Combretaceae
Combretum

Combretum imberbe Wawra

First published in Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 38: 556 (1860)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to S. Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Jongkind, C.C.H. (2014). Notes on African Combretum Loefl. Species (Combretaceae). Adansonia, sér. 3, 36: 315-327.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1978). Flora Zambesiaca 4: 1-658. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.
  • Wickens, G.E. (1973). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Combretaceae: 1-99.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Engl. & Diels in Monographieen Afrikanischer Pflanzen-Familien und Gattungen 3: 14 (1899).
  • Exell in Kirkia 7: 171 (1970).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 284 (1962).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 138 (1949).
  • Wawra in Sitz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Klasse 38: 556 (1860).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 23, 2008 Crawford, F. [59] Namibia K000450440 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000226544 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1961 Welwitsch [4283] Angola K000226543 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1961 Welwitsch [4372] Angola K000226542 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1960 Marloth [1264] Namibia K000226564 Type Yes
Rodin, R.J. [2562] Namibia K004406385 Yes
Edwards, D. [3355] South Africa K004406354 Yes
[L. Reck] [1082] South Africa K004406382 Yes
Mndolwa [18] Tanzania K001769938 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [2058] South Africa K004406353 Yes
Barker, N.P.; Bester, S.P.; Janks, M.R. [328] Angola K001333801 Yes
Azancot de Menezes [1009] Angola K004818614 Yes
Killick, D.J.B.; Leistner, O.A. [3310] Botswana K004818609 Yes
I.B.P. [1444] South Africa K004406364 Yes
Long, D.G.; Rae, D.A.H. [748] Namibia K004406397 Yes
Bester, S.P. [9171] Angola K001604390 Yes
Codd, L.E. [4857] South Africa K004406357 Yes
de Winter, B. [3701] Namibia K004406387 Yes
Herman; Welman; Pienaar; Crosby [689] South Africa K004406374 Yes
Lugard, E.J. [29] Botswana K004818606 Yes
Gerstner, J. [3307] South Africa K004406360 Yes
[J. Procter] [1909] South Africa K004406355 Yes
Prior, J. [227] Eswatini K004406405 Yes
Prior, J. [435] Eswatini K004406406 Yes
Baum, H. [430] Angola K004818618 Yes
Pooley, E.S. [1066] South Africa K004406403 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [12163] Angola K004818616 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [504] South Africa K004406365 Yes
s.coll. [113] South Africa K004406381 Yes
Van Vuuren, D.R.J. [1671] South Africa K004406370 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [2666] South Africa K004406361 Yes
de Winter, B. [2741] Namibia K004406390 Yes
Hochobes, M.M. [MH1285] Namibia K004406393 Yes
Potgieter, J.A. [82] Namibia K004406396 Yes
Erens, J. [212] Botswana K004818608 Yes
Tinley, K.L. [1037] South Africa K004406404 Yes
Tolken, H.; Hardy, D. [736] Namibia K004406402 Yes
Hoogh, R.J., de [247] Botswana K000489043 No
Vahrmeijer, J. [1753] South Africa K004406372 Yes
Smith, P.A. [294] Botswana K000489040 No
Gossweilerii [10876] Angola K004818613 Yes
Burgoyne, P.M. [3088] Namibia K004406391 Yes
Dinter, K. [5241] Namibia K004406395 Yes
Azancot de Menezes [1428] Angola K004818611 Yes
Erens, J. [272] Botswana K004818604 Yes
de Winter, B. [8675] South Africa K004406371 Yes
Henriques, C. [241] Angola K004818615 Yes
Long, D.G.; Rae, D.A.H. [318] Botswana K000489047 No
Azancot de Menezes; Henriques, C. [33] Angola K004818617 Yes
van der Schyff, H.P. [3488] South Africa K004406362 Yes
s.coll. [MMC/RCB/B7572] Botswana K004818610 Yes
Onderstall, J. [860] South Africa K004406376 Yes
Williams, D.T. [64] Botswana K000489041 No
de Winter, B. [3830] Namibia K004406386 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [1704] Angola K004818612 Yes
Liebenberg [4749] Namibia K004406388 Yes
Prosser [1909] South Africa K004406356 Yes
Erens, J. [271] Botswana K004818605 Yes
Van Son, G. [28823] Botswana K004818607 Yes
Seydel, R. [2033] Namibia K004406389 Yes
Codd, L.E. [1094] South Africa K004406359 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [2630] Namibia K004406383 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [2542] South Africa K004406352 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [2943] South Africa K004406373 Yes
I.B.P. [1463] South Africa K004406366 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [8980] South Africa K004406379 Yes
Rügheimer, S.; Klaassen, E.S.; Nanyeni, L.; Howard, C. [SB3424] Namibia K004406394 Yes
de Winter, B.; Leistner, O.A. [5571] Namibia K004406401 Yes
[P. Cerangie] [1344] South Africa K004406363 Yes
Coetzee, B.J. [1101] South Africa K004406368 Yes
Brown, R.C. [7572] Botswana K000489046 No
Burgoyne, P.M. [3096] Namibia K004406392 Yes
Codd, L.E. [4857] South Africa K004406375 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [2603] Namibia K004406384 Yes
Gerstner, J. [5761] South Africa K004406358 Yes
Mogg [s.n.] South Africa K004406367 Yes
Kelaole, E.T. [586] Botswana K000489042 No
Allen, A. [360] Botswana K000489044 No
Grenfell, A.P. [29] South Africa K004406380 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [8919] Namibia K004406398 Yes
Strey, R.G. [3308] South Africa K004406369 Yes
Leeman, A.C. [[58]] South Africa K004406378 Yes
Graan, V.; Hardy [468] South Africa K004406377 Yes
Allen, A. [231] Botswana K000489045 No
Smuts, J.C. [1988] South Africa K000812514 Yes
Long, D.G.; Rae, D.A.H. [238] Botswana K000489048 No
Rodin, R.J. [8943] Namibia K004406399 Yes
Story, R. [5204] Namibia K004406400 Yes

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