Celastraceae

Elachyptera A.C.Sm.

First published in Brittonia 3: 383 (1940)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, Central & S. Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Northern Provinces, Panamá, Paraguay, Rwanda, Suriname, Tanzania, Uganda, Venezuela, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • N. Hallé, Thèses Fac. Sci. Univ. Paris, Monogr. Hipp. Afr. Occ.: 76 (1958)
  • R. Wilczek in F.C.B. 9: 138 (1960)
  • in Adansonia, sér. 2, 17: 409 (1978)
  • in Brittonia 3: 383 (1940)
  • in Mém. I.F.A.N. 64: 81 (1962)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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 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

  • 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