Mitragyna stipulosa

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: Cinchonoideae
Tribus: Naucleeae
Genus: Mitragyna
Species: Mitragyna stipulosa

Name

Mitragyna stipulosa (DC.) Kuntze, Revis Gen. Pl. 1: 289 (1891); accepted by Löfstrand & al. (2014: 312).

Synonymy

Basionym
- Nauclea stipulosa DC., Prodr. 4: 346 (1830)
  - Typus: F.M.R. Leprieur s.n. (1829; Holotypus: P [P00080660^(JSTOR)]; ⧼Isotypi⧽: G [G00014514 (83118/1)], P [P00080661^(JSTOR)]).
  - Type locality: [Gambia.] In paludosis ad ripas Gambiæ propè Albreda.
Homotypic
- Nauclea stipulacea G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 469 (1834)
- Stephegyne stipulata Benth. & Hook.f. [, Gen. Pl. 2(1): 31 (1873)] ex Hook.f. & B.D.Jacks., Index Kew. 2(2): 992 (1895)
- Mamboga stipulosa (DC.) Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 435 (1898)
- Adina stipulosa (DC.) Roberty, Bull. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire, A. 16: 50 (1954)
- Hallea stipulosa (DC.) J.-F.Leroy, Adansonia, sér. 2, 15(1): 66 (1975)
- Fleroya stipulosa (DC.) Y.F.Deng, Taxon 56(1): 247 (2007)
Heterotypic
- Nauclea bracteosa Welw., Syn. Madeir. Drog. Med.: 48, n. 130 (1862); not accepted by Hiern (1877: 41) [cited as Mitragyna macrophylla], Hiern (1898: 435) [cited as Mamboga stipulosa], Ridsdale (1978: 68) [cited as Mitragyna stipulosa] and Govaerts (2003) [cited as Hallea stipulosa]
  - Typus: F.M.J. Welwitsch 3027 ([December 1855]; BM [fide Ridsdale 1978: 68; cf. BM000902822]).
    - Note: Figueiredo (2008) reports that specimens with the same collector and number are deposited at COI, K, LISU, P and PRE.
  - Type locality: Angola. [Cuanza Norte:] Nas Matas de Golungo Alto.
- Mitragyna chevalieri K.Krause, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43(1): 135 (1909); as Mitragyne Chevalieri; not accepted by Ridsdale (1978: 68) [cited as Mitragyna stipulosa] and Govaerts (2003) [cited as Hallea stipulosa]
  - Typus: A.J.B. Chevalier 7571 (in fruit, February 1903; P(-P00080650^(mirror), -P00080651^(mirror), -P00080652^(mirror), -P02141574^(mirror)); isotypi: BM-BM00902823, L 0000749^(mirror), MPU-MPU023210).
  - Type locality: Tschadseegebiet. Ost-Schari, Land der Snussi, an den Ufern des Guido.
Nauclea macrophylla Perr. & Lepr. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 346 (1830), nom. inval. in syn., non Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 120 (1824) [≡ Neolamarckia macrophylla (Roxb.) Bosser], nec Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 1010 (1826), nom. illeg. [= Nauclea orientalis (L.) L.]
Mitragyna macrophylla Hiern in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 41 (1877), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Cabinda, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Zaïre.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Zambia.

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

References

Primary references

Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars I. Pp. I–CLV, 1–374. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.] BHL Reference page.

Additional 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.
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.
Welwitsch, F. 1862. Synopse explicativa das amostras de madeiras e drogas medicinaes e de outros objectos, mormente ethnographicos, colligidos na provincia de Angola, enviados à Exposição Internacional de Londres em 1862. Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional. Google Books. Reference page.
Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. 1873. Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus servata definita. Vol. 2, pars I. Sistens Dicotyledonum Gamopetalarum ordines VI, Caprifoliaceas–Compositas. Pp. I–XII, 1–554. Lovell Reeve & Co., Williams & Norgate, Londini [London]. BHL Reference page.
Oliver, D. 1877. Flora of Tropical Africa. Vol. 3. Umbeliferae to Ebenaceae. 544 pp. London. BHL Reference page.
Jackson, B.D. 1895. Index Kewensis: An Enumeration of the Genera and Species of Flowering Plants from the Time of Linnaeus to the Year 1885 Inclusive Together with Their Authors' Names, the Works in Which They Were First Published, Their Native Countries and Their Synonyms. Part IV[Volume 2, Part 2]. Pp. 657–1299. Oxford: Clarendon Press. BHL Reference page.
Hiern, W.P. 1898. Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853–61. [Vol. I.] Dicotyledons, Part II. Combretaceæ to Rubiaceæ. Pp. 337–510 BHL; Dicotyledons, Part III. Dipsaceæ to Scrophulariaceæ. Pp. 511–784 BHL. London. Reference page.
Krause, K. 1909. Rubiaceae africanae. II. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 43(1): 129–160. BHL Reference page.
Petit, E. 1958. Les Naucleeae (Rubiaceae) du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi. — 2. Mitragyna et Nauclea. Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l’État à Bruxelles 28: 1–13. DOI: 10.2307/3667017 Reference page.
Leroy, J.-F. 1975. Taxogénétique : Étude sur la sous-tribu des Mitragyninæ (Rubiaceæ-Naucleeæ). Adansonia, Série 2, 15(1): 65–88. MNHN. BHL Reference page.
Ridsdale, C.E. 1978. A revision of Mitragyna and Uncaria (Rubiaceae). Blumea 24(1): 43–100. PDF Reference page.
Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page.
Deng, Y. 2007. Fleroya, a substitute name for Hallea J.-F. Leroy (Rubiaceae). Taxon 56(1): 247-248. DOI: 10.2307/25065759 [nonfunctional] . via the Wikipedia Library . JSTOR . Reference page.
Figueiredo, E. 2008. The Rubiaceae of Angola. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 156(4): 537–638. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00750.x Reference page. [see page 560.]
Löfstrand, S.D., Krüger, Å., Razafimandimbison, S.G. & Bremer, B. 2014. Phylogeny and generic delimitations in the sister tribes Hymenodictyeae and Naucleeae (Rubiaceae). Systematic Botany 39(1): 304–315. DOI: 10.1600/036364414X678116 Reference page.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2021. Mitragyna stipulosa. Published online. Accessed: 12 December 2021.
IUCN: Mitragyna stipulosa (DC.) Kuntze (Near Threatened)
Tropicos.org 2021. Mitragyna stipulosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 December 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Mitragyna stipulosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 12 December 2021. - As a synonym of Fleroya stipulosa, verified by ARS Systematic Botanists on 30 January 2009.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Mitragyna stipulosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 10. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Hausa: Ganyen Gori
Kongo: Nlongwa (Petit 1958: 5 [of 'Mvuazi et Kisantu']; Bouquet 1969: 211 [as 'nloongwa' of Laadi dialect])
Luganda: Nzingu