Malvaceae

Clappertonia Meisn.

First published in Pl. Vasc. Gen.: 36 (1837)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zambia

Introduced into:

Borneo, Malaya, New Guinea, Panamá, Sri Lanka

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Pl. Vasc. Gen. tabl. diagn. 36, comm. 28 (1837).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Plant. Vase. Gen.: 36 (1837).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Becherer in F.R. 28: 58 (1930)
  • G.F.P. 2: 483 (1967)
  • Jacques-Felix in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 25: 73–88, t. 7, 8, fig. 3 (1945)
  • Pl. Vasc. Gen. 1: 36 (1837)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Zenker [1488] Cameroon Cephalonema K000242071 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schlechter, F.R.R. [12594] Cameroon Cephalonema K000242072 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • 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

  • 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 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