Thymelaeaceae

Dicranolepis Planch.

First published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 8: t. 798 (1848)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Staner in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 13: 326 (1935).
  • —F.T.A. 6, 1: 238

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Robyns in F.A.C. Thymelaeaceae: 8 (1975)
  • Aymonin in Fl. Gabon 11: 64 (1966)
  • Domke in Bibl. Bot. 27(111): 121 (1934)
  • H.H.W. Pearson in F.T.A. 6(1): 238 (1910)
  • in Fl. Cameroun 5:9 (1966)
  • in Hook., Ic. Pl. 8, t. 798 (1848)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Gossweiler, J. [4422] Angola K001208211 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Gossweiler, J. [4422A] Angola K001208210 Syntype No
Apr 1, 1995 Cable, S. [661] Cameroon K000518943 No
Apr 1, 1995 Hurst, L. [27] Cameroon K000518940 No
Jan 1, 1995 Cheek, M. [5549] Cameroon K000518944 No
Jan 1, 1995 Wheatley, J.I. [798] Cameroon K000381573 No
Jan 1, 1995 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [612] Cameroon K000615002 No
Jan 1, 1995 von Rege, I. [40] Cameroon K000518936 No
Jan 1, 1995 Hunt, L., V. [39] Cameroon K000518945 No
Benoît, MPOM. [527] K005433014 No
Conran [118] Cameroon K000252459 Unknown Type Material Yes
Zenker, G.A. [4490] Cameroon K000252476 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fraser, P. [305] Cameroon K001383979 Yes
Ekema, S.N. [495] Cameroon K001383808 Yes
Schlechter [12889] Cameroon K000252460 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schlechter [12889] Cameroon K000252458 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gossweiler, J. [6099] Angola K005433010 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1832] Tanzania K:SPC-23434.000 No
Louis, J. (Dr.) [2389] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005433012 No
Bitsindon, I. [s.n.] K005433013 No
Louis, J. (Dr.) [2389] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005433011 No

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • 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.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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