Melanopsidium

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: Ixoroideae
Tribus: Cordiereae
Genus: Melanopsidium
Species: M. nigrum
Name

Melanopsidium Colla, Hortus Ripul. 88. (1824)

monotypic taxon

Synonymy

Homotypic
Viviania Colla, Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4: 25. (1826), nom. superfl. non Viviania Cav. Anales Ci. Nat. 7: 211. (1804) (Francoaceae)
Billiottia DC., Prodr. 4: 618. (1830), nom. superfl. hom. Billotia R.Br. ex G.Don, Gen. Hist. 2: 827. (1832) vide Agonis (DC.) Sweet, Hort. Brit. , ed. 2. 209. 1830, nom. cons.
Heterotypic
Rhyssocarpus Endl., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 1: 459. (1843) non Rhyssocarpus Schoenherr, (1840) (Curculionidae)
Pleurocarpus Klotzsch, Bonplandia (Hannover) 7: 4. (1859), nom. illeg.

Homonyms

Melanopsidium F.Cels, in hort., unpubl.
Melanopsidium Poit. ex A. Rich., Prodr. 4: 443. (1830) nom. inval. in syn.
Melanopsidium F.Cels ex DC., Prodr. 4: 618. (1830) nom. nud.

Circumscription sensu Persson & Delprete (2017).
References

Colla, L. 1824. Hortus Ripulensis 88.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Melanopsidium in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Melanopsidium. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 24 2019.
Persson, C. H. & Delprete, P.G. 2017. The Alibertia Group (Gardenieae-Rubiaceae) – Part 1 (Agouticarpa, Alibertia, Cordiera, Melanopsidium, Riodocea, and Stenosepala). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 119: 1–241. Organization for Flora Neotropica by The New York Botanical Garden. ISBN 978-0-89327-537-2 Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Melanopsidium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Mar. 2019.

Melanopsidium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.[1]

Its native range is Eastern Brazil.[1]

Species:[1]

Melanopsidium nigrum Colla

References

"Melanopsidium Colla | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.