Rubiaceae

Sabicea Aubl.

First published in Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 192 (1775)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Mexico to Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F. Hallé in Adansonia 1: 266-298 (1961).
  • Hepper in Kew Bull. 13: 289 (1958)
  • Wernham Monogr. Sabicea (1914)
  • —F.T.A. 3: 74

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 192, t. 75, 76 (1775).
  • N. Hallé in Adansonia, n.s. 3: 168–177 (1963).
  • Wernham, Monograph Genus Sabicea (1914).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Hallé in Adansonia sér. 2, 3: 168–177 (1963)
  • Pl. Guian. 1: 192, tt. 75, 76 (1775)
  • Wernham, Monograph of the Genus Sabicea (1914)
  • in Fl. Gabon 12, Rubiacées, 1: 161 (1966)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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 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