Ixora laxiflora Sm. [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 laxiflora Sm. [family RUBIACEAE], in Rees Cycl. 19, No. 8 (1819); Bot. Mag. t. 4482; F.T.A. 3: 164, partly (excl. syn. I. brachypoda DC.); Aubrev. Fl. For. C. Iv., ed. 2, 3: 292, t360 A
Ixora odoratissima Klotzsch [family RUBIACEAE], in AbhAcadBerl227, t1 (1856)
Ixora brachypoda [family RUBIACEAE], of F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 87, not of DC.
Information
A shrub or small tree, to 12 ft. high; flowers pale pink in lax drooping cymes;by streams and in sandy coastal situations.Specimens from coastal areas tend to have broader, thicker leaves.
Habitat
by streams and in sandy coastal situations.
Distribution
Port. G.: R. Colufe, Gabu (June) Esp. Santo 2509! Cacine Esp. Santo 643!Guin.: Kouroussa (May) Pobéguin 893!S. L.: Afzelius! Whitfield! Sugar Loaf Mt. Barter! Bagroo B. Mann! Tombo (May) Deighton 2670! York (Apr.) Jordan 863! Gbap (June) Adames 52!Lib.: Grand Bassa (July) T. Vogel 73! Middleton! Cape Palmas (Nov.) Schoenlein; T. Vogel 6! 61! Sinoe Basin Whyte! Monrovia (May) Baldwin 5829! Lider 1535! Whyte! Ba, Little Kola R. (Mar.) Baldwin 11190!Iv. C.: Tabou Aubrév. 1284.Ghana: Kikum (Jan.) Brent Idd! Apremdo, Takoradi (fl. buds May) Hughes 509! 533! Essiama (June) Fishlock 16! (See Appendix, p. 401.)
Notes
[I. linderi Hutch. & Dalz. F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 87 (1931) appears to be a coastal form of this species with very short pedicels.-Lib.: Monrovia (Nov.) Linder 1636!]
Ixora laxiflora Sm. [family RUBIACEAE]
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