# Mussaenda

Mussaenda is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are native to the African and Asian tropics and subtropics. Several species are cultivated as ornamental plants.

## Species

Mussaenda includes the following species:
* Mussaenda acuminata Blume (1826)
* Mussaenda acuminatissima Merr. (1920 publ. 1921)
* Mussaenda aestuarii K.Schum. (1905)
* Mussaenda afzelii G.Don (1834)
* Mussaenda afzelioides Wernham (1913)
* Mussaenda albiflora Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. (1910)
* Mussaenda angustisepala Ridl. (1923)
* Mussaenda anisophylla S.Vidal (1885)
* Mussaenda anomala H.L.Li (1943)
* Mussaenda antiloga Chun & W.C.Ko (1974)
* Mussaenda aptera Pit. (1923)
* Mussaenda arcuata Poir. (1797)
* Mussaenda attenuifolia Elmer (1913)
* Mussaenda bammleri Valeton (1925)
* Mussaenda benguetensis Elmer (1906)
* Mussaenda bevanii F.Muell. (Nov. 1887)
* Mussaenda bityensis Wernham (1919)
* Mussaenda bodenii Wernham, Trans. Linn. Soc. London (1916)
* Mussaenda bonii Pit. (1923)
* Mussaenda borbonica Lapeyrere (1888)
* Mussaenda brachygyna Merr. & L.M.Perry (1944)
* Mussaenda breviloba S.Moore (1905)
* Mussaenda cambodiana Pierre ex Pit. (1923)
* Mussaenda caudatiloba D.Fang (2002)
* Mussaenda cavaleriei H.Lév. (1914)
* Mussaenda celebica Ridl. (1940)
* Mussaenda chevalieri Pit. (1923)
* Mussaenda chinensis Lour. (1790)
* Mussaenda chingii C.Y.Wu ex H.H.Hsue & H.Wu (1986)
* Mussaenda chippii Wernham (1913)
* Mussaenda chlorantha Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. (1913)
* Mussaenda chrysotricha Valeton (1925)
* Mussaenda conopharyngiifolia Stapf, J. Linn. Soc. (1905)
* Mussaenda cordifolia Wall. ex G.Don (1834)
* Mussaenda corymbosa Roxb. (1824)
* Mussaenda cuspidata Geddes (1927)
* Mussaenda cylindrocarpa Burck (1883)
* Mussaenda dasyphylla Miq. (1869)
* Mussaenda dawei Hutch. (1922)
* Mussaenda debeauxii Wernham (1916)
* Mussaenda decipiens H.Li (1980)
* Mussaenda densiflora H.L.Li (1943)
* Mussaenda dinhensis Pierre ex Pit. (1923)
* Mussaenda divaricata Hutch. (1916)
* Mussaenda dolichocarpa (Lauterb. & K.Schum.) Rech., Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. (1913)
* Mussaenda dranensis Wernham (1921)
* Mussaenda elegans Schumach. & Thonn. (1827)
* Mussaenda elliptica Hutch. (1916)
* Mussaenda elmeri Merr. (1929)
* Mussaenda emeiensis Z.Y.Zhu & S.J.Zhu, Bull. Bot. Res. (2008)
* Mussaenda epiphytica Cheek (2009)
* Mussaenda erosa Champ. ex Benth. (1852)
* Mussaenda erythrophylla Schumach. & Thonn. (1827)
* Mussaenda ferrea Geddes (1927)
* Mussaenda ferruginea K.Schum. (1889)
* Mussaenda fissibractea Merr. (1937)
* Mussaenda forbesii Wernham ex S.Moore (1923)
* Mussaenda forsteniana Miq. (1869)
* Mussaenda frondosa L. (1753)
* Mussaenda garrettii Craib (1931)
* Mussaenda glabra Vahl (1794)
* Mussaenda glabrata (Hook.f.) Hutch. ex Gamble (1921)
* Mussaenda gossweileri Wernham (1916)
* Mussaenda grandiflora Benth. (1849)
