Ixora amplexifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Ixora amplexifolia K.Schum. & Lauterb., Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee: 572 (1901 publ. 1900)

Typus:
- Lectotypus: Lauterbach 579 (in flower, 23 July 1890; B [fide Bremekamp 1937]).
- ⧼Syntypi⧽: Lauterbach 2686 (in fruit, 24 August 1896; B) et Kaernbach 80 (in flower, 11 December 1893; B).
Type locality: [Papua New Guinea.] Kaiser Wilhelmsland:
- Lectotypus: Bei Kako, am Sattelberg, bei 700 m ü. M.
- Lauterbach 2686: am Ramufluss, im Hochwald, 100 m ü. M. [= over the Ramu River, in the highland forest, 100 m above sea level].
- Kaernbach: bei Nuselang, auf dem Wege nach Sahang, im Hochwald, bei 850 m ü. M.

Heterotypic
- Ixora coleopoda K.Schum. & Lauterb., Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee: 573 (1901 publ. 1900); not accepted by Bremekamp (1937) [cited as Ixora amplexifolia]
  - Typus: C.A.G. Lauterbach 1133 (in flower, 30 November 1890; B; Isotypus: L 0000556^(JSTOR)).
  - Type locality: [Papua New Guinea.] Kaiser Wilhelmsland: Am Oberlauf des Gogol, im Primärwalde [= On the upper part of the Gogol River, in the primary forest].

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Papuasia New Guinea Papua New Guinea Pacific Southwestern Pacific Caroline Is. Palau [fide WCSP] References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Bremekamp, C.E.B. 1937. The Malaysian species of the genus Ixora (Rub.). Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 14(3–4): 197–367. Google Books. Google Books (another version). Reference page. [see page 347.]
Maraia, H., Orsak, L., Gideon, O. & Okpul, T. 2019. An update on the distribution and morphology of Ixora amplexifolia (Ixoroideae, Rubiaceae) in Papua New Guinea. Phytotaxa 409(3): 172–178. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.409.3.5 Reference page.

IUCN: Ixora amplexifolia K.Schum. & Lauterb. (Least Concern) - Assessed by IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) on 12 June 2018 and published in 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ixora amplexifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ixora amplexifolia. Published online. Accessed: 13 June 2022.