Canscora decussata (Roxb.) Schult. & Schult.f.

First published in Mant. 3: 229 (1827)
This name is a synonym of Canscora alata

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions. [Cited as Canscora alata.]
  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80. [Cited as Canscora alata.]
  • Chou, S., Chhnang, P. & Kim, Y. (2016). A Checklist for the Seed Plants of Cambodia: 1-272. National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea. [Cited as Canscora alata.]
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Canscora alata.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Canscora alata.]
  • Mao, A.A., Sinha, B.K., Verma, D. & Sarma, N. (2016). Check-List of Flora of Meghalaya: 1-273. Meghalaya Biodiversity Board, Shillong. [Cited as Canscora alata.]
  • Shahina, P.M. & Nampy, S. (2014). A taxonomic revision of the genus Canscora in South India, and the erection of the new genus Canscorinella (Canscorinae, Gentianaceae) with two new combinations. Phytotaxa 164: 201-225. [Cited as Canscora alata.]
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2020). Flore du Gabon 54: 1-132. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. [Cited as Canscora alata.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort. [Cited as Canscora decussata.]
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé. [Cited as Canscora decussata.]
  • T. Smitinand & K. Larsen, eds. (1987). Flora of Thailand 5: 1-470. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department. [Cited as Canscora decussata.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Bot. 445.
  • F.T.A. 4, 1: 557
  • Syst. Mant. 3: 229 (1827)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Baker & N.E. Br., Flora of Tropical Africa 4 (1): 557 (1903).
  • Boutique in Flore d'Afrique Centrale, Gentianaceae: 30, fig. 2/a (1972).
  • De Wild., Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot., sér. 5, 2: 337 (1908).
  • Griseb., Gen. Sp. Gent.: 153 (1839).
  • Hutch. & Dalz., Flora of West Tropical Africa 2: 183, fig. 235/a–f (1931).
  • P. Taylor in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 300, fig. 268/a–f (1963).
  • Paiva & I. Nogueira in Flora Zambesiaca 7 (4): 37 (1990).
  • Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 3: 229 (1827).

Other Data

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Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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