492.0000
Family
Rubiaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 196 (1789), nom. cons.
589 genera, ca. 14.200 spp. mostly tropics, comparably few temperate. Phylogeny: Razafimandimbison & Rydin (2024)
Species listed in database: 14370; hybrids: 47
= Aparinaceae Hoffmanns. & Link; Fl. Portug. [Hoffmannsegg] 2: 3, 38 (1813-1829)
= Asperulaceae Cham. ex Spenn.; Handb. Angew. Bot. 2: 493 (1835)
= Catesbaeaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 111 (1820)
= Cephalanthaceae Raf.; Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 6: 86 (1820)
= Cinchonaceae Batsch; Tab. Affin. Regni Veg. 234 (1802)
= Coffeaceae Batsch; Tab. Affin. Regni Veg. 233 (1802)
= Coutareaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 168 (1820)
= Dialypetalanthaceae Rizzini & Occhioni; Lilloa 17: 253 (1948), nom. cons.
= Galiaceae Lindl.; Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 249 (1836)
= Gardeniaceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 29, 32 (1829)
= Guettardaceae Batsch; Tab. Affin. Regni Veg. 235 (1802)
= Hameliaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg. [Martius] 31 (1835)
= Hedyotidaceae Dumort.; Commentat. Bot. [Dumortier] 57 (1822)
= Henriqueziaceae Bremek.; Acta Bot. Neerl. 6 (Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 141): 371 (1957)
= Houstoniaceae Raf.; Good Book 21 (1840)
= Hydrophylacaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 318 (1820)
= Lippayaceae Meisn.; Pl. Vasc. Gen. [Meisner], Tab. Diagn. 156, Comm. 112 (1838)
= Lygodisodeaceae Bartl.; Ord. Nat. Pl. 123, 207 (1830)
= Naucleaceae Wernham; New Phytol. 11: 225 (1912)
= Nonateliaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 420 (1820)
= Operculariaceae Juss. ex Perleb; Vers. Arzneikr. Pfl. 207 (1818)
= Pagamaeaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 447 (1820)
= Psychotriaceae F.Rudolphi; Syst. Orb. Veg. 49 (1830)
= Randiaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 534 (1820)
= Sabiceaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 555 (1820)
= Spermacoceaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přir. Rostlin 256 (1820)
= Theligonaceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 15, 17 (1829), nom. cons.
492.6703
Genus
Mussaenda Burm. ex L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 177 (1753)
Distribution: Tropical Africa, Madagascar, trop. Asia, Malesia, Australia, islands of the S-Pacific to Society Isl.
Species listed in database: 183
= Aphaenandra Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 341 (1857)
= Asemanthia Ridl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939: 599 (1940)
= Belilla Adans.; Fam. Pl. [Adanson] 2: 159 (1763)
= Menestoria DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 390 (1830)
= Spallanzania DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 406 (1830), non Pollini 1816
species :
Mussaenda acalycophylla
S.S.Ying; New Taxa New Names 6: 98 (2023)
Distribution: Taiwan
38 TAI
Remarks: provisionally accepted name, status unconfirmed
species :
Mussaenda acuminata
Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 986 (1826)
Distribution: Jawa
42 JAW
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda frondosa var. acuminata (Blume) Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 212 (1857)
species :
Mussaenda acuminatissima
Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci. 17: 436 (1920 publ. 1921)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Mussaenda aestuarii
K.Schum.; Nachtr. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee [Schumann & Lauterbach] 394 (1905)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda afzelii
G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 490 (1834)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Congo [Brazzaville]
22 GUI IVO LBR SIE 23 CON
species :
Mussaenda afzelioides
Wernham; Cat. Pl. Oban [Rendle et al.] 40 (1913)
Distribution: Nigeria
22 NGA
species :
Mussaenda albiflora
Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 5: 241 (1910)
Distribution: Philippines (Negros, Panay)
42 PHI
species :
Mussaenda angustisepala
Ridl.; Fl. Malay Penins. 2: 60 (1923)
Distribution: Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (north of Malaya)
41 THA 42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda longisepala E.T.Geddes; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1927: 171 (1927)
species :
Mussaenda anisophylla
S.Vidal; Phan. Cuming. Philipp. 178 (1885)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon, Alabat, Mindoro, Negros, Dinagat)
42 PHI
species :
Mussaenda antiloga
Chun & W.C.Ko; Fl. Hainan. 3: 582 (1974)
Distribution: China (S-Hainan)
36 CHI
species :
Mussaenda aptera
Pit.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 3: 185 (1923)
Distribution: Laos; C-Vietnam
41 LAO VIE
species :
Mussaenda arcuata
Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 4: 392 (1797)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; SW-Mali; S-Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Madagascar; Mauritius; La Réunion
22 BEN BKN GHA GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO BUR CAF CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 24 ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 29 MAU MDG REU
Synonyms: hidden
= Landia astrographa Comm. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 372 (1830)
= Landia stelligera Comm. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 372 (1830)
= Mussaenda abyssinica Chiov.; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 9: 67 (1911)
= Mussaenda arcuata var. parviflora S.Moore; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 301 (1906)
= Mussaenda arcuata var. pubescens Wernham; J. Bot. 51: 274 (1913)
species :
Mussaenda attenuifolia
Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 5: 1874 (1913)
Distribution: Philippines (Mindanao)
42 PHI
species :
Mussaenda bammleri
Valeton; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 64 (1925)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda benguetensis
Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 1: 13 (1906)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Mussaenda bevanii
F.Muell.; Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, Ser. 2, 2: 419 (1887)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda bityensis
Wernham; J. Bot. 57: 276 (1919)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
species :
Mussaenda bodenii
Wernham; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 9: 70 (1916)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda bonii
