Biology:Ixora hiernii

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Short description: Species of plant

Ixora hiernii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Ixora
Species:
I. hiernii
Binomial name
Ixora hiernii
Scott Elliot

Ixora hiernii is a shrub or small tree within the family Rubiaceae. It is named after botanist William Philip Hiern.[1]

Description

A shrub that reaches a maximum height of 7 m.[2] The leaves of the species commonly have stipules and petioles and are elliptic to lanceolate in outline, the apex tend to be pointed while the base tend to have a rounded wedge shape; the upper surface of leaf is leathery in texture and leaflets can reach up to 18 cm long and 7 cm wide. Inflorescence is corymbose, sub-sessile, the flora axis is reddish and densely hairy; flowers are white to pink in color and the corolla tube can reach 3 cm in length. [3] The fruit is reddish in color and globose in shape, it is 1-2 seeded.

Distribution

Occurs in West Africa, within the Upper-Guinean forests.[3]

References

  1. "William Philip Hiern (1839-1925)" (in en-GB). https://rammuseum.org.uk/collections/collectors/william-philip-hiern/. 
  2. Poorter, Lourens, ed (2004). Biodiversity of West African forests: an ecological atlas of woody plant species. Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 978-0-85199-734-6. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Tosh, J.; Dessein, S.; Buerki, S.; Groeninckx, I.; Mouly, A.; Bremer, B.; Smets, E. F.; De Block, P. (2013). "Evolutionary history of the Afro-Madagascan Ixora species (Rubiaceae): species diversification and distribution of key morphological traits inferred from dated molecular phylogenetic trees". Annals of Botany 112 (9): 1723–1742. doi:10.1093/aob/mct222. ISSN 0305-7364. PMID 24142919. PMC 3838549. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3838549/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15470177 entry