Mussaenda villosa

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Dialypetalanthoideae
Tribus: Mussaendeae
Genus: Mussaenda
Species: Mussaenda villosa

Mussaenda villosa Wall. [Numer. List: n. 6254 (1824), nom. nud.] ex G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 489 (1834)

• Typus: Wallich EIC 6254 (anno 1822; Lectotypus: K [​K000740942^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, designated by Chantaranothai 2015: 61]; Isolectotypus: K-W [​K001123447^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]).
• Type locality: [Malaysia.] Penang.

• Heterotypic
  • Mussaenda villosa var. herveyana King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 72(4): 184 (1904); not accepted by Chantaranothai (2015: 61) [cited as Mussaenda villosa]
    • Typus: D.F.A. Hervey s.n. ([August 1886]; Holotypus: K [​K001129409^(GBIF)]).
    • Type locality: [Malaysia.] Malacca.

• Nicobarese occurrence is represented by Shimpale 167 (collected at Nevy Dera forest, Great Nicobar Island, 20 March 2003; deposited at DUH).

• Mussaenda villosa Schlecht. ex Hook.f, Fl. Brit. India 3(7): 90 (1880), nom. illeg., pro syn. sub Mussaenda frondosa var. hirsutissima Hook.f. [≡ Mussaenda hirsutissima (Hook.f) Hutch. ex Gamble], but see also Mussaenda frondosa L.

• Don, G. 1834. A general history of the dichlamydeous plants, comprising complete descriptions of the different orders; ...; the whole arranged according to the natural system. Vol. III. — Calyciiflorae. VIII+867 pp. J.G. and F. Rivington, et al., London. BHL Reference page. 

• Wallich, N. 1828–1849. A Numerical List of Dried Specimens of plants in the Museum of the Honl. East India Company, which have been supplied by Dr. Wallich, superintendent of the botanic garden at Calcutta. London. BHL Reference page. 
• King, G. & Gamble, J.S. 1903[1904]. Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. No. 14. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part 2. Natural History 72(4): 111–229. BHL Reference page. 
• Corner, E.J.H. & Watanabe, K. 1969. Illustrated Guide to Tropical Plants. Tokyo: Hirokawa Publishing Co. Reference page.  [see page 702]
• Shimpale, V.B., Yadav, S.R. & Babu, C.R. 2009. A Review of the Genus Mussaenda (Rubiaceae) from Great Nicobar Island, India, including a New Species. Rheedea 19(1–2): 53–57. DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2009.19.01.12 [nonfunctional] (Online). Reference page.  [see page 56]
• Chantaranothai, P. 2015. A synopsis of Mussaenda L. (Rubiaceae) in Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 43: 51–65. PDF Reference page. 

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Mussaenda villosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Mussaenda villosa. Published online. Accessed: 25 March 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Mussaenda villosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 March 2022.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Mussaenda villosa. Accessed: 2023 December 7.

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