Type: French Guiana, without locality, s.d. [1781-1785], Patris s.n. (lecto-, G-DC [sheet 3], here designated ; isolecto-, G-DC [sheets 1; 2]).

Alibertia tenuifolia K. Krause View in CoL , Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins der Provinz Brandenburg 50: 106 (1908).

Type: Brazil, “Amazonas” (Acre), Rio Juruá Miry (Rio Jurua Mirim), IX.1901, male fl., Ule 5843 (holo-, B, destroyed ; lecto-, MG, here designated ; isolecto-, G [2], HBG, K, L; photo-B at F, GH, MO, NY, RB).

Alibertia steinbachii Standl. View in CoL , Publications of the Field Columbian Museum , Botanical Series 4: 287 (1929).

Type: Bolivia, Santa Cruz, Prov. Sara, Buenavista, 9.X.1924, male fl., Steinbach 6597 (holo-, F 573427 ; iso-, A, BM, G, GH, MO, NY, S).

Alibertia benensis Standl., Publications View in CoL of the Field Columbian Museum, Botanical Series 7: 291 (1931).

Type: Bolivia, Beni, San José, between Trinidad and Santa Cruz , IX.1926, male fl., Wendermann 2580 (holo-, B, destroyed ; lecto-, S, here designated ; isolecto-, LPB, MO, frag-B at F, frag-S at F).

SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Venezuela. Terretorio Federal Amazonas, Cerro de La Neblina, along Río Mawarinuma, upstream from Neblina Base Camp, 0°50’N, 66°10’W, 140 m, 2.V.1984, fr., Stein et al. 1709 (MO, VEN).

Guyana. Upper Takatu-Upper Essequibo Region, SE Kanuku Mts, Mt Ishtaban, 3°15’N, 59°25’W, 300-500 m, 26.VI.1989, fr., Gillespie et al. 1876 (MO, NY, US). Potaro-Siparuni Region, 6.5 km NE of Suruma village, 4°10’N, 59°01’W, 400 m, 3.V.1992, imm. fr., Hoffman et al. 1563 (CAY, MO, NY, US).

Surinam. Goudkreek, Corantyn, 17.X.1916, Stahel & Gonggrijp BW 3585 (L).

French Guiana. Lower Oyapock River, NE face Piton Rocheux, Haut de Crique Armontabo, 300-350 m, 22.II.1981, Cremers 7079 (CAY[2], NY, UB). Kourou, s.d., Richard s.n. (F [ex P], P n.v., photo-P at A[2]).

Ecuador. Morona-Santiago, Cordillera Cutucú, 2°40’S, 78°W, c. 1000 m, 17.XI-5.XII.1944, male fl., Camp 1072 (NY[2], US).

Peru. Amazonas, mouth of Río Santiago, 160 m, XI.1924, fl., Tessmann 4443 (NY, frag-B at F). Junín, Rondayacu, 35 km S of San Ramón in Tulumayo valley, 1850 m, 5.VI.1983, fr., Gentry et al. 41480 (GB, MO, USM). Loreto, above Pongo de Manseriche , Left bank of Río Santiago , 200 m, 4.XII.1931, male fl., Mexia 6210 (BM, CAS, F, G [2], GB[2], GH, MO, NY, S, UC, US).

Brazil. Amapá, Mun. Calçoene, BR- 156 in vicinity of goverment rd camp Carnot, 53-72 km WNW of Calçoene, 2°33’-38’N, 51°16’W, 11.XII.1984, fr., Rabelo et al. 2972 (NY, US). Amazonas, Mun.Humaitá, near Livramento on Rio Livramento, 12.X-6.XI.1934, imm.fr., Krukoff 6993 (A, BM, F, K, MO, NY, S, US; frag at F). Mato Grosso, Sto. Antonio do Leverger, Engenho Velho, 24.III.1983, male fl., Carreira et al. 655 (NY). Tocantins, Mun. Palmeiras de Tocantins, rd to Rio Curiacaca from BR-153, 6°38’S, 47°33’W, 200 m, 12.I.2008, fr., Silva & Moreira 12551 (CEN, UFG).

Bolivia. Beni, Iténez, Magdalena, 4 km W, 10.XI.1993, fl.-fr., Moraes et al.1720 (GB, LPB). Santa Cruz, Ichilo, 1.2 km S of Buena Vista, 17°29’S, 63°39’W, c. 350 m, 9.X.1996, fem. fl., Persson & Gustafsson 302 (GB, NY, S), male fl., 303 (GB, LPB, S). Prov. Sara, Buenavista, 500 m, 14.XII.1920, Steinbach 5219 (GH, NY, frag-B at F).

DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY

Occurring in tropical South America, primarily at the region bordering the Amazon Basin ( circum-Amazonian distribution), in Venezuela, the Guianas , Brazil (from Amapá through Tocantins, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul), and along the western slopes of the Andes in Peru and Bolivia. It grows in undercanopy of forests, thickets and at forest margins, both on terra firme and on sandy alluvial soil, from 200 to 2000 m altitude.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Rubiaceae

Genus

Cordiera

Loc

Cordiera triflora A.Rich.

Delprete, Piero G. & Persson, Claes 2012
2012
Loc

Alibertia steinbachii

Standl. 1929: 287
1929
Loc

Alibertia tenuifolia K. Krause

K. Krause 1908: 106
1908
Loc

Nonatelia sessiliflora (DC.) Kuntze, Revisio Generum

Kuntze 1891: 290
1891
Loc

Alibertia triflora (A.Rich.) K.Schum.

K. Schum. 1889: 392
1889
Loc

Cordiera trifolia

Steud. 1840: 419
1840
Loc

A. Rich. 1830: 445
1830
Loc

Octavia sessiliflora

DC. 1830: 464
1830
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