Pit.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 3: 181 (1923)
Distribution: Laos; C-Vietnam
41 LAO VIE
species :
Mussaenda brachygyna
Merr. & L.M.Perry; J. Arnold Arbor. 25: 193 (1944)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda breviloba
S.Moore; J. Bot. 43: 137 (1905)
Distribution: China (Yunnan); Myanmar (Chin, Kachin, Mandalay, Sagaing, Shan); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia
36 CHI 41 CBD LAO MYA THA
species :
Mussaenda cambodiana
Pierre ex Pit.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 3: 188 (1923)
Distribution: Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam
41 CBD THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda cambodiana var. annamensis Pit.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 3: 189 (1923)
species :
Mussaenda campanulata
T.T.Duan & D.X.Zhang; Phytotaxa 265(2): 165 (2016)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Mussaenda caudatiloba
D.Fang; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 40(2): 156 (2002)
Distribution: China (Guangxi)
36 CHI
species :
Mussaenda celebica
Ridl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939: 598 (1939 publ. 1940)
Distribution: Sulawesi
42 SUL
species :
Mussaenda chevalieri
Pit.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 3: 183 (1923)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Mussaenda chingii
C.Y.Wu ex H.H.Hsue & H.Wu; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 24(3): 236 (1986)
Distribution: China (Guangxi)
36 CHI
species :
Mussaenda chippii
Wernham; J. Bot. 51: 237 (1913)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
22 GHA GUI IVO LBR SIE 23 CON GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda buntingii Wernham; J. Bot. 51: 237 (1913)
species :
Mussaenda chlorantha
Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 8: 47 (1913)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Mussaenda chrysotricha
Valeton; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 65 (1925)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda conferta
Sujana & Vadhyar; Taiwania 68(4): 458 (2023)
Distribution: S-India (Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
species :
Mussaenda conopharyngiifolia
Stapf; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 104 (1905)
Distribution: Liberia; Ivory Coast; Cameroon
22 IVO LBR 23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN VU (Cameroon)
species :
Mussaenda cordifolia
Wall. ex G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 491 (1834), descr.
Distribution: Thailand; peninsular Malaysia
41 THA 42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda setulosa Klotzsch; Ber. Bekanntm. Verh. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1853: 499 (1853)
species :
Mussaenda corymbosa
Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 15 (1814), nomen, Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 2: 226 (1824), Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 1: 556 (1832)
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal); Myanmar
40 IND 41 MYA
species :
Mussaenda cylindrocarpa
Burck; Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 3: 112, 118 (1883)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch.; Solomon Isl.; New Caledonia; Vanuatu
42 NWG 43 BIS SOL 60 NWC VAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda dolichocarpa (Lauterb. & K.Schum.) Rech.; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 89: (Bot. & Zool. Ergebn. Samoa, Pt. 5, 166) 608 (1913)
= Mussaenda frondosa var. dolichocarpa Lauterb. & K.Schum.; Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee [Schumann & Lauterbach] 560 (1900)
= Mussaenda frondosa var. glabriflora K.Schum.; Fl. Kais. Wilh. Land [Schumann & Hollrung] 129 (1889)
= Mussaenda frondosa var. macrocarpa Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 477 (1886)
= Mussaenda frondosa var. pilosissima Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 478 (1886)
= Mussaenda frondosa var. tomentosa Lauterb. & K.Schum.; Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee [Schumann & Lauterbach] 560 (1900), nomen
species :
Mussaenda darenensis
S.S.Ying; New Taxa New Names 6: 90 (2023)
Distribution: Taiwan
38 TAI
Remarks: provisionally accepted name, status unconfirmed
species :
Mussaenda dasyphylla
Miq.; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 4: 187 (1869)
Distribution: Moluccas (Ternate)
42 MOL
species :
Mussaenda dawei
Hutch.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 196 (1922)
Distribution: +NW-Angola
26 ANG
Remarks: known only from type collection
species :
Mussaenda debeauxii
Wernham; J. Bot. 54: 300 (1916)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; Cabinda; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; S-Chad
23 CAB CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 24 CHA
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda macrosiphon Wernham; J. Bot. 54: 300 (1916)
species :
Mussaenda decipiens
H.Li; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18(1): 117 (1980)
Distribution: China (Yunnan); SE-Tibet
36 CHI TIB
species :
Mussaenda densiflora
H.L.Li; J. Arnold Arbor. 24: 455 (1943)
Distribution: China (Guangxi); Laos; Vietnam
36 CHI 41 LAO VIE
species :
Mussaenda dinhensis
Pierre ex Pit.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 3: 173 (1923)
Distribution: Laos; Vietnam
41 LAO VIE
species :
Mussaenda divaricata
Hutch.; Pl. Wilson. [Sargent] 3: 394 (1916)
Distribution: China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei, Guangdong); Myanmar (Kachin, Sagaing); Vietnam
36 CHI 41 MYA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda divaricata var. mollis Hutch.; Pl. Wilson. [Sargent] 3: 398 (1916)
species :
Mussaenda dranensis
Wernham; J. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam 4: 136 (1921)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Mussaenda elegans
Schumach. & Thonn.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. [Schumacher] 117 (1827)
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; S-Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Uganda; Angola
22 BEN BKN GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 24 SSU 25 UGA 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Bertiera coccinea (G.Don) G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 506 (1834)
= Gardenia coccinea G.Don; Edinburgh Philos. J. 11: 343 (1824)
= Mussaenda discolor Thonn. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 372 (1830), nom. illeg.
