Rubiaceae of the New World
By Piero Delprete and
Rocio Cortés
MUSSAENDA Linnaeus
Rubiaceae of the New World
By Piero Delprete and
Rocio Cortés
MUSSAENDA Linnaeus
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Mussaenda erythrophylla Photo P. Delprete Cultivated shrub, Caiaponia, Goias, Brazil (left) Detail of a flower with five calycophylls (above)
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Synonyms: Asemanthia (Stapf) Ridley, non Asemnantha J. D. Hooker; Belilla Adanson, Belilla Rafinesque (orth. var.); Landia Commerson ex A. L. Jussieu; Spallanzania A. P. de Candolle (nom. superfl.), non Spallanzania Pollini (Rosaceae)
Geographic distribution: A paleotropical genus of about 100 species,
with a few species (M. erythrophylla being the most common) in cultivation
throughout the neotropics.