* Mussaenda grandifolia Elmer (1906)
* Mussaenda griffithii Wight ex Hook.f. (1880)
* Mussaenda hainanensis Merr. (1935)
* Mussaenda havilandii ined..
* Mussaenda heinsioides Hiern (1877)
* Mussaenda herderscheeana Valeton (1925)
* Mussaenda hilaris Pierre ex Pit. (1923)
* Mussaenda hirsuta Ridl. (1923)
* Mussaenda hirsutissima (Hook.f.) Hutch. ex Gamble (1921)
* Mussaenda hirsutula Miq. (1861)
* Mussaenda hoaensis Pierre ex Pit. (1923)
* Mussaenda hossei Craib ex Hosseus, Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 28(2): 444, 457 (1911)
* Mussaenda incana Wall. (1824)
* Mussaenda inflata H.H.Hsue & H.Wu (1986)
* Mussaenda intuspilosa Jayaw. (1963)
* Mussaenda isertiana DC. (1830)
* Mussaenda johannis-winkleri Merr. (1937)
* Mussaenda kajewskii Merr. & L.M.Perry (1944)
* Mussaenda kanehirae Merr. & L.M.Perry (1944)
* Mussaenda keenanii Hook.f. (1880)
* Mussaenda kerrii Craib (1911)
* Mussaenda kingdon-wardii Jayaw. (1965)
* Mussaenda kintaensis King ex Stapf, Trans. Linn. Soc. London (1894)
* Mussaenda kwangsiensis H.L.Li (1943)
* Mussaenda kwangtungensis H.L.Li (1944)
* Mussaenda lanata C.B.Rob., Philipp. J. Sci. (1911)
* Mussaenda lancifolia K.Krause (1920)
* Mussaenda lancipetala X.F.Deng & D.X.Zhang (2008)
* Mussaenda landolphioides Wernham (1913)
* Mussaenda lanuginosa Ridl. (1940)
* Mussaenda laxa (Hook.f.) Hutch. ex Gamble (1921)
* Mussaenda laxiflora Hutch. (1916)
* Mussaenda leptantha Wernham (1919)
* Mussaenda leucophylla E.M.A.Petit (1955)
* Mussaenda leucova Gilli (1979 publ. 1980)
* Mussaenda linderi Hutch. & Dalziel (1931)
* Mussaenda lobbii (Ridl.) ined..
* Mussaenda longipetala H.L.Li (1943)
* Mussaenda longisepala Geddes (1927)
* Mussaenda longituba Valeton (1907)
* Mussaenda lotungensis Chun & W.C.Ko (1974)
* Mussaenda macrantha Valeton (1911)
* Mussaenda macrophylla Wall. (1824)
* Mussaenda macrophylla f. grandisepala Jayaw. (1963)
* Mussaenda magallanensis Elmer (1911)
* Mussaenda maingayi (Hook.f.) Hemsl. ex B.D.Jacks., Index Kew. (1896)
* Mussaenda malaccensis Ridl. (1923)
* Mussaenda malacotricha Merr. & L.M.Perry (1944)
* Mussaenda membranacea King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2 (1903)
* Mussaenda membranifolia Merr. (1923)
* Mussaenda microdonta Wernham (1913)
* Mussaenda milleri Elmer (1939)
* Mussaenda mollis Geddes (1927)
* Mussaenda mollissima C.Y.Wu ex H.H.Hsue & H.Wu (1986)
* Mussaenda monticola K.Krause (1912)
* Mussaenda motleyi Ridl. (1940)
* Mussaenda multibracteata Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. (1916)
* Mussaenda multinervis C.Y.Wu ex H.H.Hsue & H.Wu (1986)
* Mussaenda nannanii Wernham (1918)
* Mussaenda nervosa Elmer (1911)
* Mussaenda nicobarica Shimpale, S.R.Yadav & Babu (2009)
* Mussaenda nijensis R.D.Good (1926)
* Mussaenda nivea A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel (1931)
* Mussaenda oblonga King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2 (1903)
* Mussaenda oreadum Wernham, Trans. Linn. Soc. London (1916)
