Cordiera triflora A. Rich.
Creators: name: Delprete, Piero G.
name: Persson, Claes
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Gentianales
Rubiaceae
Cordiera
Cordiera triflora

description: <i>Cordiera triflora</i> A.Rich. (Figs 3; 4) <i>In</i> DC., <i>Prodromus</i> 4: 445 (IX.1830) (reimpr. <i>Mémoire sur la famille des Rubiacées</i> 223: pl. 20, fig. 2 [XII.1830]; reimpr. <i>Mémoires de la Societé d’Histoire naturelle de Paris, series 3,</i> 5: 223, pl. 20, fig. 2 [1834]). — <i>Alibertia triflora</i> (A.Rich.) K.Schum. <i>in</i> Mart. <i>et al</i>., <i>Flora Brasiliensis</i> 6 (6): 392 (1889). — <i>Cordiera trifolia</i> Steud., <i>orth. var</i>., <i>Nomenclator Botanicus, 2nd ed</i>., 1: 419 (1840). — Type: French Guiana, Kourou R., <i>L.C.M. Richard s.n.</i> (lecto-, P [P03821428], selected by Persson &amp; Delprete <i>in</i> Delprete [2010]; iso-, F, K). <i>Octavia sessiliflora</i> DC., <i>Prodromus</i> 4: 464 (1830). — <i>Nonatelia sessiliflora</i> (DC.) Kuntze, <i>Revisio Generum</i> <i>Plantarum</i> 1: 290 (1891). — Type: French Guiana, without locality, s.d. [1781-1785], <i>Patris s.n.</i> (lecto-, G-DC [sheet 3], here designated; isolecto-, G-DC [sheets 1; 2]). <i>Alibertia tenuifolia</i> K. Krause, <i>Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins der Provinz Brandenburg</i> 50: 106 (1908). — Type: Brazil, “Amazonas” (Acre), Rio Juruá Miry (Rio Jurua Mirim), IX.1901, male fl., <i>Ule 5843</i> (holo-, B, destroyed; lecto-, MG, here designated; isolecto-, G [2], HBG, K, L; photo-B at F, GH, MO, NY, RB). <i>Alibertia steinbachii</i> Standl., <i>Publications</i> <i>of the Field Columbian Museum, Botanical Series</i> 4: 287 (1929). — Type: Bolivia, Santa Cruz, Prov. Sara, Buenavista, 9.X.1924, male fl., <i>Steinbach 6597</i> (holo-, F 573427; iso-, A, BM, G, GH, MO, NY, S). <i>Alibertia benensis</i> Standl., <i>Publications</i> <i>of the Field Columbian Museum, Botanical Series</i> 7: 291 (1931). — Type: Bolivia, Beni, San José, between Trinidad and Santa Cruz, IX.1926, male fl., <i>Wendermann 2580</i> (holo-, B, destroyed; lecto-, S, here designated; isolecto-, LPB, MO, frag-B at F, frag-S at F). SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — <b>Venezuela</b>. Terretorio Federal Amazonas, Cerro de La Neblina, along Río Mawarinuma, upstream from Neblina Base Camp, 0°50’N, 66°10’W, 140 m, 2.V.1984, fr., <i>Stein et al. 1709</i> (MO, VEN). <b>Guyana</b>. Upper Takatu-Upper Essequibo Region, SE Kanuku Mts, Mt Ishtaban, 3°15’N, 59°25’W, 300-500 m, 26.VI.1989, fr., <i>Gillespie et al. 1876</i> (MO, NY, US). — Potaro-Siparuni Region, 6.5 km NE of Suruma village, 4°10’N, 59°01’W, 400 m, 3.V.1992, imm. fr., <i>Hoffman et al. 1563</i> (CAY, MO, NY, US). <b>Surinam</b>. Goudkreek, Corantyn, 17.X.1916, <i>Stahel &amp; Gonggrijp BW 3585</i> (L). <b>French Guiana</b>. Lower Oyapock River, NE face Piton Rocheux, Haut de Crique Armontabo, 300-350 m, 22.II.1981, <i>Cremers 7079</i> (CAY[2], NY, UB). — Kourou, s.d., <i>Richard s.n.</i> (F [ex P], P n.v., photo-P at A[2]). <b>Ecuador</b>. Morona-Santiago, Cordillera Cutucú, 2°40’S, 78°W, <i>c</i>. 1000 m, 17.XI-5.XII.1944, male fl., <i>Camp 1072</i> (NY[2], US). <b>Peru</b>. Amazonas, mouth of Río Santiago, 160 m, XI.1924, fl., <i>Tessmann 4443</i> (NY, frag-B at F). — Junín, Rondayacu, 35 km S of San Ramón in Tulumayo valley, 1850 m, 5.VI.1983, fr., <i>Gentry et al. 41480</i> (GB, MO, USM). — Loreto, above Pongo de Manseriche, Left bank of Río Santiago, 200 m, 4.XII.1931, male fl., <i>Mexia 6210</i> (BM, CAS, F, G [2], GB[2], GH, MO, NY, S, UC, US). <b>Brazil</b>. Amapá, Mun. Calçoene, BR- 156 in vicinity of goverment rd camp Carnot, 53-72 km WNW of Calçoene, 2°33’-38’N, 51°16’W, 11.XII.1984, fr., <i>Rabelo et al. 2972</i> (NY, US). — Amazonas, Mun.Humaitá, near Livramento on Rio Livramento, 12.X-6.XI.1934, imm.fr., <i>Krukoff 6993</i> (A, BM, F, K, MO, NY, S, US; frag at F). — Mato Grosso, Sto. Antonio do Leverger, Engenho Velho, 24.III.1983, male fl., <i>Carreira et al. 655</i> (NY). — Tocantins, Mun. Palmeiras de Tocantins, rd to Rio Curiacaca from BR-153, 6°38’S, 47°33’W, 200 m, 12.I.2008, fr., <i>Silva &amp; Moreira 12551</i> (CEN, UFG). <b>Bolivia</b>. Beni, Iténez, Magdalena, 4 km W, 10.XI.1993, fl.-fr., <i>Moraes et al.1720</i> (GB, LPB). — Santa Cruz, Ichilo, 1.2 km S of Buena Vista, 17°29’S, 63°39’W, <i>c</i>. 350 m, 9.X.1996, fem. fl., <i>Persson &amp; Gustafsson 302</i> (GB, NY, S), male fl., <i>303</i> (GB, LPB, S). — Prov. Sara, Buenavista, 500 m, 14.XII.1920, <i>Steinbach 5219</i> (GH, NY, frag-B at F). DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY Occurring in tropical South America, primarily at the region bordering the Amazon Basin (circum-Amazonian distribution), in Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil (from Amapá through Tocantins, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul), and along the western slopes of the Andes in Peru and Bolivia. It grows in undercanopy of forests, thickets and at forest margins, both on <i>terra firme</i> and on sandy alluvial soil, from 200 to 2000 m altitude.
description: Published as part of <i>Delprete, Piero G. &amp; Persson, Claes, 2012, Octavia sessiliflora DC. and Mussaenda glomerulata Lam. ex Poir., two obscure taxa from French Guiana synonymous with members of the Alibertia group (Rubiaceae, Gardenieae), pp. 353-363 in Adansonia (3) (3) 34 (2)</i> on pages 360-362, DOI: 10.5252/a2012n2a9, http://zenodo.org/record/5205961
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