Virectaria

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Ixoroideae
Tribus: Sabiceeae
Genus: Virectaria
Species: V. angustifolia – V. belingana – V. herbacoursi – V. major – V. multiflora – V. procumbens – V. salicoides – V. tenella

Name

Virectaria Bremek., Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 48(2): 21. (1952)

Type species: Non designatus.

Synonyms

Basionym
- Virecta Afzel. ex Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 37: s.p. (1818), nom. illeg. hom. = Virecta L.f., Suppl. Pl. 17. (1782) vide Sipanea Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 147. (1775) (Rubiaceae)

Heterotypic
- Phyteumoides Smeathman ex DC., Prodr. 4: 414. (1830), pro syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa
- West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierre Leone, Togo.
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Cabinda, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaïre.
- East Tropical Africa
  - Tanzania, Uganda.
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Zambia.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Bremekamp, C.E.B. 1952. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen Section 2, 48(2): 21.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Virectaria in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 29.

International Plant Names Index. 2019. Virectaria. Published online. Accessed Mar. 29 2019.

Tropicos.org 2019. Virectaria . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 29.

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