Bixaceae
Cochlospermum

Cochlospermum tinctorium Perrier ex A.Rich.

First published in A.Guillemin & G.S.Perrottet, Fl. Seneg. Tent.: 99 (1831)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda. It is a sometimes tuberous subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Berhaut, J. (1974). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 2: 1-695. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Lebrun, J.-P. (1998). Catalogue des plantes de la Mauritanie et du Sahara Occidental. Boissiera 55: 1-322.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 1: 113, partly (excl. syn. C. planchoni Hook. f.)
  • F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 1: 158, partly.
  • Mildbr. in Engl.Bot.Jahrb.58: 236 (1923)
  • Pilger in E.& P.Pflanzenfam.21: 317, t.141 (1925)
  • in Guill. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. 99, t. 21 (1831)

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.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1978 Speke [692], Uganda K000231184 holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Dawe, M.T. [52], Gambia K000211564 No
Jan 1, 1978 Brooks, A.J. [1], Gambia K000211566 No
Jan 1, 1978 s.coll. [s.n.], Gambia K000211574 No
Jan 1, 1978 Virgo, K.J. [80], Niger K000211575 No
Jan 1, 1978 Coombe, D.E. [86], Nigeria K000211582 No
Jan 1, 1978 Lugard, E.J. [s.n.], Nigeria K000211589 No
Jan 1, 1978 Keay, R.W.J. [s.n.], Nigeria K000211579 No
Jan 1, 1978 Ryan, F.D. [1], Nigeria K000211576 No
Jan 1, 1978 Vigne [4666], Ghana K000211572 No
Jan 1, 1978 Davey, J.T. [60], Mali K000211562 No
Jan 1, 1978 Meikle, R.D. [742], Nigeria K000211581 No
Jan 1, 1978 Thornewill, A.S. [28], Nigeria K000211585 No
Jan 1, 1978 Langdale-Brown, I. [2568], Guinea K000211561 No
Jan 1, 1978 Ejiofor, M.C. [19811], Nigeria K000211580 No
Jan 1, 1978 Bunny [32], Nigeria K000211584 No
Jan 1, 1978 Bamps, P. [2470], Mali K000211557 No
Jan 1, 1978 Adam, J.-.G. [3904], Ghana K000211569 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Scott Elliot, G.F. [4793], Sierra Leone K000211556 No
Jan 1, 1978 Hagerup, O. [37], Mali K000211560 No
Jan 1, 1978 Alves Pereira, J. [4034], Guinea-Bissau K000211558 No
Jan 1, 1978 Morton [8721], Ghana K000211571 No
Jan 1, 1978 Virgo, K.J. [s.n.], Nigeria K000211586 No
Jan 1, 1978 Fox, R.H. [94], Gambia K000211563 No
Jan 1, 1978 Vigne [3768], Ghana K000211568 No
Jan 1, 1978 Irvine, F.R. [4747], Ghana K000211570 No
Jan 1, 1978 Farmar, l. [276], Guinea K000211559 No
Jan 1, 1978 Ganne, J.H. [3], Gambia K000211565 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Eggerton [s.n.], Nigeria K000211578 No
Jan 1, 1978 Daggash, M. [31444], Nigeria K000211583 No
Jan 1, 1978 Williams, J. [132], Ghana K000211567 No
Nov 13, 1968 Lowe, J. [1551], Nigeria K000211587 No
Meikle, R.D. [742], Nigeria 15415.000 No
Pascaa [8268], Togo K000211573 No
Noble, H.L. [s.n.], Nigeria K000211577 No
Lawton, R.M. [1823], Nigeria K000211588 No

Sources

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0