Idertia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Ochnaceae
Subfamilia: Ochnoideae
Tribus: Ochneae
Subtribus: Ochninae
Genus: Idertia
Name

Idertia Farron, Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 73: (211–)212. 1963.

Type species: Idertia axillaris (Oliv.) Farron, Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 73: 212. 1963.

Overview of species
Accepted species

I. axillaris
Source(s) of checklist:
List based on accepted species according to Sosef (2013).
Names in synonymy

I. mildbraedii – I. morsonii
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Africa
West Tropical Africa
Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria.
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gulf of Guina Is. (São Tomé), Congo, Gabon, Zaïre.
East Tropical Africa
Uganda.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Farron, C. 1963. Contribution à la taxinomie des Ourateae Engl. (Ochnacées). Berichte der Schweizerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft 73: 196–217. DOI: 10.5169/seals-51558 Reference page.

Additional references

Sosef, M.S.M. 2013. The genus Idertia (Ochnaceae). Plant Ecology and Evolution 146: 351–359. DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2013.870 PDF Reference page.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2019. Idertia. Published online. Accessed: 28 January 2019.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Idertia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 January 28.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Idertia.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Idertia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2019-01-28.
Hassler, M. 2019. Idertia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 January 28. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Idertia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 28 January 2019.
African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Idertia. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 28 January 2019.

Idertia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ochnaceae. The only species is Idertia axillaris.[1]

Its native range is Western Tropical Africa to Uganda.[1]
References

"Idertia Farron | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.