Rosenbergiodendron formosum (Jacq.) Fagerl. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Rosenbergiodendron

Family:

Rubiaceae

Subfamily:

Ixoroideae

Nomen number:

460146

Place of publication:

Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 42:152. 1948

Verified:

11/30/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Mussaenda formosa Jacq.

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Randia formosa (Jacq.) K. Schum.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Gardenia mussaenda L. f.
Randia mussaenda (L. f.) DC.

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Reference(s)

Funk, V. et al. 2007. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584.
Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana		possibly
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Amazonas
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Apure
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Bolivar
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Delta Amacuro
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Portuguesa
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador
2	Cultivated					also cult.

Native
Southern America

CENTRAL AMERICA: Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana (possibly), Venezuela [Amazonas, Apure, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro, Portuguesa]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Ecuador

Cultivated (also cult.)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental	fide Dict Gard, as Randia formosa; F LAnt, as Randia formosa	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening