Euphorbiaceae
Neoboutonia

Neoboutonia melleri (Müll.Arg.) Prain

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 266 (1911)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • 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.
  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • 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.

Kew Plants for Health

  • "World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)"

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(2): 68 (1921).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 211 (1961).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 221 (1949).
  • Pax in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147(7): 73 (1914).
  • Prain in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1911: 266 (1911)
  • Prain in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1): 922 (1912).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 454 (1948).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 135 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sillitoe, F. [296] Sudan K004781687 Yes
Dümmer, R. [103] Uganda K004781797 Yes
Dawe, W.J. [541] Uganda K004781815 Yes
Rwaburindore, P.K. [3730] Uganda K004781800 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [1148] Sudan K004781690 Yes
Holmes, W.D. [996] Zambia K004781874 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [1494] Kenya K004781807 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Maunder, M.; Luke, P.A. [16436] South Sudan K001639422 Yes
Fraser, P. [1033] Cameroon K001401737 Yes
Fraser, P. [1033] Cameroon K001401711 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F10189] Zambia K004781871 Yes
Synnott, T.J. [601] Uganda K004781812 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F2983] Zambia K004781872 Yes
Jarrett, T. [SN/31] Kenya K004781802 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [D881] Uganda K004781798 Yes
Rounce, N.V. [325] Tanzania K004781828 Yes
Cree, C.S. [C35] Uganda K004781819 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [881] Uganda K004781799 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Bayona, W.; Festo, L.; Leliyo, G.; K. Vollesen [4856] Tanzania K004781823 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [D880] Uganda K004781791 Yes
Buchanan, J. [21] K004781859 Yes
Conrads (Father) [5827] Tanzania K004781825 Yes
Conrads (Father) [EAH13418] Tanzania K004781827 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [6231] Tanzania K004781833 Yes
Price, D.; Mwangulango, N.A.; Doggart, N. [WK52] Tanzania K004781822 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Davidson, R.L. [4426] Kenya K004781801 Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [1124] K004781858 Yes
Robson, N.K.B.; Fanshawe [517] Malawi K004781866 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [8542] K004781860 Yes
Turner, L. [55] Sudan K004781688 Yes
Procter, J. [832] Tanzania K004781838 Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi K004781862 Yes
Purves, J.M. [228] Malawi K004781865 Yes
Mamba, A.; Banze, A.; Datizua, C.; Osborne, J.; Mucaleque, P.; Rachide, T.; Ndala, B. (guide); Magido, A. (guide) [AM62] Mozambique K001346857 No
Chapman, J.D.; Patel, I.H.; Balaka, J. [6032] Malawi K004781868 Yes
D.B.F. [s.n.] Zambia K004781875 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F1914] Zambia K004781876 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [10121] Tanzania K004781841 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [1576] Uganda K004781811 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [49] Uganda K004781816 Yes
Procter, J. [s.n.] Tanzania K004781839 Yes
White, F. [3407] Zambia K004781873 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [1366] Sudan K004781695 Yes
Conrads (Father) [5972] Tanzania K004781826 Yes
Bridson, D.M. [97] Kenya K004781805 Yes
Cree, C.S. [C35] Uganda K004781820 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2008] Tanzania K004781844 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [1275] Sudan K004781692 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [10121] K004781842 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [352] Uganda K004781793 Yes
Fyffe, R. [167] Uganda K004781795 Yes
Gillman, H. [258] Tanzania K004781831 Yes
Gillman, H. [258] Tanzania K004781832 Yes
Jarrett, T. [SN/31] Kenya K004781803 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [1223] Uganda K004781817 Yes
Chandler, P. [1813] Uganda K004781849 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [2490] Tanzania K004781824 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [1223] Uganda K004781818 Yes
Stolz, A. [444] K004781845 Yes
Rounce, N.V. [325] Tanzania K004781830 Yes
Chapman; Tawakali [6461] Malawi K004781870 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [1198] Sudan K004781693 Yes
Procter, J. [837] Tanzania K004781840 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [211] Uganda K004781794 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [24036] Kenya K004781808 Yes
Rounce, N.V. [325] Tanzania K004781829 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [1198] Sudan K004781694 Yes
Bridson [97] Kenya K004781806 Yes
Chapman, J.D.; Tawakali, E.J. [6461] Malawi K004781869 Yes
Myers, J.G. [6473] Sudan K004781699 Yes
Chapman, J.D.; Patel, I.H.; Balaka, J. [6033] Malawi K004781867 Yes
Buchanan, J. (C.M.G.) [1498] Malawi K004781864 Yes
Buchanan, J. (C.M.G.) [12] Malawi K004781863 Yes
Turner, L. [167] South Sudan K004781686 Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [686] K004781857 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [1573] Uganda K004781809 Yes
Whyte, A. [91] Malawi K004781861 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F1913] Zambia K004781877 Yes
Tanner, R. [1531] Tanzania K004781835 Yes
Andrews [A1517] Sudan K004781697 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [1198] Sudan K004781696 Yes
Cree [C206] Uganda K004781847 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2008] Tanzania K004781843 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [1576] Uganda K004781810 Yes
[W.J. Dawe] [445] Uganda K004781813 Yes
Fyffe, R. [122] Uganda K004781796 Yes
Tothill, B.H. [T2703] Uganda K004781821 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [1365] Sudan K004781700 Yes
Perdue, R.E.; Kibuwa, S.P. [9502] Kenya K004781804 Yes
Cheek, M.; Banze, A.; Fijamo, V.; Jeque, C.; Massunde, J.; Nkuna, L. [17837] Mozambique K001322429 Yes
Sillitoe, F. [296] Sudan K004781689 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [A1517] Sudan K004781698 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [670] Uganda K004781792 Yes
Stolz, A. [590] K004781846 Yes
Chandler, P. [1813] Uganda K004781848 Yes
Procter, J. [s.n.] Tanzania K004781837 Yes
Tanner, R. [1831] Tanzania K004781836 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [6234] Tanzania K004781834 Yes
[W.J. Dawe] [475] Uganda K004781814 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [1275] Sudan K004781691 Yes
Pócs, S.; Pócs, T. [88055/K] Tanzania Croton niloticus K004448412 Yes
Schweinfurth [145] Sudan Neoboutonia canescens K000425592 Unknown Type Material No
Schweinfurth [145] Sudan Neoboutonia canescens K000425591 Unknown Type Material 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 Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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