Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Dwarf Yellow Mussaenda, Yellow Mussaenda
Description
Family Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are trees , shrubs , or infrequently herbs comprising about 450 genera and 6,500 species, including some lianous forms. The leaves are simple and usually entire, and are opposite or sometimes whorled ; stipules are present and interpetiolar . The flowers are nearly always bisexual and actinomorphic , often heterostylous, and usually are in cymose inflorescences. The calyx is mostly somewhat reduced and 4-5-lobed or sometimes the lobes are obsolete or rarely one of them greatly expanded and brightly colored . The sympetalous corolla is mostly 4-5-lobed, occasionally with 3 or up to 10 lobes. The androecium consists of as many stamens as corolla lobes and is adnate to the corolla tube or epigynous zone, alternate with the lobes. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of 2 or seldom more carpels, a single style, and a nearly always inferior ovary with the number of locules equaling the number of carpels, each with 1-many axile ovules. An epigynous nectary disk is usually present. The fruit is variable, sometimes forming multiples . -- Gerald Carr.
Physical Description
Habit: Evergreen .
Flowers: Bloom Period: March, April, May, June. • Flower Color: near white, pale yellow, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 4-6' tall.
Biology
Growth
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
()
- Thorne Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Gentianales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Rubiaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789
- Coffee Family
- Genus:
Pseudomussaenda
()
- Subgenus:
nom
()
- Specific epithet:
flava
- Verdc.
- Botanical name: - Pseudomussaenda flava Verdc.
- Specific epithet:
flava
- Verdc.
- Subgenus:
nom
(
- Genus:
Pseudomussaenda
(
- Family:
Rubiaceae
(
- Order:
Gentianales
(
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Mussaenda flava (Verdc.) Bakh. F. • Vignaldia luteola (Delile) Schweinf. • Virecta lanceolata Baill.
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 11-Nov-2003
Similar Species
Members of the genus Pseudomussaenda
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
P. flava (Dwarf Yellow Mussaenda)
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Further Reading
- Judd, W.S., Campbell, C.S., Kellog, E.A. & Donoghue, M.J. (2002): Plant Systematics: a phylogenetic approach, Sinauer, Sunderland, Mass.
Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 27, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Release date: November 27, 2009
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 27, 2007:
- BeBIF Provider, National Botanic Garden Belgium - Albertian Rift Rubiaceae
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5955716
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-166395
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14249954
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:761189-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 606858
