Fabaceae
Piliostigma

Piliostigma thonningii (Schumach.) Milne-Redh.

First published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 35: t. 3460 (1947)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa, SW. Arabian Peninsula. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 3460 (1947).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. & Polhill, R.M. (2007). 61. Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Flora Zambesiaca 3(2): 1-218. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1978). Flora du Rwanda 1: 1-413. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 107, fig. 20 (1961).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 126, fig. 20/N (1962).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 444 (1958).
  • Milne-Redh. in Hook., Ic. Pl. 35: 2, t. 3460 (1947).
  • Roti-Michelozzi in Webbia 13: 174 (1957).
  • Torre & Hillcoat in Consp. Fl. Angol. 2: 199 (1956).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 67, fig. 16 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [4757] Cameroon K000746588 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [4757] Cameroon K000460211 No
Jun 1, 1998 Madsen, J.E. [6168] Burkina Faso K000386476 No
Jul 1, 1973 Mbenkum, T. [TFM 374] Cameroon K000092686 Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Welwitsch, F. [546 a 549] Angola K001091870 Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Gossweiler, Johannes [589] Angola K001091869 Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Gossweiler, Johannes [s.n.] Angola K001091868 Yes
Schimper [712] Ethiopia K000417669 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper [712] Ethiopia K000417670 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2044] Yemen K002299927 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3942] Zambia K:SPC-15502.000 No
Harris, T. [566] Mozambique K000614158 Yes
Dubois, R. [91] Mali K000386473 No
Schimper [712] Ethiopia K000417667 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2044] Yemen K002299928 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [3180] Yemen K002299926 Yes
Brunt, M.A. [737] Cameroon K000092690 Yes
Madsen, J.E. [6615] Burkina Faso K000386475 No
Brunt, M.A. [6] Cameroon K000092692 Yes
Biegel, H.; Smith, P.A. [3901] Botswana K000489527 Yes
Raynal-Roques, A. [6615] Mali K000386474 No
Keay, R.W.J. [F.H.I. 37156] Nigeria K:SPC-15710.000 No
Brunt, M.A. [332] Cameroon K000092691 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3808] Zambia K:SPC-11634.000 No
Smith, P.A. [102] Botswana K000489526 Yes
Sihvonen, J. [40] Burkina Faso K000386478 No
Schimper [1658] Ethiopia K000417671 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper [1658] Ethiopia K000417672 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy [478] Ethiopia K000417668 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lecard, T. [234] Mali Bauhinia thonningii K000386472 No

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