Violaceae
Rinorea

Rinorea brachypetala (Turcz.) Kuntze

First published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 42 (1891)
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, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Grey-Wilson, C. (1986). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Violaceae: 1-38.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, 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 30: 1-307.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • van Velzen, R. & al. (2015). Phylogenetics of African Rinorea (Violaceae): Elucidating infrageneric relationships using placid and nuclear DNA sequences. Systematic Botany 40: 174-184.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Fl. Viv. 1: 238.
  • De Wild. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 6: 153
  • Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 42 (1891), partly

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(2): 550 (1921).
  • Brandt in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 50, Suppl.: 414 (1914).
  • De Wild. in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 6: 144, 153 (1920).
  • Engl. & Brandt in Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908, 2 (Botanik) p. 562 (1913).
  • Exell & Mendonça, Consp. Fl. Angol. 1: 69 (1937).
  • Hamilton, Ug. For. Trees: 130 (1981).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 101, 104 (1954).
  • Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 42 (1891).
  • Melchior in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, ed. 2, 21: 351 (1925).
  • Taton in Flore du Congo Belge, du Ruanda et du Burundi, Violaceae: 53 (1969).
  • Tennant in Kew Bulletin 16: 421 (1963).
  • Th. Dur. & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 1(2): 209 (1898).
  • Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 2: 432, fig. 136/2 (1983).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Luke, Q. [12036] Tanzania K000545407 Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Dawe, M.T. [516] Uganda K000231032 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Dawe, M.T. [516] Uganda K000231033 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1960 Welw. [893] Angola K000231215 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1960 Welw. [892] Angola K000231216 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 1, 1923 Smith, C. [s.n.] K000231063 Unknown Type Material Yes
Meikle, R.D. [1248] Nigeria K:SPC-03169.000 No
Smith, S.F.; Bell, D.A.; Bourobou Bourobou, H.; Mayombo, F.J.; Nzabi, T. [1894] Gabon K001561558 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [8500] Nigeria K:SPC-03168.000 No
Smith, C. [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the Rinorea varia K000231040 Unknown Type Material Yes

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