Chassalia boryana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Palicoureeae
Genus: Chassalia
Species: Chassalia boryana

Name

Chassalia boryana DC., Prodr. 4: 532 (1830), as 'C. Boryana'

⧼Typi⧽:
- Lectotypus: F.W. Sieber Fl. Mauritiana No. 273 ([December 1822 – April 1823]; P [P00553228^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, designated by Ferrer-Gallego 2019]; ⧼Isolectotypi⧽: E [E00193732^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], G-DC [G00666978 (396633/1)], K [K000430009^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], L.2854053, W 0033176^(GBIF)).
  - Note: '253' found in the protologue has been confirmed as a typographical error (vide Ferrer-Gallego 2019).
- Syntypus: J.B.G. Bory de Saint-Vincent s.n. (G-DC {G00666913 (396636/1), G00666921 (396634/1)}).
Type locality:
- Lectotypus: Ins. Mauritii [MAURITIUS].
- Syntypus: ~~'Ins. Borboniæ' [Réunion]~~ [MAURITIUS. Le Pouce Mountain.]

Synonymy

(List may be incomplete)

Homotypic
- Psychotria boryana (DC.) Cordem., Fl. Réunion: 511 (1895); not accepted by Verdcourt et al. (1989) [cited as C. boryana]
- Uragoga boryana (DC.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 959 (1891)
Heterotypic
- Gaertnera cymiflora Bojer, Hortus Maurit.: 218 (1837); not accepted by Verdcourt et al. (1989), Malcomber & Taylor (2016) [cited as Chassalia boryana]
  - Typus: Bojer (Syntypi: repository unknown [fide A.DC. et Verdcort 1983]).
  - Type locality: Ile Maurice [= MAURITIUS]. dans les bois épars qui se trouvent encore dans les quartiers des Pamplemousses et de la Rivière du Rempart, à la Poudre-d'Or et au Bois-Rouge.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Western Indian Ocean Mauritius. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

De Candolle, A.P. 1830. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 4: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines X. 683 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Bojer, W. 1837. Hortus Mauritianus... 455 pp. Mauritius. BHL Reference page.
Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page.
Cordemoy, E.de 1895. Flore de l'île de la Réunion (Phanérogames, Cryptogames vasculaires, Muscinées) avec l'indication des propriétés économiques & industrielles des plantes. 574 pp. Paris: P. Klinsksieck. BHL Reference page.
Verdcourt, B. 1983. Notes on Mascarene Rubiaceae. Kew Bulletin 37(4): 521–574. DOI: 10.2307/4109725 Reference page. [see page 532.]
Verdcourt, B., Leroy, J.-F. & Tirvengadum, D.D. 1989. Rubiacées. In: Bosser, J., Cadet, T., Guého, J. & Marais, W. (eds.), Flore des Mascareignes. Familles 107–108bis. 135 pp. The Sugar Industry Research Institute, Mauritius, l'Office de la Recherche Scientifique Outre-Mer, Paris, France & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, United Kingdom. Google Books. Reference page. [see page 21.]
Malcomber, S.T. & Taylor, C.M. 2016. "Gaertnera cymiflora". In: Studies in Tropical Rubiaceae. Tropicos. Accessed: 11 January 2023.
Ferrer-Gallego, P.P. 2019. The nomenclatural type of the critically endangered species Chassalia boryana (Rubiaceae, Palicoureeae) endemic to the island of Mauritius. Novon 27(3): 162–164. DOI: 10.3417/2019397 . BioOne . JSTOR . Reference page. [see page 164.]