Pygeum africanum Hook.f.

First published in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 191 (1863)
This name is a synonym of Prunus africana

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1978). Flora Zambesiaca 4: 1-658. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Prunus africana.]
  • Pankhurst, R. in Pankhurst, R. (2007-2013). Rosaceae database [IOPI]. [Cited as Prunus africana.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 2: 373.

Kew Plants for Health

  • "UPWTA (Burkill, 2025)"
  • Plants & Civiliz.: Intro. Plant-People Relat. (Smi

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Battiscombe & Dale, Trees and Shrubs of Kenya Colony p. 57 (1936).
  • Hauman, Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 3: 32 (1952).
  • Hook. f. in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 7: 191 (1864).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 477 (1949).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 426 (1958).
  • Oliv. in Flora of Tropical Africa 2: 373 (1871).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 256 (1948).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 335 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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/
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