Cucurbitaceae
Dactyliandra

Dactyliandra welwitschii Hook.f.

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 557 (1871)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Angola to Namibia. It is a climbing annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Namibia

Introduced into:

India, Pakistan

Synonyms

Homotypic 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. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter D: 1-30141.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Meena, S.L. (2012). A checklist of the vascular plants of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India. Nelumbo 54: 39-91.
  • Renner, S.S. & Pandey, A.K. (2013). The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences. PhytoKeys 20: 53-118.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Renner, S.S. & Pandey, A.K. (2013). The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences. PhytoKeys 20: 53-118.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2008 Crawford, F. [03] Namibia K000450430 Yes
Strey, R.G. [2178] Namibia K004348685 Yes
Oliver; Muller; Steenkamp [6549] Namibia K004348696 Yes
Leistner; Oliver; Steenkamp; Vorster [269] Namibia K004348697 Yes
Strohbach, B. [2437] Namibia K004348683 Yes
Wilman, A.M. [459] Namibia K004348689 Yes
Story, R. [5683] Namibia K004348688 Yes
Kubirske, R. [66] Namibia K004348682 Yes
de Winter, B.; Leistner, O.A. [5645] Namibia K004348690 Yes
Oliver; Muller; Steenkamp [6592] Namibia K004348698 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [309] Angola K000313446 Type Yes
Giess, W. [11704] Namibia K004348694 Yes
Gossweilerii [8835] Angola K004348681 No
[R. Mendes dos Santes] [1160] Angola K004348679 Yes
de Winter, B.; Leistner, O.A. [5246] Namibia K004348691 Yes
Welwitsch [833] Angola K000313445 Type Yes
Bhandari, M.M. [332] India K004348676 Yes
Story, R. [5795] Namibia K004348686 Yes
Dinter [12] Namibia K004348699 Yes
Bhandari, M.M. [332] India K004348677 Yes
Wanntorp, H.; Wanntorp, H.E. [246] Namibia K004348695 Yes
Winter, D.; Hardy [7999] Namibia K004348692 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [18160] Namibia K004348687 Yes
Tolken, H.; Hardy, D. [646] Namibia K004348693 Yes
Leistner, O.A.; Oliver; Steenkamp; Vorster [114] Namibia K001275356 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [2641] Angola K004348680 Yes
Seydel, R. [990] K004348684 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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