Euphorbiaceae
Ricinodendron

Ricinodendron heudelotii (Baill.) Heckel

First published in Ann. Inst. Colon. Marseille 5(2): 40 (1898)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

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

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • Berhaut, J. (1975). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 3: 1-634. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • 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., 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.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • 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.

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.
  • Berhaut, J. (1975). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 3: 1-634. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(2): 130 (1921).
  • Heckel in Ann. Inst. Col. Marseille 5(2): 40 (1898).
  • J. Léon. in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 31: 397 (1961).
  • Keay, Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 393 (1958).
  • Pax in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147(3): 46, t. 16 (1911).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 1961 Mann [229] Equatorial Guinea K000422619 Type Yes
Apr 1, 1961 Mann [229] Equatorial Guinea K000422620 Unknown Type Material Yes
Morgan, B.J [BJM 286] Gabon K001930239 Yes
McPherson, G. [21378] Guinea K004624993 Yes
Frontier-Tanzania [44] Tanzania K004780106 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [5330] Nigeria K004780026 Yes
Marshall, A.R.; Mwakisoma, R. [699] Tanzania K004780105 Yes
Carvalho, M.F.; Fernandez Casas, J. [2045-3] Equatorial Guinea K004780056 Yes
Onana, J.-M.; Nana, F.; Pearce; Albert [3109] Cameroon K001310914 Yes
Timberlake, J.; Müller, T.; Crawford, F.; Alves, T. [5657] Mozambique K000738897 Yes
Molmou, D.; Couch, C.; Gandteka, A.; Kaba, S. [86] Guinea K000648458 Yes
Tuley, P. [2304] Nigeria K004780025 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [5970] Cameroon K004780054 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [5330] Nigeria K004780027 Yes
Fay, J.M. [7310] Central African Republic K:SPC-63384.000 No
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [2016] Cameroon K004780053 Yes
Cooper, G.P. [457] Liberia K004780002 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E. [7900] Cameroon K004780055 Yes
Adam, J.G. [21048] Liberia K004780003 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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