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  1. Family: Rubiaceae Juss.
    1. Genus: Empogona Hook.f.

      1. Empogona talbotii (Wernham) Tosh & Robbr.

        This species is accepted, and its native range is Nigeria to Congo.

    [FWTA]

    Rubiaceae, F. N. Hepper & R. W. J. Keay. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963

    Habit
    A shrub with shortly hirsute branches.
    [FWTA]

    Rubiaceae, F. N. Hepper & R. W. J. Keay. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963

    Habit
    A forest shrub, erect or half-straggling, to 6 ft. high
    Flowers
    Flowers white
    Fruits
    fruits "white and purple".

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Cameroon, Congo, Nigeria

    Empogona talbotii (Wernham) Tosh & Robbr. appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Talbot, P.A. [s.n.], Nigeria K000419902
    Talbot, P.A. [s.n.], Nigeria K000419903
    Talbot, P.A. [s.n.], Nigeria K000419904
    Talbot, P.A. [s.n.], Nigeria K000419905
    Talbot, P.A. [287], Nigeria K000419906
    Talbot, P.A. [287], Nigeria K000419907
    Jan 1, 1988 Thomas, D.W. [5151], Cameroon Tricalysia talbotii K000026228

    First published in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 96: 209 (2009)

    Accepted by

    • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

    Literature

    Kew Backbone Distributions
    • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

    Sources

    Flora of West Tropical Africa
    Flora of West Tropical Africa
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    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
    'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0