Caprifoliaceae
Scabiosa

Scabiosa austroafricana Heine

First published in Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 9-10: 445 (1954)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Eswatini, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Napper, D.M. (1968). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Dipsacaceae: 1-11.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1985). Flora du Rwanda 3: 1-729. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1983). Flora Zambesiaca 7(1): 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Scabiosa columbaria.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1983). Flora Zambesiaca 7(1): 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1985). Flora du Rwanda 3: 1-729. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Heine in Mitt. Bot. Staats. München 1: 445 (1954).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Greenway, P.J. [7572] Tanzania K004006521 Yes
Stewart, D.R.M. (Dr.) [10] Malawi K004283952 Yes
[AW Nuera] [170] Malawi K004283953 Yes
Batty, M. [763] Tanzania K004283936 Yes
McGregor, C.J. [13] Tanzania K004283916 Yes
Moriarty, A. [215] Malawi K004284047 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A.; Pegler, D.N. [1713] Tanzania K004283890 Yes
Jackson, G. [110] Malawi K004284045 Yes
[Arthur Hill] [K52] Zimbabwe K004284016 Yes
Hanekom, W.J. [1656] South Africa K004284318 Yes
Methuen (Lord) [147] Zambia K004284011 No
Brummitt, R.K.; Synge, A.H.M. [WC58] Malawi K004284043 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [10484] Malawi K004283954 Yes
[HMNL] [s.n.] Zambia K004283993 Yes
Davis, R.M. [D936] Tanzania K004283915 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [6115] Malawi K004284039 Yes
Rogers, F.A. (Rev.) [8658] Zimbabwe K004284006 Yes
Boughey, A.S. [1636] Malawi K004283955 Yes
Chiparawasha, O. [279] Zimbabwe K004284031 Yes
[Hile] [[K49]] Zimbabwe K004284019 Yes
Pawek, J. [5956] Malawi K004284038 Yes
St. Clair-Thompson, G.W. [363] Tanzania K004283885 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [Semsei2507] Tanzania K004283937 Yes
van der Schijff, H.P. [1482] South Africa K004284307 Yes
Lynes, H. [D45] Tanzania K004283910 Yes
Watt, J.M. [5251] South Africa K004284304 Yes
de Lemos, F.; Balsinhas, A. [276] Mozambique K004283942 Yes
Stewart, D.R.M. (Dr.) [10] Malawi K004283951 Yes
Hemp, A. [5185] Tanzania K004283879 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [2398] South Africa K004284312 Yes
[Slent] [s.n.] Zimbabwe K004284029 Yes
Richards, M.; Arasululu, S. [29066] Tanzania K004283888 Yes
Robson, N.K.B. [323] Malawi K004283956 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [4546] Tanzania K004283903 Yes
Semsei [1542] Tanzania K004283928 Yes
Muller, P.J. [2032] South Africa K004284321 Yes
de Koning, J. [7322] Mozambique K004283940 Yes
Pawek, J. [13226] Malawi K004283961 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [1138] Tanzania K004283904 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K004283911 Yes
I.B.P. [994] South Africa K004284315 Yes
Grimshaw, J.M. [JMG94638] Tanzania K004283881 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [131B] Tanzania K004283884 Yes
Vuuren, D.V. [395] South Africa K004284310 Yes
[LA. v. Nelurbed]; [Dornelo] [26] South Africa K004284308 Yes
Hill, A. [K48] Zimbabwe K004284022 Yes
Phillips, E. [43] Malawi K004284041 Yes
Napper, D. [963] Tanzania K004283900 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [1608] Tanzania K004283912 Yes
Craster, O. [41] Zimbabwe K004284025 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [2615KBS] Zambia K004283997 Yes
Borle, J. [100] Zimbabwe K004284012 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [133a] Zimbabwe K004284036 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [21546] Zambia K004284020 Yes