= Mussaenda elegans var. minor De Wild. & T.Durand; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 2, 1: 27 (1899)
= Mussaenda elegans var. psilocarpa Wernham; J. Bot. 51: 277 (1913)
= Mussaenda elegans var. rotundifolia Wernham; J. Bot. 51: 277 (1913)
= Mussaenda hispida Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 8: 66 (1887), nom. illeg.
species :
Mussaenda elliptica
Hutch.; Pl. Wilson. [Sargent] 3: 395 (1916)
Distribution: China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Sichuan)
36 CHI
species :
Mussaenda elmeri
Merr.; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 15: 279 (1929)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Mussaenda emeiensis
Z.Y.Zhu & S.J.Zhu; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 28(3): 257 (2008)
Distribution: China (Sichuan)
36 CHI
species :
Mussaenda epiphytica
Cheek; Nordic J. Bot. 27(6): 456 (2009)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN VU (Cameroon)
species :
Mussaenda erosa
Champ. ex Benth.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 193 (1852)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Hongkong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Fujian, Hainan); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Myanmar; Laos; Vietnam
36 CHI 38 NNS TAI 41 LAO MYA VIE
species :
Mussaenda erythrophylla
Schumach. & Thonn.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. [Schumacher] 116 (1827)
Name: Ashanti blood (Jamaica), Colombina roja (Puerto Rico), Scarlet mussaenda (Virgin Isl.)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; Cabinda; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Bangladesh [I]; Myanmar [I]; Thailand [I]; Jawa [I]; Fiji [I]; Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I]); Palau [I] (Koror [I]); Mexico [I]; Honduras [I]; Hispaniola [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I]; Trinidad & Tobago [I]
22 GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO BUR CAB CAF CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 24 SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG 40 ban 41 mya tha 42 jaw 60 fij 61 coo sci 62 plu 79 mex 80 hon 81 his pue trt vir
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda fulgens R.Br. ex Tedlie; Exc. Madeira [Bowdich] 374 (1825), nomen
= Mussaenda splendida Welw.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 36, t. 13 (1869)
species :
Mussaenda ferruginea
K.Schum.; Fl. Kais. Wilh. Land [Schumann & Hollrung] 129 (1889)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch.
42 NWG 43 BIS
species :
Mussaenda fissibractea
Merr.; Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 7: 282 (1937)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Mussaenda forbesii
Wernham ex S.Moore; J. Bot. 61: Suppl. 24 (1923)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda forsteniana
Miq.; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 4: 188 (1869)
Distribution: Moluccas (Ambon)
42 MOL
species :
Mussaenda frondosa
L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 177 (1753)
Distribution: China [I] (Guangdong [I], Hainan [I], Hongkong [I]); Nepal; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Meghalaya); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl. (South Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl. (Great Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar (Kachin, Mandalay, Mon, Sagaing); Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; Sumatera; Borneo; Sulawesi; Jawa; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Palau (Babeldaob, Koror, Ngarakabesang, Angaur); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia (Yap, Fais)
36 chi 40 BAN IND NEP SRL 41 AND CBD MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI SUL SUM 62 GUM MIC PLU
Synonyms: hidden
= Gardenia frondosa (L.) Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 2: 608 (1788)
= Mussaenda belilla Buch.-Ham.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 14: 203 (1824)
= Mussaenda dovinia Buch.-Ham.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 14: 203 (1824)
= Mussaenda flavescens Buch.-Ham.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 14: 203 (1824)
= Mussaenda formosa L.; Mant. Pl. 1: 45 (1767)
= Mussaenda fruticosa L.; Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 2: 168 (1767)
= Mussaenda ingrata Wall. ex Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 89 (1880)
= Mussaenda macrophylla Kurz; Forest Fl. Burma 2: 57 (1877), nom. illeg.
= Mussaenda sericea Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 986 (1826)
= Mussaenda sumatrensis B.Heyne ex Roth; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 250 (1819)
= Mussaenda tomentosa (Wight ex Wall.) G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 491 (1834)
= Mussaenda zollingeriana Klotzsch; Ber. Bekanntm. Verh. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1853: 500 (1853)
species :
Mussaenda garrettii
Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1931: 444 (1931)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
species :
Mussaenda glabra
Vahl; Symb. Bot. [Vahl] 3: 38 (1794)
Distribution: Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Sikkim, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar (Chin, Kachin, Mandalay, Mon, Taninthayi); Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore; Jawa
40 BAN BHU IND NEP 41 CBD MYA THA VIE 42 JAW MLY SNG
Conservation Status: endangered (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda andersonii S.K.Basu & T.K.Paul; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 86(3): 430 (1989 publ. 1990)
= Mussaenda frondosa var. glabra (Vahl) Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 213 (1857)
= Mussaenda glabra var. puberula King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 72: 186 (1904)
= Mussaenda mastersii King ex A.M.Cowan & Cowan; Trees N. Bengal 77 (1929), nom. subnud.
