Combretaceae
Combretum

Combretum padoides Engl. & Diels

First published in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 3: 13 (1899)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Somalia to Mpumalanga. It is a scrambling shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, DR Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1978). Flora Zambesiaca 4: 1-658. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Liben, L. (1968). Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi, Combretaceae: 1-105. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles.
  • Wickens, G.E. (1973). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Combretaceae: 1-99.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 146 (1961).
  • Engl. & Diels in Monographieen Afrikanischer Pflanzen-Familien und Gattungen 3: 13, t. 2/B (1899).
  • Exell in Kirkia 7: 170 (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).
  • Liben in Flore du Congo Belge, du Ruanda et du Burundi, Combr.: 40 (1968).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2014 Festo, L.; Luke, W.R.Q.; Luke, P.A. [2805] Kenya K000812471 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Menyhart [s.n.] K000226545 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1928 Holst, C. [2219] Tanzania K000226424 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1928 Holst, C. [2219] Tanzania K000226425 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1794] Tanzania K004815845 Yes
Verdcourt [3096] Tanzania K004815852 Yes
Wigg, L.T. [948] Tanzania K004815847 Yes
Wigg, L.T. [2212] Tanzania K004815853 Yes
Schlieben, H.-J. [3371] Tanzania K004815837 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [4531] Tanzania K004815855 Yes
Thorncroft, G. [s.n.] South Africa K004406351 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Polhill, R.M. [11740A] Tanzania K004815833 Yes
Van Jaarsveld, E.J. [1164] South Africa K004406350 Yes
Peter, A. [25396] Tanzania K004815829 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [15456] Tanzania K004815835 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [4692] Tanzania K004815849 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [4774] Tanzania K004815842 Yes
Mwasumbi, L.B.; Harris, B.J.; Tadros, T.M. [LBM10706] Tanzania K004815828 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [3371] Tanzania K004815843 Yes
Ngoundai [214] Tanzania K004815838 Yes
Peter, A. [13407] Tanzania K004815831 Yes
Wallace, G.B. [369] Tanzania K004815857 Yes
Peter, A. [52470] Tanzania K004815830 Yes
Schlieben, H.-J. [5938] Tanzania K004815859 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [4662] Tanzania K004815848 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1794] Tanzania K004815846 Yes
Archbold, M.E. [3239] Tanzania K004815824 Yes
Schlieben, H.-J. [1] Tanzania K004815844 Yes
Menyharth [s.n.] Mozambique K000226546 Unknown Type Material Yes
Borota [74] Tanzania K004815839 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [4525] Tanzania K004815836 Yes
Schlieben, H.-J. [5992] Tanzania K004815862 Yes
Vollesen, K.B. [MRC4327] Tanzania K004815860 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [2458] Tanzania K004815840 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Abdallah, R.; Vollesen, K.B. [1787] Tanzania K004815861 Yes
de Nevers, G.; Charnley, S. [3327] Tanzania K004815827 Yes
Greenway [2525] Tanzania K004815856 Yes
Ruffo [808] Tanzania K004815834 Yes
Archbold, M.E. [3239] Tanzania K004815825 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B.; Hassan, A.S. [4997] Somalia K004815114 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [4538] Tanzania K004815851 Yes
Archbold, M.E. [2806] Tanzania K004815826 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [885] South Africa K000226565 Type Yes
B. Mhoro [113] Tanzania K004815850 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [4774] Tanzania K004815841 Yes
Steele [1] Tanzania K004815854 Yes
Anderson, R. [1326] Tanzania K004815858 Yes

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