Mitragyna ledermannii

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 ledermannii

Name

Mitragyna ledermannii (K.Krause) Ridsdale, Blumea 24(1): 68 (1978); accepted by Löfstrand & al. (2014: 311).

Synonyms

Basionym
- Adina ledermannii K.Krause, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57(1): 27 (1920); as 'A. Ledermannii'
- Type:
  - Holotype: C. Ledermann 2402 (in flower, in end of January 1909; B [destroyed]).
  - Neotype: G. Zenker 1619 (BR {BR0000008846617^(JSTOR) [collected in 1902], BR0000008846747^(JSTOR) [collected in 1895]}); designated by Löfstrand & al. (2014: 311).
- Type locality:
  - Holotype†: Sudanische Parksteppenprovinz. Mittelkamerun[Central CAMEROON]: Bei Tibati im Ufergebüsch einer sumpfigen Niederung am Tibatisee, um 890 m ü. M., nur vereinzelt vorkommend.
  - Neotype: CAMEROON.
Homotypic
- Adina macrocephala Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 55, Beibl. 122: 7 (1919), nom. nud.
  - Note: see Ridsdale (1978: 68).
- Hallea ledermannii (K.Krause) Verdc., Kew Bull. 40(3): 508 (1985)
- Fleroya ledermannii (K.Krause) Y.F.Deng, Taxon 56(1): 247 (2007)
Heterotypic
- Mitragyna ciliata Aubrév. & Pellegr., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 83: 36 (1936); not accepted by Ridsdale (1978: 68) and Löfstrand & al. (2014: 311) [cited as Mitragyna ledermannii]
  - Type: A. Aubréville 877 (February 1932; Lectotype: P [P00065214^(JSTOR)]), designated by Hallé (1966: 37) fide Löfstrand & al. (2014: 311).
    - Note: According to Voorhoeve (1965: 321), lectotype is G. Mann 1771 (K 000394929^(mirror); possible isolectotype: K000394930^(mirror)), collected in Nun River, Gabon.
  - Type locality: Côte d'Ivoire. Banco.
- Hallea ciliata (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) J.-F.Leroy, Adansonia, sér. 2, 15(1): 66 (1975); not accepted by Ridsdale (1978: 68) and Löfstrand & al. (2014: 311) [cited as Mitragyna ledermannii]

Misapplied names

Mitragyna macrophylla auct. non Hiern in D. Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 41 (1877), nom. illeg. [= Mitragyna stipulosa (DC.) Kuntze]: De Wild., Mission Forest. Agric. Comte Jacques de Briey: 219, 263 (1920)
- Note: vide Petit (1958: 6), Ridsdale (1978: 68).
Mitragyna stipulosa auct. non (DC.) Kuntze: Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 98 (1931), pro parte; G.P.Cooper & Record, Bull. Yale Univ. School For. No. 31 (Evergr. For. Liber.): 111 (1931); Chalk, Burtt Davy, Desch & Hoyle, Twenty W. Afr. Timb. Trees: 84 (1933), pro parte; Aubrév., Fl. Forest. Côte d'Ivoire 3: 224 (1936), pro parte; J.D.Kenn., Forest Fl. S. Nigeria: 214 (1936), pro parte; Dalziel, Useful Pl. W. Trop. Afr.: 402 (1937), pro parte; G.W. Harley, Native Afr. Medicine: 47, 49, etc. (1941), pro parte?
- Note: vide Voorhoeve (1965: 321–322).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Benin [fide IUCN], The Gambia [fide WCSP], Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Cabinda, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Zaïre

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

References

Primary references

Krause, K. 1920. Rubiaceae africanae. V. (IX.). Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 57(1): 25–53. BHL Reference page.
Ridsdale, C.E. 1978. A revision of Mitragyna and Uncaria (Rubiaceae). Blumea 24(1): 43–100. PDF Reference page.

Additional references

Engler, A. 1919. Kurzer Bericht über die in den letzten zehn Jahren von deutschen Botanikern unternommenen Forschungsexpeditionen nach Afrika und Papuasien. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 55(4), Beiblatt 122: 5–23. BHL Reference page.
Cooper, G.P. & Record, S.J. 1931. The Evergreen Forests of Liberia: A Report on Investigations made in the West African Republic of Liberia by the Yale University School of Forestry in Cooperation with the Firestone Plantations Company. Yale University School of Forestry Bulletin No. 31. New Haven: Yale University. EliScholar Reference page.
Hutchinson, J. & Dalziel, J.M. 1931–1936. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Vol. 2. Crown Agents for the Colonies, London. Google Books. Reference page.
Dalziel, J.M. 1937. The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Crown Agents for the Colonies, London. Google Books Reference page.
Aubréville, A. & Pellegrin, F. 1936. Rubiacées nouvelles d'Afrique Occidentale. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 83(1–2): 35–41. DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1936.10837287 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.
Voorhoeve, A.G. 1965. Liberian High Forest Trees: A Systematic Botanical Study of the 75 Most Important or Frequent High Forest Trees, with Reference to Numerous Related Species. Centre for Agricultural Publications and Documentation, Wageningen. PDF Reference page.
Hallé, N. 1966. Flore du Gabon : Rubiacées. Vol. 12. (1ère partie: PDF). 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.
Verdcourt, B. 1985. A New Combination in Hallea (Rubiaceae-Cinchoneae). Kew Bulletin 40(3): 508. JSTOR 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.
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

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Mitragyna ledermannii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 December 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Mitragyna ledermannii. Published online. Accessed: 11 December 2021.
IUCN: Mitragyna ledermannii (K.Krause) Ridsdale (Near Threatened) - Assessed by R. Hills & J. Doucet on 1 October 2020 and published in 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Mitragyna ledermannii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 December 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Mitragyna ledermannii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 11 December 2021. - As a synonym of Fleroya ledermannii, verified by ARS Systematic Botanists on 30 January 2009.

Vernacular names

français: Bahia
Yorùbá: Abura