= Mussaenda penangensis Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 214 (1857)
species :
Mussaenda glabrata
(Hook.f.) Hutch. ex Gamble; Fl. Madras 610 (1921)
Distribution: India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda frondosa var. glabrata Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 90 (1880)
species :
Mussaenda gossweileri
Wernham; J. Bot. 54: 300 (1916)
Distribution: Angola
26 ANG
species :
Mussaenda grandibracteata
Alejandro; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 101(3): 480 (2016)
Distribution: Philippines
42 PHI
species :
Mussaenda grandiflora
Benth.; Niger Fl. [W.J.Hooker] 392 (1849)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast
22 GUI IVO LBR SIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Calycophyllum grandiflorum (Benth.) Meyen; Observ. Bot. [Meyen] 2: 234 (1834)
= Mussaenda collenettei Hutch.; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 608 (1936)
= Mussaenda macrosepala Stapf; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 105 (1905)
= Mussaenda uniflora Hutch. & Dalziel; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 100, in clavi, 101 (1931)
species :
Mussaenda grandifolia
Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 1: 12 (1906)
Distribution: Palawan
42 PLW
species :
Mussaenda griffithii
Wight ex Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 88 (1880)
Distribution: NE-India (Arunachal Pradesh); Myanmar (Taninthayi)
40 IND 41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Acranthera griffithii Wight ex Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 92 (1880)
species :
Mussaenda hainanensis
Merr.; Lingnan Sci. J. 14: 58 (1935)
Distribution: China (Hainan)
36 CHI
species :
Mussaenda heinsioides
Hiern; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 3: 70 (1877)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Mussaenda herderscheeana
Valeton; Nova Guinea 14: 261 (1925)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda hilaris
Pierre ex Pit.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 3: 177 (1923)
Distribution: Cambodia; Vietnam
41 CBD VIE
species :
Mussaenda hirsuta
Ridl.; J. Malayan Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 1: 68 (1923)
Distribution: Sumatera
42 SUM
species :
Mussaenda hirsutissima
(Hook.f.) Hutch. ex Gamble; Fl. Madras 610 (1921)
Distribution: India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda frondosa var. hirsutissima Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 90 (1880)
= Mussaenda tomentosa Wight ex Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 90 (1880), pro syn.
= Mussaenda villosa Schltdl. ex Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 90 (1880), pro syn.
species :
Mussaenda hirsutula
Miq.; J. Bot. Néerl. 1: 109 (1861)
Distribution: China (Hainan, Guangdong, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan)
36 CHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda inflata H.H.Hsue & H.Wu; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 24(3): 234 (1986)
species :
Mussaenda hoaensis
Pierre ex Pit.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 3: 190 (1923)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Mussaenda horenensis
S.S.Ying; New Taxa New Names 5: 362 (2022)
Distribution: Taiwan
38 TAI
Remarks: provisionally accepted name, status unconfirmed
species :
Mussaenda incana
Wall.; Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 2: 229 (1824)
Distribution: Nepal; NE-India (Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, West Bengal); Myanmar (Sagaing, Shan)
40 IND NEP 41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda pubescens Buch.-Ham.; Numer. List [Wallich] 212, no. 6257 (1832), nomen
species :
Mussaenda intuspilosa
Jayaw.; J. Arnold Arbor. 44: 257 (1963)
Distribution: India (Assam, Meghalaya); Myanmar
40 IND 41 MYA
species :
Mussaenda isertiana
DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 371 (1830)
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]
22 BEN GHA IVO NGA SIE 23 BIO CMN
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda macrophylla Schumach. & Vahl.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. [Schumacher] 118 (1827), nom. illeg.
species :
Mussaenda johannis-winkleri
Merr.; Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 7: 283 (1937)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Mussaenda kajewskii
Merr. & L.M.Perry; J. Arnold Arbor. 25: 194 (1944)
Distribution: Solomon Isl. (Guadalcanal)
43 SOL
species :
Mussaenda kanehirae
Merr. & L.M.Perry; J. Arnold Arbor. 25: 195 (1944)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda keenanii
Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 87 (1880)
Distribution: India (Assam)
40 IND
species :
Mussaenda kerrii
Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 389 (1911)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
species :
Mussaenda kingdon-wardii
Jayaw.; J. Arnold Arbor. 46: 366 (1965)
Distribution: Myanmar
41 MYA
species :
Mussaenda kintaensis
King ex Stapf; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 4: 172 (1894)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia
42 MLY
species :
Mussaenda kwangsiensis
H.L.Li; J. Arnold Arbor. 24: 455 (1943)
Distribution: China (Guangxi)
36 CHI
species :
Mussaenda kwangtungensis
H.L.Li; J. Arnold Arbor. 25: 427 (1944)
Distribution: China (S-Guangdong)
36 CHI
species :
Mussaenda lanata
C.B.Rob.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 6: 357 (1911)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Mussaenda lancifolia
K.Krause; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 28 (1920)
Distribution: Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Congo [Brazzaville]
23 BIO CON
species :
Mussaenda lancipetala
X.F.Deng & D.X.Zhang; J. Syst. Evol. 46(2): 223 (2008)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
Remarks: status uncertain, not listed in Fl. of China
species :
Mussaenda landolphioides
Wernham; J. Bot. 51: 238 (1913)
Distribution: Liberia; Ivory Coast; Nigeria
22 IVO LBR NGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda brachyantha Wernham; J. Bot. 51: 238 (1913)
= Mussaenda scabrida Wernham; J. Bot. 51: 256 (1913)
species :
Mussaenda lanuginosa
Ridl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939: 597 (1939 publ. 1940)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Mussaenda laxa
(Hook.f.) Hutch. ex Gamble; Fl. Madras 610 (1921)
Distribution: S-India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda frondosa var. laxa Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 89 (1880)
species :
Mussaenda laxiflora
Hutch.; Pl. Wilson. [Sargent] 3: 399 (1916)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Mussaenda leptantha
Wernham; J. Bot. 57: 277 (1919)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
species :
Mussaenda leucophylla
E.M.A.Petit; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 25: 156 (1955)
Distribution: Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 CON GAB ZAI
species :
Mussaenda leucova
Gilli; Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 83: 461 (1979 publ. 1980)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda liedeae
