Rubiaceae
Rothmannia

Rothmannia urcelliformis (Hiern) Bullock ex Robyns

First published in Fl. Spermatophyt. Parc Nat. Albert 2: 340 (1947)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • 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. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv., ed. 2, 3: 278, t. 355,5-6.
  • Fl. Sperm. Parc Nat. Alb. 2: 340 (1947)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 468, t. 28 (1961).
  • Keay in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 28: 51 (1958).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2,2: 125 (1963).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 2: 340 (1947).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2005 Gosline, G. [413] Cameroon K000436289 No
Jun 1, 2005 Gosline, G. [413] Cameroon K000337934 Yes
Dec 1, 2003 Onana, J.-M. [1824] Cameroon K000746518 Yes
Dec 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [10520] Cameroon K000746544 Yes
Dec 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [10520] Cameroon K000460208 No
Dec 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [10459] Cameroon K000746543 Yes
Dec 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [10459] Cameroon K000460119 No
Sep 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1842] Cameroon K000109845 Yes
Sep 1, 2001 Cable, S. [2797] Cameroon K000109846 Yes
Sep 1, 2001 Elad, M. [98] Cameroon K000109849 Yes
Sep 1, 2001 Zapfack, L. [923] Cameroon K000109847 Yes
Sep 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [7515] Cameroon K000109851 Yes
Sep 1, 2001 Cable, S. [3234] Cameroon K000109848 Yes
Sep 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [7526] Cameroon K000109850 Yes
Sep 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1519] Cameroon K000109844 Yes
Jun 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [4543] Cameroon K000338757 Yes
Jun 1, 2000 Pollard, B.J. [382] Cameroon K000338758 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Thomas, D.W. [9482] Cameroon K000540855 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Thomas, D.W. [9482] Cameroon K000540880 Yes
Dec 1, 1994 Tekwe, C. [339] Cameroon K000540875 Yes
Dec 1, 1994 Tekwe, C. [299] Cameroon K000540881 Yes
Welwitsch [3098] Angola K000414835 Unknown Type Material Yes
Forest Plot [GAR T001] Mozambique K001346133 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [37291] Nigeria K:SPC-06290.000 No
Etuge, M.; Pollard, B. [3685] Cameroon K001518079 Yes
Welwitsch [3100] Angola K000414837 Unknown Type Material Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [37238] Nigeria K:SPC-23012.000 No
Matimele, H. [HM2628] Mozambique K000569861 Yes
Matimele, H. [HM2638] Mozambique K001346284 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Kabuye, C.; Festo, L.; Ntore, S.; Bayona, W. [17881] Tanzania K001890750 No
Welwitsch [3099] Angola K000414836 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harris, T. [565] Mozambique K000614157 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [3034] Central African Republic K000414785 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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    • 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