A NOMENCLATOR OF MEXICAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN RUBIACEAE 



Morinda citrifolia L., Sp. PI. 1: 176. 1753. 

 Type: INDIA: (Holotype LINN 236.1, n.v. 

 (microfiche MO)). 



Morinda guatemalensis (Donn. Sm.) Steyerm., 

 Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 23: 385. 1972. 

 Appunia guatemalensis Donn. Sm., Bot. Gaz. 

 (Crawfordsville) 48: 294. 1909. Type: 

 GUATEMALA: Izabal, Livingston, Jun 1906, 

 H. von Tuerckheim III-230 (Holotype US 

 943501 (photos MEXU, PTBG)).— Appunia 

 guatemalensis Donn. Sm. 



Morinda laxa Bartl. ex DC, Prodr. 4: 449. 

 1830. Type: MEXICO: Without precise 

 locality, Haenke s.n. (Holotype presumably 

 PR, n.v.). — Status uncertain. 



Morinda mesochora Standi., Publ. Field 

 Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 4: 345. 1929. 

 Type: BRITISH HONDURAS (BELIZE): 

 Honey Camp, Orange Walk, Sep 1928, C. L. 

 Lundell 19 (Holotype F 580825; Isotype US 

 (photos MEXU, PTBG)). 



Morinda muscosa Jacq., Sel. Stirp. Amer. 65. 

 1763. Type: MARTINIQUE: Jacquin s.n. 

 (location unknown). — Psychotria muscosa 

 (Jacq.) Steyerm. 



Morinda panamensis Seem., Bot. Voy. Herald 

 136. 1854. Type: PANAMA: Panama, 

 Chagres, 10 Feb 1850, Fendler J 48 (Holotype 

 BM, n.v.; Isotypes GH, n.v., MO (photos 

 MEXU, PTBG), US (photo PTBG)). 



Morinda royoc L., Sp. PI. 1: 176. 1753 [as 

 roioc]. Type: Habitat in America calidiore, 

 Herb. Clifford 73, Morinda I (Lectotype BM; 

 designated by Lorence, 1993: 68). 



Morinda vucatanensis Greenm., Publ. Field 

 Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 262. 1907. 

 Type: MEXICO: Yucatan, in brush lands 

 about Izamal, 1895, G F. Gaumer 362 

 (Lectotype F 36165 (photo PTBG), here 

 designated; Isolectotypes GH, n.v., US 

 (photos MEXU, PTBG)). Note: in his 

 protologue Greenman cited duplicates of 

 Gaumer 362 at both F and GH without 

 designating a holotype. An additional 

 duplicate exists at US. I have selected the 

 excellent flowering and fruiting specimen at F 

 as lectotype. — Morinda royoc L. 



,.,Sp. PI. 1: 177. 1753. Type: 

 l frondosa L. 

 Mussaenda acutiflora Bartl. ex DC, Prodr. 4: 



370. 1830. Type: MEXICO: Without precise 



locality, Haenke s.n. (Holotype presumably 



PR, n.v., fragment G-DC, n.v. (microfiche 4: 



370.2)) —Status uncertain. 

 Mussaenda candidissima (Vahl) Roem. & 



Schult.,Syst.Veg.5:251. 1819. 



Macrocnemum candidissimum Vahl, Symb. 



Bot. 2: 38,/?/. 30. 1791. Type: TRINIDAD: 



Vicinia St. Marthae, von Rohr s.n. (Holotype 



C, n.v). — Calycophvllum candidissumum 



(Vahl) DC. 

 Mussaenda coccinea (Vahl) Poir. in Lam., 



Encycl. Meth. 4: 394. 1797. Macrocnemum 



coccineum Vahl, Symb. Bot. 2: 38. 1791. 



Type: TRINIDAD: Without precise locality, 



von Rohr s.n. (Holotype C, n.v.). 



— Warszewiczia coccinea (Vahl) Klotzsch 

 Mussaenda erythrophylla Schumach. & 



Thonn., Beskr. Guin. PI. 116. 1827. Type: 



TROPICAL AFRICA: Guinea, Thonnings.n. 



(Holotype presumably C, n.v.; probable 



Isotype G-DC, n.v. (microfiche 4: 371.8)). 



Cultivated in Mesoamerica. 

 Mussaenda formosa Jacq., Enum. PI. Carib. 16. 



1760. Type: COLOMBIA: Cartagena, Jacquin 



s.n. (presumably G, n.v.). Randia. 



— Rosenbergiodendron formosum (Jacq.) 



Fagerl. 

 Mussaenda glabra Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 38. 



1794. Type: Collector and location unknown. 



Cultivated in Mesoamerica. 

 Mussaenda luteola Dehle in Caill., Voy. Meroe 



4: 65. 1827. Type: ARABIA: Nubia, collector 



unknown (Holotype presumably MPU, n.v.; 



probable isotype G-DC, n.v. (microfiche 4: 



371.9)). Cultivated in Mesoamerica. 

 Mussaenda spinosa Sesse & Mo?., La 



Naturaleza, ser. 2, 1: 36. 1888. Type: 



MEXICO: Habitat in Martinica, Indiarum 



Cartagine et calidis Novae Hispaniae 



regionibus, Sesse & Mocino 1583 



(presumably MA, n.v. (fragment F)). 



—Randia tetracantha (Cav.) DC. 

 Mussaenda tetracantha Cav., Icon. PI. 4: 20, pi. 



435. 1799. Type: MEXICO: [Probably 