Alejandro; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 101(3): 485 (2016)
Distribution: Philippines
42 PHI
species :
Mussaenda linderi
Hutch. & Dalziel; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 101, in clavi, 103 (1931)
Distribution: Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana
22 GHA IVO LBR
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda punctulata Hutch. & Dalziel; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 101, in clavi, 103 (1931)
species :
Mussaenda lobbii
(Ridl.) Govaerts; Skvortsovia 4(3): 93 (2018)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
Synonyms: hidden
= Asemanthia lobbii Ridl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939: 600 (1939 publ. 1940)
species :
Mussaenda longipetala
H.L.Li; J. Arnold Arbor. 24: 373 (1943)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Mussaenda longituba
Valeton; Bull. Dépt. Agric. Indes Néerl. 10: 63 (1907)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda lotungensis
Chun & W.C.Ko; Fl. Hainan. 3: 581 (1974)
Distribution: China (Hainan)
36 CHI
species :
Mussaenda macrantha
Valeton; Nova Guinea 8: 456 (1911)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda macrophylla
Wall.; Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 2: 228 (1824)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi); Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; NE-India (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Andaman Isl. (North Andaman Isl., Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl., Little Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl. (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar (widespread); Cambodia; peninsular Malaysia; Jamaica [I]
36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP 41 AND CBD MYA NCB 42 MLY 81 jam
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda calycina Wall. ex G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 489 (1834), descr.
= Mussaenda hispida D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 139 (1825)
= Mussaenda kotoensis Hayata; J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30: Art. 1, 143 (1911)
variant :
var. brevipilosa
Jayaw.; J. Arnold Arbor. 45: 117 (1964)
Distribution: Philippines (Batan, Calayan, Camiguin de Babuyanes, Bohol, Camiguin de Mindanao, Siargao)
42 PHI
variant :
var. grandisepala
(Jayaw.) Alejandro; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 101(3): 489 (2016)
Distribution: NE-India (Assam)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda macrophylla f. grandisepala Jayaw.; J. Arnold Arbor. 44: 246 (1963)
= Mussaenda pentasemia C.E.C.Fisch.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1928: 275 (1928)
species :
Mussaenda magallanensis
Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 3: 996 (1911)
Distribution: Philippines (Sibuyan, Luzon, Mindoro, Leyte, Panay)
42 PHI
species :
Mussaenda maingayi
(Hook.f.) Hemsl. ex T.Durand & B.D.Jacks.; Index Kew., Suppl. 1: 284 (1903)
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh); peninsular Malaysia; +Singapore
40 IND 42 MLY SNG
Synonyms: hidden
= Acranthera griffithii Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 92 (1880)
= Acranthera maingayi Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 92 (1880)
= Acranthera mutabilis (Hemsl.) Hemsl.; J. Bot. 25: 204 (1887)
= Asemanthia griffithii (Hook.f.) Ridl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939: 600 (1940)
= Asemanthia maingayi (Hook.f.) Ridl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939: 600 (1939 publ. 1940)
= Asemanthia maingayi var. hirsuta (King) A.K.Sinha & B.Mitra; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 78(2): 427 (1981)
= Asemanthia maingayi var. montana (Ridl.) A.K.Sinha & B.Mitra; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 78(2): 428 (1981)
= Mussaenda griffithii (Hook.f.) Hemsl. ex B.D.Jacks.; Index Kew., Suppl. 1: 284 (1896), nom. superfl.
= Mussaenda mutabilis Hemsl.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 18: t. 1718 (1887)
= Mussaenda mutabilis var. hirsuta King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 72(2): 182 (1903)
= Mussaenda mutabilis var. montana Ridl.; Fl. Malay Penins. 2: 58 (1923)
species :
Mussaenda malaccensis
Ridl.; Fl. Malay Penins. 2: 59 (1923)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Melaka)
42 MLY
species :
Mussaenda malacotricha
Merr. & L.M.Perry; J. Arnold Arbor. 25: 195 (1944)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda membranifolia
Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci. 23: 267 (1923)
Distribution: China (Hainan); Philippines
36 CHI 42 PHI
species :
Mussaenda microdonta
Wernham; J. Bot. 51: 239 (1913)
subspecies :
subsp. microdonta
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda holstii Wernham; J. Bot. 51: 275 (1913)
= Mussaenda ulugurensis Wernham; J. Bot. 51: 275 (1913)
subspecies :
subsp. odorata
(Hutch.) Bridson; Kew Bull. 30(4): 696 (1975 publ. 1976)
Distribution: Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania
25 KEN TAN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda keniensis K.Krause; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 603 (1929)
= Mussaenda odorata Hutch.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 247 (1914)
species :
Mussaenda milleri
Elmer ex Alejandro; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 101: 494 (2016)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda milleri Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 10: 3780 (1939), nomen
species :
Mussaenda mollissima
C.Y.Wu ex H.H.Hsue & H.Wu; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 24(3): 235 (1986)
Distribution: China (S-Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Mussaenda monticola
K.Krause; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 406 (1912)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; Zanzibar
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda perlaxa Wernham; J. Bot. 51: 240 (1913)
variant :
var. glabrescens
Bridson; Kew Bull. 30(4): 696 (1975 publ. 1976)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Mussaenda motleyi
Ridl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939: 599 (1939 publ. 1940)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Mussaenda multibracteata
Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 11: 34 (1916)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon, Catanduanes)
42 PHI
species :
Mussaenda multinervis
C.Y.Wu ex H.H.Hsue & H.Wu; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 24(3): 237 (1986)
Distribution: China (S-Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Mussaenda nannanii
Wernham; J. Bot. 56: 309 (1918)
Distribution: Gabon; D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 GAB ZAI
species :
Mussaenda nervosa
Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 3: 994 (1911)
Distribution: Philippines (Mindanao, Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Mussaenda nicobarica
Shimpale, S.R.Yadav & Babu; Rheedea 19(1-2): 54 (2009)
Distribution: Nicobar Isl. (Great Nicobar Isl.)
