- Family: Rubiaceae Juss.
- Genus: Ixora L.
Ixora mildbraedii K.Krause
- Genus: Ixora L.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Central African Republic to Uganda.
Descriptions
According to Flora of Tropical East Africa
[FTEA]Rubiaceae, B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1976
- Habit
- Small tree or semi-scrambling bush 2–4.5 m. high; young branches glabrous; older branches covered with grey or brownish ± smooth bark.
- Leaves
- Leaves glabrous; blades drying greenish grey or brownish grey, chartaceous, elliptic or less often broadly or narrowly elliptic, 6.5–16 cm. long, 2.7–6.2 cm. wide, acute to acuminate at apex, cuneate at base, scarcely shiny above, lateral nerves not impressed above, tertiary nerves obscure or apparent but not discolorous; petioles 0.7–1.1 cm. long; stipule-limbs truncate, 2–3 mm. long; lobes subulate 1–2 mm. long.
- Inflorescences
- Corymbs lax, 5–10.5 cm. across, sessile or rarely with a peduncle up to 3 mm. long; primary inflorescence-branches 0.7–4.3 cm. long, glabrous; pedicels 2–11 mm. long or often with a few on each inflorescence undeveloped, glabrous; inflorescence-supporting leaves undifferentiated; bracts stipule-like; bracteoles small, triangular or triangular below and subulate above, 2 present at the base of each calyx-tube.
- Calyx
- Calyx-tube 1–1.25 mm. long, glabrous; limb 0.25–0.5 mm. long, ± truncate, dentate with the teeth shortly triangular, or somewhat irregular, glabrous or minutely puberulous.
- Corolla
- Corolla white or pale pink outside; tube 1–1.7(–2.2) cm. long, 1–1.25 mm. wide at top; lobes lorate, (7–)8–10 mm. long, 2–2.25 mm. wide, rounded or sometimes emarginate.
- Fruits
- Mature fruit not known, calyx-limb persistent in young fruit.
- Habitat
- Stream sides; ± 900 m.
- Distribution
- U1
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Other Data
Ixora mildbraedii K.Krause appears in other Kew resources:
Herbarium Catalogue (1 records)
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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Jun 1, 1976 | Robyns [1257], Zaïre | K000411808 |
Bibliography
First published in G.W.J.Mildbraed (ed.), Wiss. Erg. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 332 (1911)
Accepted by
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo) Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Bridson in Kew Bulletin 32: 604 (1978).
- K. Krause in Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908, 2 (Botanik) p. 332 (1911).
Sources
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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