Capparaceae
Maerua

Maerua endlichii Gilg & Gilg-Ben.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 249 (1915)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Ethiopia to N. Zambia. It is a scrambling shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Elffers, J., Graham, R.A. & Dewolf, G.P. (1964). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Capparidaceae: 1-88.
  • Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1960). Flora Zambesiaca 1(1): 1-336. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Elffers, J., Graham, R.A. & Dewolf, G.P. (1964). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Capparidaceae: 1-88.
  • Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1960). Flora Zambesiaca 1(1): 1-336. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 126 (1961).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 64 (1962).
  • Gilg & Bened. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 53: 249 (1915).
  • Gilg in A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(1): 250, fig. 166/E (1915).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 118 (1949).
  • Wild in Flora Zambesiaca 1: 266 (1960).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 19, 1958 Volkens, G. [1740] Tanzania K000230742 Isosyntype Yes
Mgaza, C.D. [44] Tanzania K005594154 No
B. Mhoro [1074] Tanzania K005594149 No
Greenway, P.J.; Verdcourt, B. [8490] Kenya K005594155 No
Bally, P.R.O.; Joy (Mrs) [3693] Kenya K005594159 No
Milne, G. [11] Kenya K005594156 No
Polhill; Greenway [445] Kenya K005594161 No
Leuthold, W. [89] Kenya K005594163 No
MacKinnon, V. [13] Kenya K005594162 No
Graham, M.D. [1762] Kenya K005594157 No
Verdcourt [1594] Kenya K005594160 No
Hornby (Mr); Hornby (Mrs) [[915]] Tanzania K005594153 No
[Vesey Fitzgerald] [34] Kenya K005594158 No
Burtt, B.D. [4927] Tanzania K005594151 No
Greenway, P.J. [4496] Tanzania K005594150 No
s.coll. [22] Tanzania K005594152 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • 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/
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