41 NCB
species :
Mussaenda nijensis
R.D.Good; J. Bot. 64(Suppl.): 2, 3 (1926)
Distribution: +NW-Angola
26 ANG
Remarks: known only from type collection
species :
Mussaenda nivea
A.Chev.; Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 315 (1920) (nomen), et Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 100, in clavi, 101 (1931)
Distribution: Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo
22 GHA IVO TOG
species :
Mussaenda oreadum
Wernham; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 9: 70 (1916)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda ornata
S.Moore; J. Bot. 65: 243 (1927)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda ovata
Merr. & L.M.Perry; J. Arnold Arbor. 25: 194 (1944)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda palawanensis
Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 10: 103 (1915)
Distribution: Palawan; Sulawesi
42 PLW SUL
species :
Mussaenda paludosa
E.M.A.Petit; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 25: 164 (1955)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Mussaenda parryorum
C.E.C.Fisch.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1928: 274 (1928)
Distribution: India (Mizoram)
40 IND
species :
Mussaenda parva
Wall. ex G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 491 (1834)
Distribution: Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Vietnam
41 LAO MYA THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Aphaenandra parva (Wall. ex G.Don) Bremek.; Blumea, Suppl. 1: 122 (1937)
= Mussaenda sootepensis Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 389 (1911)
= Mussaenda neosootepensis Craib; Aberdeen Univ. Stud. 57: 103 (1912)
species :
Mussaenda parviflora
Miq.; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 110 (1867)
Distribution: China (Guangdong); Japan (Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan
36 CHI 38 JAP NNS TAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda albiflora Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 9: 56 (1920)
= Mussaenda parviflora var. formosana Matsum.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 24: 147 (1900)
= Mussaenda parviflora var. yaeyamensis (Masam.) T.Yamaz.; J. Jap. Bot. 39: 320 (1964)
= Mussaenda pubescens var. yaeyamensis Masam.; Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 29: 831 (1939)
= Mussaenda taihokuensis Masam.; Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 29: 179 (1939)
= Mussaenda yaeyamensis (Masam.) Masam.; Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 29: 216 (1939)
species :
Mussaenda parvifolia
Valeton; Bull. Dépt. Agric. Indes Néerl. 10: 63 (1907)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda philippica
A.Rich.; Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 5: 245 (1834)
Distribution: Bangladesh [I]; Myanmar [I]; Borneo; Palawan; Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao); Solomon Isl. [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I]; Mexico [I]
40 ban 41 mya 42 BOR PHI PLW 43 sol 62 mic 79 mex
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda grandiflora Rolfe; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 311 (1886), nom. illeg.
= Mussaenda philippica f. aurorae (Sulit) Jayaw.; J. Arnold Arbor. 45: 131 (1964)
= Mussaenda philippica var. aurorae Sulit; Philipp. J. Forest. 2: 39 (1939)
variant :
var. pubescens
Alejandro; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 101(3): 507 (2016)
Distribution: Philippines
42 PHI
species :
Mussaenda philippinensis
Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 3: 264 (1908)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon, Alabat, Mindoro, Semirara, Panay)
42 PHI
species :
Mussaenda pilosissima
Valeton; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 62 (1925)
Distribution: Bismarck Arch.
