Astropanax Seem.
Distribution
Native to:
Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Geopanax Hemsl. in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 29: t. 2821 (1909)
Accepted Species
- Astropanax abyssinicus (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Seem.
- Astropanax barteri Seem.
- Astropanax evrardii (Bamps) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
- Astropanax goetzenii (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
- Astropanax humblotianus (Drake) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
- Astropanax kivuensis (Bamps) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
- Astropanax mannii (Hook.f.) Seem.
- Astropanax monophyllus (Baker) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
- Astropanax myrianthus (Baker) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
- Astropanax polysciadius (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
- Astropanax procumbens (Hemsl.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
- Astropanax stolzii (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
- Astropanax tessmannii (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
- Astropanax urostachyus (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
- Astropanax volkensii (Harms) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
Publications
An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:
- Frodin, D.G. & Govaerts, R. (2003 publ. 2004). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araliaceae: 1-444. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Schefflera.]
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Schefflera.]
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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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 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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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 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0