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Ixora obanensis

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Name

Identification
Ixora guineensis Benth. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Ixora obanensis Wernham [family RUBIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Ixora riparia
  • Ixora guineensis
  • Ixora obanensis

Flora

Entry for Ixora guineensis Benth. [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Ixora guineensis Benth. [family RUBIACEAE], in Fl. Nigrit. 414 (1849); F.T.A. 3: 165.
Ixora riparia Hiern [family RUBIACEAE], in F.T.A3: 164 (1877); F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 89
(?) i. buchholzii Engl. [family ], (1886)
Ixora obanensis Wernham [family RUBIACEAE], (1913).
Information
A small shrub; corolla pale pinkish-white;near the sea coast and by streams.
Habitat
near the sea coast and by streams
Distribution
S. Nig.: Oban Talbot 230![Br.] Cam.: Victoria (Apr., Nov.) Brenan 9592! Maitland 771! Tiko (Jan.) Dunlap 169! Mungo R. Buchholz. Bai to Bokosso (Jan.) Keay FHI 37367! S. Bakundu F.R., Kumba (fl. 8 fr. Dec.) Latilo FHI 43810!F. Po: (Dec.) Mann 19!
Distribution (external)
Cameroun
Rio Muni
Notes
[The type of I. guineensis Benth. is a specimen at Kew from Hb. Hooker; it has the locality "Guinea Coast" but no collector’s name.]

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