Petraeovitex

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Peronematoideae
Genus: Petraeovitex
Species: P. bambusetorum – P. kinabaluensis – P. membranacea – P. multiflora – P. scortechinii – P. sumatrana – P. trifoliata – P. wolfei
Name

Petraeovitex Oliv., , Hooker's Icon. Pl. 15: 15, t. 1420 (1883)

Type species: Petraeovitex riedelii Oliv. = Petraeovitex multiflora (Sm.) Merr.

References

Oliver, D. 1883. Hooker's Icones Plantarum; or figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks of new or rare plants 15: 15, t. 1420.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Petraeovitex in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 June 2. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Petraeovitex. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 June 2.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Petraeovitex. Published online. Accessed: June 2 2014.

Petraeovitex is a genus of eight climbing shrubs species known to science, of the mint family Lamiaceae (formerly placed within Verbenaceae).[2][3][4] Collectively, they grow naturally in Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, the Philippines, the Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands and Cape York Peninsula, Australia.[2][4][5]
Species

The 1981 review paper by Harold N. Moldenke was the source,[2] additional distribution information came from the Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system:

Petraeovitex bambusetorum King & Gamble – Borneo
Petraeovitex kinabaluensis Munir – Borneo
Petraeovitex membranacea Merr. – Borneo
Petraeovitex multiflora (Sm.) Merr. – Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Arch., Solomon Is., Cape York Peninsula, Australia[5]
Petraeovitex scortechinii King & Gamble – Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia
Petraeovitex sumatrana H.J.Lam – Sumatra, Borneo
Petraeovitex trifoliata Merr. – Philippines, Borneo
Petraeovitex wolfei J.Sinclair – Peninsular Malaysia

References

Hooker, William Jackson; Hooker, Joseph Dalton (1883). Icones Plantarum, or figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks, of new or rare plants, selected from the author's herbarium. 15. pages 15–16, plate 1420. Retrieved 21 Nov 2013.
Moldenke, Harold N. (1981). "Notes on the genus Petraeovitex (Verbenaceae)" (Digitised, online, via biodiversitylibrary.org). Phytologia. 47 (4): 332–358. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.4465. Retrieved 21 Nov 2013.
Munir, Ahmad Abid (1965). "A revision of Petraeovitex (Verbenaceae)". The Gardens' Bulletin Singapore. (digitised, online, via biodiversitylibrary.org). 21: 215–257. Retrieved 5 Feb 2014.
F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Lamiaceae". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Petraeovitex multiflora". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 22 June 2021.