Asteraceae
Adenostemma

Adenostemma mauritianum DC.

First published in Prodr. 5: 110 (1836)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, W. Indian Ocean. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Prod. 5: 110 (1836).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 203 (1994).
  • Bojer, Hort. Maurit. 177 (1837).
  • C.D. Adams in Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 2: 286 (1963).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 1079 (1966).
  • D.J.N. Hind in Fl. Mascar. 109: 229, t. 80 (1993).
  • DC., Prodr. 5: 110 (1836).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 8 (1956).
  • Lisowski, Aster. Afr. Centr. 2: 467 (1991).
  • Maquet in Fl. Rwanda 3: 568, fig. 173/3 (1985).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Njau, E. et al. [963], Tanzania K000612519 No
Jan 1, 2004 Onana, J.-M. [1842], Cameroon K000746665 No
Jan 1, 2004 Cheek, M. [10783], Cameroon K000746664 No
Jan 1, 2004 Tadjouteu, F. [400], Cameroon K000746660 No
Aug 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9618], Cameroon K000008036 No
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1595], Cameroon K000108626 No
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [4318], Cameroon K000108619 No
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [2719], Cameroon K000108623 No
Jul 1, 2001 Lane, P. [217], Cameroon K000108624 No
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9475], Cameroon K000108620 No
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [5678], Cameroon K000108625 No
Jul 1, 2001 Kenfack, D. [263], Cameroon K000108627 No
Aug 1, 1998 Etuge, M. [3412], Cameroon K000746867 No
May 1, 1997 Cheek, M. [8522], Cameroon K000746866 No
May 1, 1997 Munyenyembe, P. [731], Cameroon K000746865 No
May 1, 1997 Buzgo, M. [600], Cameroon K000746864 No
Nov 1, 1974 Satabie, B. [85], Cameroon K000051801 No
Jan 1, 1968 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [6888], Cameroon K000051813 No
Jan 1, 1959 Morton, J.K. [703], Cameroon K000051814 No
Jan 1, 1914 Mann, G. [1958], Cameroon K000051806 No
Bouton, L. [s.n.], Mauritius K000273390 isosyntype Yes
Mauritius K000273391 Unknown type material Yes
Harris, T. [682], Mozambique K000614261 No
Migeod, F. W. H. [42], Cameroon K000051817 No
Bauer, P.J. [102], Cameroon K000051812 No
Migeod, F. W. H. [129], Cameroon K000051816 No
Harris, T. [676], Mozambique K000614255 No
Meurillon, A. [1142], Cameroon K000051802 No
Mann, G. [1218], Cameroon K000051807 No
Hepper, F.N. [2047], Cameroon K000051811 No
Dalziel, J.M. [8338], Cameroon K000051805 No
Dunlap [84], Cameroon K000051809 No
Dunlap [28], Cameroon K000051804 No
Maitland, T.D. [481], Cameroon K000051803 No
Breteler, F.J. [208], Cameroon K000051815 No
Dunlap [52], Cameroon K000051808 No
Hutchinson, J. [8], Cameroon K000051810 No

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

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