Appunia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Morindeae
Genus: Appunia
Species: A. aurantiaca – A. brachycalyx – A. calycina – A. debilis – A. guatemalensis – A. longipedunculata – A. megalantha – A. odontocalyx – A. peduncularis – A. seibertii – A. surinamensis – A. tenuiflora – A. triphylla – A. venezuelensis
Name

Appunia Hook.f. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 2(1): 120. (1873)

Type species: Appunia tenuiflora (Benth.) B.D.Jacks., Index Kew. 1: 166. (1893)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Bellynkxia Müll.Arg., Flora 58: 465 (1875)

Note: Sometimes synonymised with Morinda, but see Taylor & Lorence (2010) and Govaerts et al. (2018)
References

Hooker, J.D. 1873. Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus 2(1): 120.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Appunia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Appunia. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 23 2018.
Razafimandimbison, S.G. & Bremer, B. 2011. Nomenclatural changes and taxonomic notes in the tribe Morindeae (Rubiaceae). Adansonia 33(2): 283-309. DOI: 10.5252/a2011n2a13 PDF Reference page.
Taylor, C.M. & Lorence, D.H., 2010. Rubiacearum americanarum magna hama pars XXII: Notable new species of South American Coutarea, Morinda, Patima, and Rosenbergiodendron. Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 20(1): 95-105. JSTOR Reference page.