43 BIS
species :
Mussaenda pinatubensis
Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 9: 3210 (1934)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Mussaenda pingbianensis
C.Y.Wu ex H.H.Hsue & H.Wu; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 24(3): 233 (1986)
Distribution: China (SE-Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Mussaenda pluviatilis
S.Moore; J. Bot. 65: 244 (1927)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda polita
Hiern; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 3: 67 (1877)
Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Angola
22 NGA 23 BIO CMN CON EQG GAB 26 ANG
species :
Mussaenda polyneura
King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 72: 185 (1904)
Distribution: Myanmar (Taninthayi); peninsular Malaysia (Perak)
41 MYA 42 MLY
species :
Mussaenda procera
F.M.Bailey; Queensland Agric. J. 3: 155 (1900)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda pubescens
Dryand.; Hort. Kew., ed. 2 [W.T.Aiton] 2: 372 (1810)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang); Taiwan; Laos; Vietnam; Hispaniola [I]
36 CHI 38 TAI 41 LAO VIE 81 his
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda acutiflora Bartl. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 370 (1830)
= Mussaenda bodinieri H.Lév. & Vaniot; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 59 (1908)
= Mussaenda pubescens f. clematidiflora Chun ex H.H.Hsue & H.Wu; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 24(3): 239 (1986)
= Mussaenda pubescens var. alba X.F.Deng & D.X.Zhang; J. Trop. Subtrop. Bot. 12(5): 476 (2004)
species :
Mussaenda pullei
Valeton; Nova Guinea 8: 459 (1911)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda purpurascens
Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 61: 18 (1912)
Distribution: Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (Selangor)
41 THA 42 MLY
species :
Mussaenda raiateensis
J.W.Moore ex A.C.Sm.; J. Arnold Arbor. 26: 105 (1945)
Distribution: Rotuma Isl.; Tonga (Late Isl., Tongatapu, ´Eua, Kao, Vava´u); Fiji; Wallis & Futuna (Alofi Isl., Futuna Isl., ´Uvea Isl. [Wallis]); [Western] Samoa (Savai´i, ´Upolu); American Samoa (Tutuila, Ofu, Ta´u); Cook Isl. (Rarotonga, Mangaia); Society Isl. (Tahiti, Raiatea)
60 ASA FIJ ROT SAM TON WAL 61 COO SCI
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda raiateensis J.W.Moore; Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 102, 44 (1933)
species :
Mussaenda recurvata
Naiki, Tagane & Yahara; Phytotaxa 328(2): 168 (2017)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda reflexisepala Tao Chen & Duy; Harvard Pap. Bot. 22(2): 128 (2017)
species :
Mussaenda reinwardtiana
Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 211 (1857)
Distribution: Sulawesi; Jawa; Moluccas
42 JAW MOL SUL
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda tomentosa Reinw. ex Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 211 (1857), nom. illeg.
species :
Mussaenda ridleyana
Wernham; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9: 70 (1916)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda rivularis
Welw. ex Hiern; Cat. Afr. Pl. [Hiern] 1: 452 (1898)
Distribution: SW-Chad; Angola
24 CHA 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda angolensis Wernham; J. Bot. 51: 239 (1913)
variant :
var. redheadii
(E.M.A.Petit) Figueiredo; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 156(4): 569 (2008)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Angola; Zambia
23 ZAI 26 ANG ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda angolensis var. redheadii E.M.A.Petit; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 25: 163 (1955)
species :
Mussaenda roxburghii
Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 87 (1880)
Distribution: Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar (Yangon); Jamaica [I]
40 BAN BHU IND NEP SRL 41 MYA 81 jam
Synonyms: hidden
= Menestoria tocoyenae DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 390 (1830)
= Ucriana wallichii D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. [Dietrich] 1: 798 (1839), nom. superfl.
species :
Mussaenda rufa
A.Rich.; Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 5: 246 (1834)
Distribution: Sierra Leone
22 SIE
Remarks: insufficiently known, status questionable
species :
Mussaenda rufescens
Valeton; Nova Guinea 8: 458 (1911)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda rufinervia
Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 212 (1857)
Distribution: Sumatera
42 SUM
species :
Mussaenda sabahensis
Govaerts; Skvortsovia 4(3): 93 (2018), nom. nov.
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
Synonyms: hidden
= Asemanthia coccinea (Stapf) Ridl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939: 600 (1939 publ. 1940)
= Mussaenda coccinea Stapf; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 4: 170 (1894), nom. illeg.
species :
Mussaenda saigonensis
Pierre ex Pit.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 3: 186 (1923)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Mussaenda samana
Jayaw.; J. Arnold Arbor. 44: 259 (1963)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
species :
Mussaenda sandakana
Govaerts; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 157(1): 120 (2008)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda laxiflora Merr.; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 15: 280 (1929), non Hutch. 1916
species :
Mussaenda sanderiana
Ridl.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 46: 34 (1909)
Distribution: China (S-Yunnan); Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Vietnam
36 CHI 41 LAO MYA THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda attopensis Pierre ex Pit.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 3: 176 (1923), pro syn.
= Mussaenda cambodiana var. lanceolata Craib; Fl. Siam 2: 73 (1932)
= Mussaenda cuspidata E.T.Geddes; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1927: 170 (1927)
= Mussaenda ferrea E.T.Geddes; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1927: 170 (1927)
= Mussaenda hossei Craib; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 28(2): 444, 457 (1911)
= Mussaenda lanceolata K.Schum.; Bot. Tidsskr. 24: 334 (1902), nom. illeg.
