Faramea cobana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Coussareeae
Genus: Faramea
Species:

Faramea cobana Donn.Sm., Bot. Gaz. 57: 422 (1914)

Typus: H. von Türckheim 2474 (July 1912; [[holotype|Holotypus]: US [US00129962 (943628)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; Isotypus: M-0187312 / 621678 / 279262^(JSTOR)).
Type locality: Guatemala. Depart. Alta Verapaz: in silvis montanis oppido Cobán vicinis, alt. 1550 m.

Heterotypic
- Faramea stenophylla Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 18(6): 169 (1928); not accepted by Taylor (2012, 2017) [cited as F. cobana]
  - Typus: M.A. Carleton 592 (29 March 1924; Holotypus: US [US00129995 (1208399)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; cf. US [US02689904 (1208400)^(GBIF), without type indication]).
  - Type locality: Honduras. Cuyamel, on hills.

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Southwest (Oaxaca) [fide Villaseñor 2016], Mexico Southeast (Chiapas). Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Guatemala, Honduras [possibly exinct, fide Fuentes et al. 2020]. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Occurrence in Chiapas is represented by D.E. Breedlove 50395 (collected in Tila, alt. 1700 m, 28 March 1981; deposited in MO-509995 (3772385)^(GBIF); also in CAS [612187^(GBIF)], MEXU [PV378440]).

Donnell Smith, J. 1914. Undescribed plants from Guatemala and other Central American Republics. XXXVIII. Botanical Gazette 57: 415–427. BHL Reference page.

Standley, P.C. 1928. Botany.―New plants from Central America.―XI. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 18(6): 160–169. BHL Reference page.
Taylor, C.M. 2012. Faramea cobana. Pp. 175–176 in Lorence, D.H. & Taylor, C.M., 207. Rubiaceae. In Davidse, G., Sousa S., M., Knapp, S. & Chiang, F. (eds.), Flora Mesoamericana, Vol. 4, Parte 2: Rubiaceae a Verbenaceae. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México; Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis; The Natural History Museum, London. ISBN 978-1-935641-08-7. Online Reference page.
Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. [see page 873.]
Taylor, C.M. 2017. "Faramea cobana". In: Studies in Tropical Rubiaceae. Tropicos. Accessed: 25 December 2022.

IUCN: Faramea cobana Donn.Sm. (Critically Endangered) - Assessed by A.C.D. Fuentes, E. Martínez Salas & M.-S. Samain on 18 August 2020.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Faramea cobana. Accessed: 2022 December 25.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Faramea cobana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Faramea cobana. Published online. Accessed: 25 December 2022. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Faramea cobana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 December 2022. Reference page.