Randia aculeata

Randia aculeata var. aculeata

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: Dialypetalanthoideae
Tribus: Gardenieae
Genus: Randia
Species: Randia aculeata
Varietas: R. a. var. aculeata – R. a. var. dasyphylla – R. a. var. jamaicensis

Name

Randia aculeata L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1192. 1753.

• Typus: without data (lectotype: LINN 214.1). Lectotypified by R. A. Howard, Fl. Less. Antill., Dicot. 3: 452. 1989.

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Gardenia randia Sw., Prodr.: 52. 1788, nom. illeg. superfl. (as Randia)
  • Gardenia aculeata (L.) Aiton, Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 1: 295. 1789.
  • Gardenia stellaris Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 64(–65). 1796, nom. illeg. superfl. (as Stellaris)
  • Solena randia (Sw.) D.Dietr., Syn. Pl. 1: 799. 1839, nom. illeg. superfl. (as S. Randia)
  • Genipa aculeata (L.) M.Gómez, Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 288. 1894.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. Northern South America Guyana, Venezuela. Western South America Colombia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Aiton, W. 1789. Hortus Kewensis; or, a catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. Vol. I. Monandria–Heptandria. XXX+496 pp., tt. 1–6. George Nicol, London. BHL Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 
• Salisbury, R.A. 1796. Prodromus stirpium in horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium. VIII + 422 pp. Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. 
• Swartz, O. 1788. Nova genera & species plantarum seu Prodromus descriptionum vegetabilium, maximam partem incognitorum quae sub itinere in Indiam Occidentalem annis 1783–87 digessit Olof Swartz. M. D. X+152 pp., index. M.Swederi, Holmiae [Stockholm] etc. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Rubiaceae. In Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 800–852. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 
• Steyermark, J.A. 2004. Randia. Pp. 776–779 in Taylor, C.M., Steyermark, J.A. (†), Delprete, P.G., Vicentini, A., Cortés, R., Zappi, D., Persson, C., Costa, C.B. & Anunciação, E.A., Rubiaceae. In Steyermark, J.A., Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 8, Poaceae–Rubiaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 1-930723-36-9. Reference page. 
• Taylor, C.M., Lorence, D.H. & Hammel, B.E. 2014. Randia. Pp. 732–744 in Taylor, C.M., Rubiaceae. In Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. VII, Dicotiledóneas (Picramniaceae–Rutaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-930723-56-6. Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Randia aculeata. Published online. Accessed: 19 May 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Randia aculeata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 05 19. Reference page. 
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Randia aculeata.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Randia aculeata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2018-05-19.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Randia aculeata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 June 22. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2018. Randia aculeata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 May 2018.
• Wunderlin, R.P., & Hansen, B.F. 2008. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa [1].
• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Randia aculeata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 May 2018.
• Randia aculeata in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 19 May 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Randia aculeata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 May 2018.

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