External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77331849-1
- Publication
- Adansonia; recueil (périodique) d'observations botaniques. Paris
- Collation
- sér. 3, 45(10): 158
- Date of Publication
- 9 May 2023
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Rubiaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- Butaud 3410
- Locality
- Tahiti. Tahiti Iti, Plateau de Taravao, Vallon Aoma, 790 m
- Collection Date
- 2 Dec 2014
- Type Herbaria
- holotype PAP PAP015896
- Distribution Of Types
- Society Is. (South-Central Pacific, Pacific)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.5252/adansonia2023v45a10 Etymology: name dedicated to the French Polynesian naturalist Walter Teamotuaitau who first observed the species in the field in 2008 and regularly monitors the population.