African Plant Database


Mussaenda lanceolata (Forssk.) Spreng.
Family : RUBIACEAE
Protologue : Syst. Veg. (ed. 16) [Sprengel] 1: 706 (1824) 
Information on the genus : Mussaenda
Basionym : Ophiorrhiza lanceolata Forssk.
 
 
Status
Statuts nomenclatural : illegitimate name
Status for TA : rejected (present), is synonym of : Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers (- fide World Checklist (unpublished))
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers var. lanceolata
 Manettia lanceolata (Forssk.) Vahl (1790)
 Pseudomussaenda lanceolata (Forssk.) Wernham (1916)
 Virecta lanceolata (Forssk.) Baill.
 Neurocarpaea lanceolata (Forssk.) R. Br. (1814)
 Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers (1889)
 Ophiorrhiza lanceolata Forssk. (1775)
 Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers subsp. lanceolata
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Psychotria arabica Klotzsch (1866)
=Pentanisia suffruticosa Klotzsch (1861)
=*Pentas klotzschii Vatke (1875)
=*Mussaenda aegyptiaca Poir. (1797)
=Pentas ainsworthii Scott-Elliot (1896)
=Pentas lanceolata var. membranacea Verdc. (1953)
=Pentas lanceolata f. velutina Verdc. (1953)
=Pentas schweinfurthii Scott-Elliot (1896)
=Vignaldia quartiniana var. grandiflora Schweinf. (1867) emend. Schweinf.
 
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Map
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Record n°182758 modified 2008-06-13
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