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This species is accepted, and its native range is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa.

[FWTA]

Thymelaeaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:1. 1954

Morphology General Habit
A low shrub with glabrous grey-brown branches
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers white
Ecology
By river banks in inundated forest.

Native to:

Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Zaïre

Octolepis decalepis Gilg appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Bamps, P. [2253], Ivory Coast K000044628
Dinklage, M. [2044], Liberia K000322512
Bequaert, J.C. [8], Liberia K000044629
Dinklage, M.J. [1741], Liberia K000044626
Dinklage, M.J. [2044], Liberia K000044627
Evrard, C. [2812], Zaïre K000044630
Dechamps, R. [100], Zaïre K000044632
Germain, R. [8356], Zaïre Octolepis casearia var. flamignii K000044631

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 142 (1899)

Accepted by

  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). Vasc. Pl. Dzanga-Sangha: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Robyns, A. (1975). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Thymelaeaceae: 1-68. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.

Literature

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Staner in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 13: 325 (1935).
  • Chev. Bot. 646
  • —F.T.A. 6, 1: 253

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). Vasc. Pl. Dzanga-Sangha: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.

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