* Mussaenda ornata S.Moore (1927)
* Mussaenda ovata Merr. & L.M.Perry (1944)
* Mussaenda palawanensis Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. (1915)
* Mussaenda paludosa E.M.A.Petit (1955)
* Mussaenda parryorum C.E.C.Fisch. (1928)
* Mussaenda parviflora Miq. (1867)
* Mussaenda parvifolia Valeton (1907)
* Mussaenda philippica A.Rich. (1830)
* Mussaenda philippinensis Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. (1908)
* Mussaenda pilosissima Valeton (1925)
* Mussaenda pinatubensis Elmer (1934)
* Mussaenda pingbianensis C.Y.Wu ex H.H.Hsue & H.Wu (1986)
* Mussaenda pluviatilis S.Moore (1927)
* Mussaenda polita Hiern (1877)
* Mussaenda polyneura King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2 (1903)
* Mussaenda procera F.M.Bailey (1900)
* Mussaenda pubescens Dryand. (1810)
* Mussaenda pullei Valeton (1911)
* Mussaenda purpurascens Ridl. (1912)
* Mussaenda raiateensis J.W.Moore (1933)
* Mussaenda reinwardtiana Miq. (1857)
* Mussaenda ridleyana Wernham, Trans. Linn. Soc. London (1916)
* Mussaenda rivularis Welw. ex Hiern (1898)
* Mussaenda roxburghii Hook.f. (1880)
* Mussaenda rufa A.Rich. (1830)
* Mussaenda rufescens Valeton (1911)
* Mussaenda rufinervia Miq. (1857)
* Mussaenda saigonensis Pierre ex Pit. (1923)
* Mussaenda samana Jayaw. (1963)
* Mussaenda sandakana Govaerts (2008)
* Mussaenda sanderiana Ridl. (1909)
* Mussaenda scandens Elmer (1911)
* Mussaenda scratchleyi Wernham (1918)
* Mussaenda sericea Blume (1826)
* Mussaenda sessilifolia Hutch. (1916)
* Mussaenda setosa Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. (1915)
* Mussaenda shikokiana Makino (1904)
* Mussaenda simpliciloba Hand.-Mazz., Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien (1925)
* Mussaenda soyauxii Büttner (1889)
* Mussaenda spectabilis Ridl. (1918)
* Mussaenda squiresii Merr. (1938)
* Mussaenda subsessilis Pierre ex Pit. (1923)
* Mussaenda sutepensis Hosseus (1911)
* Mussaenda tenuiflora Benth. (1849)
* Mussaenda teysmanniana Miq. (1857)
* Mussaenda theifera Pierre ex Carr. (1883)
* Mussaenda thorelii Pit. (1923)
* Mussaenda tomentosa Wall. ex G.Don (1834)
* Mussaenda treutleri Stapf (1909)
* Mussaenda tristigmatica Cummins (1898)
* Mussaenda uniflora Wall. ex G.Don
* Mussaenda ustii Alejandro (2008)
* Mussaenda utakwae Wernham, Trans. Linn. Soc. London (1916)
* Mussaenda variolosa Wall. ex G.Don (1834)
* Mussaenda vidalii Elmer (1911)
* Mussaenda villosa Wall. ex G.Don (1834)
* Mussaenda viridiflora Alejandro (2008)
* Mussaenda wallichii G.Don (1834)
* Mussaenda whitei S.Moore (1922)
* Mussaenda wilsonii Hutch. (1916)
* Mussaenda wrayi King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2 (1903)
* Mussaenda zenkeri Wernham (1913)
* Mussaenda zollingeriana Klotzsch (1853)

## Gallery

* Mussaenda philippica in Bangladesh
* Mussaenda philippica in Singapore
* Mussaenda pubescens in China
* Mussaenda erythrophylla in China
* Leaf of Mussaenda philippica