Apocynaceae
Strophanthus

Strophanthus preussii Engl. & Pax

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 369 (1892)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Tanzania and Angola. It is a shrub or liana and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda

Introduced into:

Trinidad-Tobago

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • 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.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Jongkind, C.C.H. (2022). Flore du Gabon 59: 1-276. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.
  • 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.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 4, 1: 176.
  • in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 15: 369 (1892)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Beentje in Meded. Landbouwhogeschool 82 (4): 125, t. 34 (1982).
  • Engl. & Pax in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 15: 369 (1892).
  • Gilg in Monogr. Afr. Pfl.-Fam. & Gatt. 7: 24, t. 4 (1903).
  • Huber in Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 2: 70 (1963).
  • Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 4, 1: 176 (1902).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1986 Thomas, D.W. [5953] Cameroon K000028200 No
Jan 1, 1981 Louis, J. [4333] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000233795 Isotype No
Jan 1, 1981 Staudt, A. [664] Cameroon K000028198 No
Jan 1, 1981 Gossweiler, J. [583] Angola K001030115 Yes
Nov 1, 1967 Daramola, B., O. [FHI 41044] Cameroon K000028201 No
Preuss P. R. [116] K000028197 Type No
Gossweiler, J. [638] Angola K001030113 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [8447] Nigeria K:SPC-11770.000 No
Olorunfemi, J. [FHI 30699] Cameroon K000028202 No
Olorunfemi, J. [FHI 30699] Cameroon K000028203 No
de Kruif, A. P. M. [20] Cote d'Ivoire K001562601 Yes
Rudatis, H. [15] Cameroon K000028199 No
Gossweiler, J. [638] Angola K:SPC-15278.000 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [8444] Nigeria K:SPC-11728.000 No
Troupin, G. [3355] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-02294.000 No
Forman, L. [552] K:SPC-06573.000 No
Robson, N.K.B. [92A] Zambia K:SPC-32763.000 No
Keay, R.W.J. [25584] Nigeria K:SPC-11729.000 No
Meikle, R.D. [1192] Nigeria K:SPC-11764.000 No
Gossweiler, J. [4885] Angola K001030111 Yes

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    • '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.
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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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    • 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