External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77308122-1
- Publication
- Kew Bulletin. Kew, England
- Collation
- 78(1): 84
- Date of Publication
- 2023 publ. 19 Dec 2022
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Violaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- J.J.F.E.de Wilde 7985
- Locality
- South Region, Ebolowa, hill facing village of N'Kolandom, c. 700 m
- Collection Date
- 20 Feb 1975
- Type Herbaria
- holotype WAG
isotype BR
isotype P
isotype YA
isotype K K000593339 - Latitude
- 2° 28' 48" N
- Longitude
- 11° 6' E
- Distribution Of Types
- Cameroon (West-Central Tropical Africa, Africa)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.1007/S12225-022-10072-X Etymology: 'The name of this species was coined by Amiet who inspired and supervised the doctoral research of the first author on Rinorea. “spongiocarpa” derives from the appearance of the fruit, which is not 3- angled as in most species of the genus, but subspherical, appearing inflated and spongy (even though it is hard)'.