Ridsdalea Explained

Ridsdalea is an Asian genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae; it was named after Dr. Colin Ernest Ridsdale (1944–2017), who was an English botanist and specialist in tropical plants and the Rubiaceae family.^[1] The type species is Ridsdalea grandis (Korth.) J.T.Pereira, which was renamed from the basionym Gardenia grandis. Several other species have been reassigned from other genera: notably Rothmannia, which is now reserved for African species. Its native range is southern China, Indo-China, Malesia and New Guinea.

Species

As accepted by Plants of the World Online,^[2] and IPNI list:

1. Ridsdalea alba K.Khamm.
2. Ridsdalea anisophylloides (Wernham) J.T.Pereira
3. Ridsdalea attopevensis (Pit.) J.T.Pereira
4. Ridsdalea daweishanensis (Y.M.Shui & W.H.Chen) J.T.Pereira
5. Ridsdalea eucodon (K.Schum.) J.T.Pereira
6. Ridsdalea forsteniana (Miq.) J.T.Pereira
7. Ridsdalea graciliflora (Merr.) J.T.Pereira
8. Ridsdalea grandis (Korth.) J.T.Pereira - type species
9. Ridsdalea kampucheana (Tirveng.) J.T.Pereira
10. Ridsdalea kassamensis J.T.Pereira
11. Ridsdalea lagunensis (Merr.) J.T.Pereira
12. Ridsdalea leytensis (J.T.Pereira & Ridsdale) J.T.Pereira
13. Ridsdalea macromera (Lauterb. & K.Schum.) J.T.Pereira
14. Ridsdalea merrillii (Elmer) J.T.Pereira
15. Ridsdalea negrosensis (Merr.) J.T.Pereira
16. Ridsdalea nigrescens (Valeton) J.T.Pereira
17. Ridsdalea papuana J.T.Pereira
18. Ridsdalea philippinensis
19. Ridsdalea pseudoternifolia (Valeton) J.T.Pereira
20. Ridsdalea puffiana J.T.Pereira
21. Ridsdalea pulcherrima (Kurz) J.T.Pereira
22. Ridsdalea quadrasii
23. Ridsdalea schoemannii (Teijsm. & Binn.) J.T.Pereira
24. Ridsdalea sootepensis (Craib) J.T.Pereira
25. Ridsdalea sundaensis J.T.Pereira
26. Ridsdalea thailandica (Tirveng.) J.T.Pereira
27. Ridsdalea uranthera (C.E.C.Fisch.) K.M.Wong
28. Ridsdalea uvarioides (Valeton) J.T.Pereira
29. Ridsdalea venalis (Bremek.) J.T.Pereira
30. Ridsdalea vidalii (Bremek.) J.T.Pereira
31. Ridsdalea vietnamensis (Tirveng.) J.T.Pereira
32. Ridsdalea wittii (Craib) J.T.Pereira

External links

• Images at iNaturalist

Notes and References

1. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . 246307410 . January 27, 2022.
2. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77160521-1 POWO: Ridsdalea JT Pereira & KM Wong (retrieved 20 April 2024)