Rubiaceae
Hexasepalum

Hexasepalum sarmentosum (Sw.) Delprete & J.H.Kirkbr.

First published in J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 9: 105 (2015)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to Tropical America, Tropical Africa. It is a scrambling annual or subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Belize, Benin, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Central American Pac, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Leeward Is., Liberia, Mali, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Jawa, Malaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Middleton, J.D. (ed.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 13: 1-654. Singapore Botanic Gardens.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C. in Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink, R. C. (1965). Flora of Java 2: 1-641. N.V.P. Noordhoff, Groningen, The Netherlands.
  • Borhidi, A. (2006). Rubiáceas de México: 1-512. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. (2007). The Rubiaceae of Cabinda (Angola). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 154: 455-495.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2014). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 7: 1-840. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
  • Williams, R.O. & Cheeseman, E.E. in Williams, R.O. (1928). Rubiales. Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 2(1): 1-48. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Spruce, R. [6184] Ecuador Diodella sarmentosa K000006694 Yes
Laessoe, T.; Silva, T. [H52586] Brazil Diodella sarmentosa K000003042 Yes
Vogel, T. [63] Equatorial Guinea Diodella sarmentosa K000422906 Holotype Yes
Fevereiro, V.P.B.; Mayo, S.J.; da Silva, M.B.; de Oliveira, A.G.de, P.; Flor, J. [M98] Brazil Diodella sarmentosa K000015983 Yes
Fontana, A.P.; Britto, R.C.; Fadini, F.; Lima, L.N. [813] Brazil Diodella sarmentosa K001076099 Yes
Ganev, W. [267] Brazil Diodella sarmentosa K000001885 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia Diodella sarmentosa K000772227 Unknown Type Material Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [12272] Cote d'Ivoire Diodella sarmentosa K001562671 No
Nic Lughadha, E.; Stannard, B.L.; Queiroz, R.F. [H51136] Brazil Diodella sarmentosa K000003041 Yes
Souza, E.B.; Oliveira, M.; Lucena, M.F.A.; Yoshida Arns, K.N. [35] Brazil Diodella sarmentosa K000015982 Yes
Hind, D.J.N.; Queiroz, R.F. [H50925] Brazil Diodella sarmentosa K000003040 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Souza, V.C.; Sakuragui, C.M.; Nic Lughadha, E.; Hind, D.J.N. [H50369] Brazil Diodella sarmentosa K000003036 Yes
Nov 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13519] Cameroon Diodia sarmentosa K000580251 No
Nov 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13669] Cameroon Diodia sarmentosa K000580361 No
Aug 1, 2006 Cheek, M. [11600] Cameroon Diodia sarmentosa K000582233 No
Aug 1, 2006 Darbyshire, I. [187] Cameroon Diodia sarmentosa K000582234 No
Feb 1, 2004 Etuge, M. [4262 r] Cameroon Diodia sarmentosa K000746466 No
Oct 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [2444] Cameroon Diodia sarmentosa K000026355 No
Oct 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [2709] Cameroon Diodia sarmentosa K000026354 No
Sonké, B. [5008] Cameroon Diodia sarmentosa K001891325 No
Taedoumg, E.H.; Zahmago, L. [326] Cameroon Diodia sarmentosa K001604488 Yes
Davis, A.P.; Rakotonasolo, F. [2149] Madagascar Diodia sarmentosa K:SPC-62442.000 No
Davis, A.P. [1096] Madagascar Diodia sarmentosa K:SPC-62472.000 No

Sources

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    • 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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    • 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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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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