Apocynaceae
Cryptolepis

Cryptolepis eburnea (Pichon) Venter

First published in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 88: 564 (2001)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Congo. It is a scrambling subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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].
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Berhaut, J. (1971). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 1: 1-626. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 1995 Vigne, C. [FH1739], Ghana Mangenotia eburnea K000042540 No
Apr 1, 1995 Hall, J.B. [1511], Ghana Mangenotia eburnea K000042541 No
Apr 1, 1995 Hall, J.B. [409], Ghana Mangenotia eburnea K000042542 No
Apr 1, 1995 Thomas, N.W. [6602], Sierra Leone Mangenotia eburnea K000042543 No
Apr 1, 1995 Thomas, N.W. [6585], Sierra Leone Mangenotia eburnea K000042544 No
Apr 1, 1995 Dalziel, J.M. [1405], Nigeria Mangenotia eburnea K000042545 No
Apr 1, 1995 Thomas, N.W. [1238], Sierra Leone Mangenotia eburnea K000042546 No
Apr 1, 1995 Thomas, N.W. [4119], Sierra Leone Mangenotia eburnea K000042547 No
Darko, K.O. [689], Ghana Mangenotia eburnea K000042548 No
Hall, J.B. [1010], Ghana Mangenotia eburnea K000042549 No
Garnier, P. [72], Ivory Coast Mangenotia eburnea K000042550 No
Deighton, F.C. [2349], Sierra Leone Mangenotia eburnea K000042551 No
Dawe, M.T. [543], Sierra Leone Mangenotia eburnea K000042552 No
Thomas, N.W. [4377], Sierra Leone Mangenotia eburnea K000042553 No

Sources

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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