Salpixantha coccinea Hook., Bot. Mag.

Franck, Alan R. & Daniel, Thomas F., 2015, Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Notes on Six Genera of Acanthaceae in the West Indies, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 62 (10), pp. 309-329 : 315

1. Salpixantha coccinea Hook., Bot. Mag. 71:tab. 4158. 1845. Geissomeria coccinea (Hook ਆ T. Anderson ex Griseb., Fl. Brit. W.I. 454. 1862. TYPE.— Lectotype, designated by Profice in 2002: Bot. Mag. 71: plate 4158. 1845. Figure 3A.

DISCUSSION.— Salpixantha coccinea is endemic to Jamaica. Purdie collected a specimen (Purdie s.n. at K ex hb. Hooker) of this species in November 1843 from “a small deep narrow gully near Great Valley, Manchester.” The label of this specimen notes that he also “found” the species “in the pedro District, St. Anns.” According to the same label, propagules of the species were sent to England by Purdie. In the protologue, Hooker (1845) indicated that plants were cultivated “in the stove” at the Royal Botanic Gardens , Kew , where they began flowering in 1844 .

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FIGURE 3. A. Lectotype of Salpixantha coccinea from Hooker (1845); 1. inside of flower, 2. stamen, 3. cross-section of ovary, 4. longitudinal section of ovary. B. Illustration of Salpixantha purdieanus from Hooker (1876); 1. flower, 2. inside of flower, 3. stamen, 4. gynoecium, 5. section of ovary. C. Isolectotype of Samuelssonia verrucosa, Ekman H-9232 [05- 398]. D. Lectotype of Samuelssonia verrucosa, Ekman H-9232 [05-397].