Nichallea

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Nichallea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Pavetteae
Genus: Nichallea
Bridson
Species:
N. soyauxii
Binomial name
Nichallea soyauxii
(Hiern) Bridson
Synonyms [1]
Synonyms
  • Ixora asteriscus K.Schum.
  • Ixora atrata Stapf
  • Ixora soyauxii Hiern
  • Ixora thomsonii Hiern
  • Pavetta melanophylla K.Schum.
  • Rutidea atrata Mildbr. ex Hutch. & Dalziel
  • Rutidea melanophylla (K.Schum.) Mildbr.
  • Tarenna asteriscus (K.Schum.) Bremek.
  • Tarenna lagosensis Hutch. & Dalziel
  • Tarenna nigrescens R.D.Good
  • Tarenna nigroviridis R.D.Good
  • Tarenna soyauxii (Hiern) Bremek.

Nichallea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. [2] It only contains one species, Nichallea soyauxii. [1]

Its native range is western and western central Tropical Africa. It is found in the countries of Cabinda (Angola), Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Zaïre. [1]

The genus name of Nichallea is in honour of Nicolas Hallé, a French botanist at the National Museum of Natural History and was a specialist in Rubiaceae. [3] The Latin specific epithet of soyauxii refers Hermann Soyaux (1852–1928), a German gardener, botanist and African explorer. [4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Kew Bull. Vol.33 on page 288–290 in 1978. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Nichallea soyauxii (Hiern) Bridson". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  2. "Nichallea Bridson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID   187926901 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. "Soyaux, Hermann | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. International Plant Names Index . Retrieved 4 November 2021.