Brassicaceae
Crambe

Crambe kilimandscharica O.E.Schulz

First published in Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 119: 54 (1916)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Ethiopia to E. DR Congo. It is an annual and grows primarily in the montane tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Jalas, J., Suominen, J. & Lampinen, R. (eds.) (1996). Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of vascular plants in Europe 11: 1-310. [Cited as Crambe abyssinica.]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 151 (1954).
  • Jonsell in Bot. Notis. 129: 126 (1976).
  • O.E. Schulz in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 54, Beibl. 119: 54 (1916)
  • O.E. Schulz in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 105, 70: 245, fig. 31 (1919)
  • O.E. Schulz in Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahelm 9: 1104 (1927).
  • Robyns & Boutique in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 2: 527 (1951).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 212 (1948).
  • Troupin, Syll. Fl. Rwanda: 43 (1973).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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