Capparaceae
Maerua

Maerua oblongifolia (Forssk.) A.Rich.

First published in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 32 (1848)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Djibouti and Kenya, India. It is a scrambling shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, DR Congo, Ghana, India, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Uganda, Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1994). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 1: 1-336. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • 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.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Marhold, K. (ed.) (2012). IAPT/IOPB chromosome data 14. Taxon 61: 1336-1345.
  • Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Fl. Viv. 1: 166.
  • Gilg & Benedict in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 53: 260
  • —F.T.A. 1: 85

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.
  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1994). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 1: 1-336. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 3: 1-89. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • 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.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Marhold, K. (ed.) (2012). IAPT/IOPB chromosome data 14. Taxon 61: 1336-1345.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin & L. E. Kers [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 32, t. 6 (1847).
  • Chiov., Fl. Somala 2: 9 (1932).
  • F. W. Andr., Fl. Pl. A.-E. Sudan 1: 52 (1950).
  • Gilg & Bened. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 53: 260 (1915).
  • Gilg in A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(1): 253 (1915).
  • Gilg in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 187 (1895).
  • Keay, Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 89 (1954).
  • Oliv. in Flora of Tropical Africa 1: 85 (1868).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Edgeworth, M.P. [s.n.] K005592840 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [6885] Saudi Arabia K005592841 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [10125] Ethiopia K005593379 Yes
[Dr. Roth] [3] Ethiopia K005593375 Yes
[Ixeca] [F-25] Ethiopia K005593361 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K005593362 Yes
Kerr, A. [20402] Thailand K005592992 Yes
Deflers, M. [227] K005592850 Yes
Schimperi [s.n.] Ethiopia K005593376 Yes
Siegenthaler [1635] Ethiopia K005593366 Yes
Collenette, S. [138] Saudi Arabia K005592834 Yes
Carr, C.J. [847] Ethiopia K005593380 Yes
Al-Farsi, A. [227] Oman K005592852 Yes
Jensen, M.; Gashaw, M.; Simon, F.; Kebede, S. [B3/4] Ethiopia K005593372 Yes
Lawton, R.M. [2564] Oman K005592851 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [3381] Yemen K005592843 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [6196] Ethiopia K005593348 Yes
Jackson, J.A.D. [721] Ethiopia K005593353 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005592839 Yes
Friis, I.; Woldu, Z.; Vollesen, K.B. [2594] Ethiopia K005593356 Yes
Boulos, L.; Rowaished, A.K.; Gifri, A.N.; Saeed, W.A.; Hussein, M.A. [s.n.] Yemen K005592846 Yes
Rauh, W. [13285] K005592849 Yes
Ebba, T. [[828]] Ethiopia K005593369 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [5752] Ethiopia K005593359 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [1051] Saudi Arabia K005592835 Yes
Carr, C.J. [893] Ethiopia K005593381 Yes
Ash, J.W. [156] Ethiopia K005593355 Yes
[D. Hender] [[1194]] Eritrea K005593383 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Wondefrash, M; Getu Tefera [9460] Ethiopia K005593374 Yes
Collenette, S. [177] Saudi Arabia K005592836 Yes
Burger, W. [1679] Ethiopia K005593367 Yes
Ash, J.W. [465] Ethiopia K005593351 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1508] Ethiopia K005593350 Yes
[N.C. Cockburn] [s.n.] Ethiopia K005593363 Yes
Beals, E. [401] Ethiopia K005593368 Yes
Cope, T.; Murtland, R. [236] Yemen K005592847 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [2550] Ethiopia K005593378 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [6827] Ethiopia K005593360 Yes
Bisset, E. [243] Yemen K005592845 Yes
Friis, I.; Nigatu, L.; Michelsen, A. [6095] Ethiopia K005593357 Yes
Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [1405] Eritrea K005593385 Yes
Popop; Jillin; Gilliland [4270] Egypt K005592833 Yes
Carr, C.J. [775] Ethiopia K005593358 Yes
Jansen, P.C.M. [4918] Ethiopia K005593344 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Guarino, L.; Obadi, N.; Hassan, M.; Mohammed, N. [M8095] Yemen K005592848 Yes
Friis, I.; Aweke, G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [1915] Ethiopia K005593347 Yes
Pappi, A. [6999] Eritrea K005593386 Yes
Fifield, S. [265] K005592837 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Getachew, E.; Malaku Wandefrash [10043] Ethiopia K005593373 Yes
Jansen, P.C.M. [1853] Ethiopia K005593343 Yes
Ash [746] Ethiopia K005593354 Yes
Friis, I.; Woldu, Z.; Vollesen, K.B. [2430] Ethiopia K005593370 Yes
Tadesse, M. [7300] Ethiopia K005593345 Yes
Bisset, E. [243] Yemen K005592844 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [1361] Somalia K000230754 Isotype Yes
Lindley [s.n.] K005592838 Yes
Friis, I.; Woldu, Z.; Vollesen, K.B. [2525] Ethiopia K005593371 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Semon, F.; Jensen, M.; Keneei, L. [8001] Ethiopia K005593346 Yes
Brown, F. [14] Ethiopia K005593382 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [6765] Eritrea K005593387 Yes
Burger, W. [1428] Ethiopia K005593365 Yes
Schimperi [s.n.] Ethiopia K005593377 Yes
Lawton, R.M. [2560] Oman K005592853 Yes
Mesfin; Sebsebe [3734] Ethiopia K005593384 Yes
Burger, W. [1586] Ethiopia K005593364 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [7609] Saudi Arabia K005592842 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [9813] Ethiopia K005593349 Yes
Friis, I.; Nigatu, L.; Michelsen, A. [6095] Ethiopia K005593352 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6976] Niebuhria oblongifolia K001126449 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6976] India Niebuhria oblongifolia K001126445 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6976] Niebuhria oblongifolia K001126450 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6976] Niebuhria oblongifolia K001126446 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6976] Niebuhria oblongifolia K001126447 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6976] Niebuhria oblongifolia K001126448 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6976] Niebuhria oblongifolia K001126451 Unknown Type Material Yes

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