Fabaceae
Pterocarpus

Pterocarpus rotundifolius (Sond.) Druce

First published in Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 642 (1917)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to S. Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Caprivi Strip, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Brummitt, R.K. & al. (2007). Flora Zambesiaca 3(3): 1-258. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • in Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4: 642 (1917).
  • —Burtt Davy & Hoyle, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs, Nyasaland: 61 (1936).
  • —Miller in J. S. Afr. Bot. 18: 36 (1952).
  • —Palmer & Pitman, Trees Sthn. Africa: 941–945 (1972).
  • —Pardy in Rhod. Agric. J. 49: 215 (1952).
  • —Polhill in F.T.E.A., Legum., Pap.: 84 (1971).
  • —Sousa in C.F.A. 3: 360 (1966).
  • —White, F.F.N.R.: 162 (1962).
  • —Williamson, Useful Pl. Nyasaland: 102 (1955).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brummitt, R.K. & al. (2007). Flora Zambesiaca 3(3): 1-258. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Coates Palgrave, Trees Centr. Afr.: 334–337, t. and photo. (1957).
  • Druce in Rep. Bot. Exch. CI. Brit. Isles 1916: 642 (1917).
  • E. P. Phillips in Fl. Pl. S. Afr. 16, t. 622 (1936).
  • E. P. Sousa in Consp. Fl. Angol. 3: 360 (1966).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 162 (1962).
  • Mendonça & E. P. Sousa in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 42: 267 (1968).
  • Pardy in Rhodes. Agric. Journ. 49: 215, photos. (1952).
  • Rojo in Phanerogam. Monogr. 6: 79 (1971).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill
  • Palmer, E. & Pitman, N. (1977). Trees of Southern Africa, Vol. 2

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Welwitsch [1865] Angola K000379352 Type Yes
Venter et al. [PRE836184] Botswana K001372327 Yes
Burke [351] South Africa K000379337 Type Yes
Burke [s.n.] South Africa K000379338 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Wood Anatomy Microscope Slides

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