Chassalia curviflora (Wall.) Thwaites

Yu, Tian Yi, Turner, Ian M. & Cheek, Martin, 2021, Revision of Chassalia (Rubiaceae-Rubioideae-Palicoureeae) in Borneo, with 14 new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 738, pp. 1-60 : 22-23

Chassalia curviflora (Wall.) Thwaites

Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae (2): 150 ( Thwaites 1859). – Psychotria curviflora Wall. in Roxburgh, Flora indica 2: 167 ( Roxburgh 1824). – Uragoga curviflora (Wall.) Kuntze, Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 299 ( Kuntze 1891b). – Type: MALAYSIA • Penang; 1819; W. Jack s.n. [ EIC 8360 A]; hololectotype: K-W[K 001125306 ]!, designated at the first step by Deb & Krishna (1983: 221) and at the second step by Turner (2019: 397).

Psychotria lurida Blume, Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 16: 959 ( Blume 1826). – Zwaardekronia lurida (Blume) Korth., Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief 2 (2): 252 ( Korthals 1851). – Chassalia lurida (Blume) Miq. , Flora van Nederlandsch Indië 2 (2): 282 ( Miquel 1857).

– Chassalia curviflora var. lurida (Blume) Hochr. , Candollea 5: 270 ( Hochreutiner 1934). – Type: JAVA • C.L. Blume 2270; hololectotype: L[L .2950785 ], designated by Turner (2019: 397).

Chassalia chartacea Craib , Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information , Kew 1931: 279 ( Craib 1931). Type: THAILAND • Surat, Yanyao ; 21 Feb. 1930; A.F.G. Kerr 18175; holotype: K [ K000761880 ]! [ K001129592 ]! (2 sheets); isotype: BM [ BM000945616 ] .

For a more extensive synonymy see Turner (2019).

Distribution, habitat

India to the Philippines. Lowland evergreen forest.

Remarks

Chassalia curviflora is taken here as a single widespread ( India to the Philippines) and variable species. Revision of this complex was beyond the scope of the present study, and only a single entity is keyed out above for Borneo.