= Mussaenda rehderiana Hutch.; Pl. Wilson. [Sargent] 3: 397 (1916)
= Mussaenda sutepensis Hosseus; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 62 (1911)
species :
Mussaenda scandens
Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 3: 992 (1911)
Distribution: Philippines (Mindanao)
42 PHI
species :
Mussaenda scratchleyi
Wernham; J. Bot. 56: 70 (1918)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda sessilifolia
Hutch.; Pl. Wilson. [Sargent] 3: 397 (1916)
Distribution: China (S-Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Mussaenda setosa
Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 10: 104 (1915)
Distribution: Palawan
42 PLW
species :
Mussaenda shikokiana
Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 44 (1904)
Distribution: China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang); Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Taiwan
36 CHI 38 JAP TAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda anomala H.L.Li; J. Arnold Arbor. 24: 454 (1943)
= Mussaenda esquirolii H.Lév.; Fl. Kouy-Tcheou 369 (1914 publ. 1915)
= Mussaenda taiwaniana Kaneh.; Formos. Trees 303 (1917)
= Mussaenda wilsonii Hutch.; Pl. Wilson. [Sargent] 3: 393 (1916)
species :
Mussaenda simpliciloba
Hand.-Mazz.; Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 62: 147 (1925)
Distribution: China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou)
36 CHI
species :
Mussaenda soyauxii
Büttner; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 31: 81 (1889)
Distribution: Gabon; D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 GAB ZAI
species :
Mussaenda spectabilis
Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 79: 78 (1918)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (P. Tioman Pahang)
42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Asemanthia spectabilis (Ridl.) Ridl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939: 600 (1939 publ.1940)
species :
Mussaenda squiresii
Merr.; J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 68 (1938)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Mussaenda subsessilis
Pierre ex Pit.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 3: 187 (1923)
Distribution: Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam
41 CBD LAO VIE
species :
Mussaenda tenuiflora
Benth.; Niger Fl. [W.J.Hooker] 392 (1849)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Cabinda; D. R. Congo [Zaire]
22 GUI NGA SIE 23 BIO CAB CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda entomophila Wernham; J. Bot. 54: 299 (1916)
= Mussaenda obtusa K.Krause; Wiss. Ergebn. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1907-1908), Bot. 2: 315 (1911)
variant :
var. laevis
Wernham; J. Bot. 51: 275 (1913)
Distribution: Cameroon; Cabinda; Angola
23 CAB CMN 26 ANG
variant :
var. principensis
G.Taylor; Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tomé [Exell] 201 (1944)
Distribution: Principe Isl.
23 PRI
variant :
var. thomensis
G.Taylor in Exell; Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tomé [Exell] 202 (1944)
Distribution: São Tomé
23 SAO
species :
Mussaenda teysmanniana
Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 213 (1857)
Distribution: Sumatera; Jawa; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali)
42 JAW LSI SUM
species :
Mussaenda theifera
Pierre ex Carrière; Rev. Hort. (Paris) 54: 93 (1883)
Distribution: Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam
41 CBD LAO VIE
species :
Mussaenda thorelii
Pit.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 3: 188 (1923)
Distribution: Cambodia; Vietnam
41 CBD VIE
species :
Mussaenda treutleri
Stapf; Bot. Mag. 135: t. 8254 (1909)
Distribution: China (Yunnan); Nepal; Bhutan; India (Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal)
36 CHI 40 BHU IND NEP
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda frondosa var. grandifolia Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 90 (1880)
species :
Mussaenda tristigmatica
Cummins; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1898: 74 (1898)
Distribution: Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana
22 GHA IVO LBR
species :
Mussaenda uniflora
Wall. ex G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 491 (1834)
Distribution: Bangladesh; Myanmar (Kayin, Mon, Taninthayi); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Sumatera; Jawa
40 BAN 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 JAW SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Acranthera uniflora (Wall. ex G.Don) Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 41(2): 312 (1872)
= Aphaenandra sumatrana Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 341 (1857)
= Aphaenandra uniflora (Wall. ex G.Don) Bremek.; Blumea, Suppl. 121 (1937)
= Carinta matthewii (Ridl.) Thoth.; Indian Forester 89: 609 (1963)
= Geophila matthewii Ridl.; J. Bot. 72: 275 (1934)
= Mussaenda angustifolia Wall. ex G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 491 (1834)
= Mussaenda theifera Pierre ex Pit.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 3: 184 (1923), nom. illeg.
= Mussaenda theifera var. laotica Pit.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 3: 185 (1923)
= Mussaenda theifera var. suffruticosa Pit.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 3: 185 (1923)
species :
Mussaenda ustii
Alejandro; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 158(1): 88 (2008)
Distribution: Philippines (Panay)
42 PHI
species :
Mussaenda utakwae
Wernham; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 9: 71 (1916)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda variolosa
Wall. ex G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 490 (1834), descr.
Distribution: Bangladesh; Myanmar (Mandalay); Thailand
40 BAN 41 MYA THA
species :
Mussaenda vidalii
Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 3: 993 (1911)
Distribution: Philippines (Mindanao, Leyte, Samar)
42 PHI
species :
Mussaenda villosa
Wall. ex G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 489 (1834), descr.
Distribution: Nicobar Isl. (Great Nicobar Isl.); Thailand; peninsular Malaysia; Borneo
41 NCB THA 42 BOR MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda villosa var. herveyana King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 72: 184 (1904)
species :
Mussaenda viridiflora
Alejandro; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 158(1): 90 (2008)
Distribution: Philippines (Panay)
42 PHI
species :
Mussaenda wallichii
G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 490 (1834)
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya); Nicobar Isl. (Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar (Kayin, Mon, Taninthayi); Thailand; peninsular Malaysia
40 IND 41 MYA NCB THA 42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda glabra var. wallichii (G.Don) Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 46(2): 159 (1877)
= Mussaenda jelinekii Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 45(2): 135 (1876)
= Mussaenda oblonga King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 72: 186 (1903)
species :
Mussaenda whitei
S.Moore; Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 34: 54 (1922)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Mussaenda wrayi
King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 72: 182 (1903)
Distribution: Thailand; peninsular Malaysia
41 THA 42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Mussaenda mollis E.T.Geddes; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1927: 171 (1927)
species :
Mussaenda yunnanensis
T.T.Duan & D.X.Zhang; Nordic J. Bot. 37(11)-e02523: 2 (2019)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Mussaenda zenkeri
Wernham; J. Bot. 51: 276 (1913)
Distribution: Cameroon; Cabinda; Angola
23 CAB CMN 26 ANG
