Rubiaceae
Richardia

Richardia brasiliensis Gomes

First published in Mem. Ipecacuanha Bras.: 31 (1801)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ecuador to N. Argentina. It is an annual or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Ecuador, Kentucky, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay

Introduced into:

Alabama, Assam, Burkina, Cameroon, China Southeast, Cook Is., Florida, Free State, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Louisiana, Malawi, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mozambique, New Guinea, New Jersey, New South Wales, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Queensland, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Uganda, Virginia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Borhidi, A. (2006). Rubiáceas de México: 1-512. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
  • Borhidi, A. (2012). Rubiáceas de México, ed. 2: 1-608. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Delprete, P.G. & Cortés-B., R. (2006 publ. 2007). A synopsis of the Rubiaceae of the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, with a key to genera, and a preliminary species list. Revista de Biologia Neotropical 3: 13-96.
  • Delprete, P.G. (2010). Rubiaceae. Flora dos estados de Goiás e Tocantins 40: 1-1610. Universidade Federal de Goiás.
  • Delprete, P.G., Smith, L.B., Klein, R.M. (2005). Flora Ilustrada Catarinense 2: 349-842. Herbário "Barbosa Rodrigues", Atají, Brasil.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Puff, C., Chayamarit, K., Chamchumroon, V. & Esser, H.-J. (2021). Flora of Thailand 15(1): 1-235. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Sant'Ana Melhem, T., das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M., Ehlin Martins, S., Jung-Mendaçolli, S.L., Shepherd, G.J. & Kirizawa, M. (eds.) (2007). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 5: 1-476. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Zanotti, C.A. (eds.) (2022). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 19(3): 1-384. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Mem. Ipecac. 31, t. 2 (1801).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Delprete, P.G. (2010). Rubiaceae. Flora dos estados de Goiás e Tocantins 40: 1-1610. Universidade Federal de Goiás.
  • Delprete, P.G., Smith, L.B., Klein, R.M. (2005). Flora Ilustrada Catarinense 2: 349-842. Herbário "Barbosa Rodrigues", Atají, Brasil.
  • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Zanotti, C.A. (eds.) (2022). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 19(3): 1-384. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 407, fig. (1974).
  • Gomes, Mem. Ipecac: 31, t. 2 (1801).
  • Hepper, Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 216 (1963).
  • Lewis & Oliver in Brittonia 26: 276 (1974).
  • Rendle in Fl. Jam. 7: 129, fig. 40 (1936).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2000 Hoffmann, W.A. [40] Brazil K000996656 Yes
Feb 1, 1998 Coradin, L.; Silva, G.P.; Vieira, J.G.A.; Souza, F.B.; Harley, R.; Linington, S.; Baker, R. [6325] Brazil K000016477 No
Jan 1, 1982 Mattos Silva, L.A.; dos Santos, T.S.; Brito, H.da, S. [269] Brazil K000016478 Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Mori, S.A.; Mattos Silva, L.A.; dos Santos, T.S.; Kallunki, J.A.; Pennington, T.D. [9509] Brazil K000016476 No
Nov 13, 1980 Jung-Mendaçolli, S.L.; Chiea, S.A.C.; Wanderley, M.G.L.; Lyra, R.P. [354] Brazil K000996657 Yes
Jan 1, 1972 s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000996666 Yes
Feb 10, 1971 Pohl, J.B.E. [815] Brazil K000988180 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Miers, J. [3842] Brazil K000988166 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Gardner [2418] Brazil K000016471 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Chamisso, L.K.A., von [s.n.] Brazil K000996668 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Riedel [455] Brazil K000988182 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Rambo, B. [42651] Brazil K000996661 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Riedel [49] Brazil K000988175 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 s.coll. [815] Brazil K000996669 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Gardner, G. [2418] Brazil K000988181 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000988174 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 s.coll. [816] Brazil K000988178 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Miers [3842] Brazil K000988179 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 s.coll. [s.n.] K000988176 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Usteri, P.A. [208b] Brazil K000996664 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Glaziou [5784] Brazil K000996662 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Gaudichaud-Beaupre, C. [s.n.] Brazil K000996670 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 s.coll. [s.n.] K000988169 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000996665 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Boog, W. [s.n.] Brazil K000988168 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Pohl [819] Brazil K000988177 Yes
Nov 1, 1967 Sucre, D. [1920] Brazil K000988173 Yes
Smith, L.B.; Klein, R.M. [10788] Brazil K000988170 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [3675] Brazil K000996660 Yes
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T.; Mimura, I. [5875] Brazil K000988172 Yes
Krapovickas, A.; Cristóbal, C.L. [42067] Brazil K000996658 Yes
Davis, A.P.; Rakotonasolo, F. [2197] Madagascar K:SPC-62445.000 No
Glaziou, A.F.M. [18274] Brazil K000996663 Yes
Mexia, Y.E.J. [4165] Brazil K000988171 Yes
Gardner [54] Brazil K000988167 Yes
Burchell [1056] Brazil K000996667 Yes
Silva, M., M. da et al. [320] Brazil K000265016 No

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