Lamiaceae
Vitex

Vitex ferruginea Schumach. & Thonn.

First published in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 288 (1827)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a scrambling shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

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.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • 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.
  • Fernandes, R. & Diniz, M.A. (2005). Avicenniaceae, Nesogenaceae, Verbenaceae and Lamiaceae (subfams, Viticoideae and Ajugoideae). Flora Zambesiaca 8(7): 1-161. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Meerts, P. (2018). Synopsis of the genus Vites (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151: 380-392.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2022). Flore du Gabon 58: 1-150. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62 , Beibl. 141: 66 (1928).
  • Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62 , Beibl. 141: 68 (1928).
  • Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62 , Beibl. 141: 70 (1928).
  • Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 62 , Beibl. 141: 70 (1928).
  • Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 642 (1949).
  • Estud. Ensaios Doc. Junta Invest. Ci. Ultramar [in Mendonça, Contrib. Conhec. Fl. Moçamb. II]: 174 (1954).
  • Estud. Ensaios Doc. Junta Invest. Ci. Ultramar [in Mendonça, Contrib. Conhec. Fl. Moçamb. II]: 175 (1954).
  • F.T.A. 5 : 324 (1900).
  • F.T.E.A., Verbenaceae: 66 (1992).
  • F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 2 : 447 (1963).
  • K. Coates Palgrave, Trees South. Africa: 807 (1977).
  • Kew Bull. 56 : 193 (2001).
  • Kirkia 10 : 271 (1975).
  • M. Coates Palgrave, ed. 3 of K. Coates Palgrave, Trees South. Africa: 982 (2002).
  • Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa, ed. 2, 2 : 169 (1987).
  • Ross, Fl. Natal: 300 (1972).
  • S. African J. Bot. 59 : 615 (1993).
  • Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Africa: 94 (1909).
  • White, For. Fl. N. Rhod.: 371 (1962).

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.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • GBIF (2008- continuously updated). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2019 Osborne, J.; Darbyshire, I.; Datizua, C.; Langa, C.; Zandamela, J.; Macuacua, A. (guide); Neves, A. (guide) [JO1574] Mozambique K001346399 No
Jan 1, 2018 Watts, J. [1159] Cameroon K000011898 No
Mar 5, 2014 Swynnerton, C.F.M. [1062] Mozambique K000960924 Type Yes
Nov 1, 2007 Festo, L. [2485] Kenya K000479597 No
Oct 1, 1999 Wakefield, T. [s.n.] Kenya K000249040 Type Yes
Oct 1, 1999 [Monteiro] [s.n.] Mozambique K000249041 Type Yes
Oct 1, 1999 [Swynnerton, C.F.M. [1054] K000249043 Type Yes
Oct 1, 1999 Kirk, Dr. [s.n.] K000249042 Type Yes
Chirutse, P.; Manhiça, C.; Silva, P.; Bucuane, C.; Malate, Z.; Fumo, F.; Mula, H.; Mondlane, J. [PC56] Mozambique K009000656 No
Gossweiler, J. [662] Angola K001067052 Type Yes
Welwitsch, F.M.J. [5632] Angola K001067051 Type Yes
Foster, E.W. [34] K000241368 Type Yes
Foster, E.W. [34] K000241369 Type Yes
Welwitsch [5654] Angola K001008454 Yes
Welwitsch [5654] Angola K001008453 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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

  • 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