''Gynochthodes hollrungiana'' is a plant in the family

Rubiaceae The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules ...

. Ii is found only in

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ...

Taxonomy

''G. hollrungiana'' was first described by

Theodoric Valeton Theodoric Valeton (born 1855 in Groningen - died 1929 in The Hague) was a Dutch botanist. He studied at the University of Groningen and received his doctorate in 1886. In 1893, he began working at the botanical garden in Bogor, Indonesia and man ...

in 1927 as ''Morinda hollrungiana''. In 2011, based on new molecular studies, the genera, ''

Morinda ''Morinda'' is a genus of flowering plants in the madder family, Rubiaceae. The generic name is derived from the Latin words ''morus'' "mulberry", from the appearance of the fruits, and ''indica'', meaning "of India". Description Distributed i ...

'' and '' Gynochthodes'', were redescribed, which necessitated new combinations and names for species in these genera. This resulted in ''Morinda hollrungiana'' being assigned to the genus '' Gynochthodes'' by Sylvain Razafimandimbison and

Birgitta Bremer Birgitta Bremer (born 17 January 1950), Swedish botanist and academic, is professor at Stockholm University, and director of the Bergius Botanic Garden. Career Professor Bremer obtained her doctorate in botany in 1980 from Stockholm University, w ...

Etymology

The species epithet, ''hollrungiana'', honours Max Hollrung, a German botanist who collected in Kaiser Wilhelms Land (New Guinea) and who collected the type specimen of ''Morinda hollrungiana''.

References

hollrungiana Endemic flora of New Guinea Plants described in 1927 Taxa named by Birgitta Bremer {{Rubioideae-stub