Willan, R.L. [170] Tanzania K004283929 Yes
Bingham, M.G.; Nefdt, R.J.C. [12036a] Zambia K004283988 Yes
Jackson, G. [110] Malawi K004284044 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2667] Tanzania K004283892 Yes
Davis, R.M. [M6] Tanzania K004283924 Yes
Kaunda, K.; Nachamba, W. [680] Malawi K004284048 Yes
Balsinhas, A. [160] Mozambique K004283941 Yes
Allen, C.E.F. [323] Zimbabwe K004284001 Yes
St. Clair-Thompson, G.W. [827] Tanzania K004283934 Yes
Richards, M. [18516] Tanzania K004283918 Yes
[G.G. Nobbs] [18] Tanzania K004283931 Yes
[E.N. Prsser] [P1145] South Africa K004284309 Yes
[Dr. Still] [K50] Zimbabwe K004284018 Yes
Gomes Sousa, A.F. [405] Mozambique K004283948 Yes
SAGP; SAAB [3/34] South Africa K004284317 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [7995] Kenya K004283874 Yes
Leach, L.C.; Noel, A.R.A. [189] Botswana K004283974 Yes
[Dr. Hill] [K53] Zimbabwe K004284015 Yes
Archbold, M.E. [1187] Tanzania K004283891 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [22682] Malawi K004283959 Yes
Smith, F.G. [1336] Tanzania K004283925 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Goldblatt, P.; Lovett, J.C.; Mwasumbi, L.B. [18123] Tanzania K004283913 Yes
Hill, A. [K45] Zambia K004284024 Yes
Angus, A. [1440] Zambia K004283992 Yes
Simon, B.K. [779] Mozambique K004283946 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [7157] Tanzania K004283902 Yes
Iversen, S.T.; Mziray, W.R.; Pócs, T. [85681] Tanzania K004283889 Yes
Phillips, E. [4027] Malawi K004283950 Yes
Webb, D.V.V. [64] Tanzania K004283898 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [15682] Tanzania K004283933 Yes
[N.C. Chaue] [1934] Zimbabwe K004284013 Yes
Merrett, L. [LM149] Zambia K004283987 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Seyani, J.H.; Patel, I.H. [15060] Malawi K004283960 Yes
Perdue, R.E.; Kibuwa, S.P. [11279] Tanzania K004283919 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [2655] Angola K004283972 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [6342] Zambia K004283996 Yes
Grimshaw, J.M. [JMG94638] Tanzania K004283880 Yes
Pawek, J. [10370] Malawi K004283958 Yes
Buchwald, J. [289] Tanzania K004283895 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [7026] South Africa K004284302 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [6115] Malawi K004284040 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [Q680] Zimbabwe K004284035 Yes
Simon, B.K. [493] Zimbabwe K004284014 Yes
Teague, A.J. [75] Zimbabwe K004284032 Yes
A.F. de Gomes Sousa [405] Mozambique K004283947 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [1415] Tanzania K004283899 Yes
Macaulay (Mrs.) [732] Zambia K004284004 Yes
[Curmichael] [332] Tanzania K004283926 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [16557] South Africa K004284299 Yes
Smith, C.S. [[5/66]] Tanzania K004283886 Yes
[S. Stent] [3590] Zambia K004284026 Yes
[Mgaga] [110] Tanzania K004283938 Yes
Lovett, J.; Keeley, P.A.; Niblett, M.V. [1708] Tanzania K004283893 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [4125] Zimbabwe K004284030 Yes
Hill, A. [K47] Zimbabwe K004284021 Yes
de Lemos, F.; Balsinhas, A. [305] Mozambique K004283943 Yes
Noak, J.L. [219] Zambia K004283991 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [[34515]] South Africa K004284316 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [425] Tanzania K004283883 Yes
Elan-Puttick, D. [48] South Africa K004284300 Yes
de Koning, J. [7870] Mozambique K004283945 Yes
Borges, A.; Rey, H.; Constantino, A. [415] Angola K004283973 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [Q1843] Mozambique K004283944 Yes
Tanner, R. [5105A] Tanzania K004283877 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [17] South Africa K004284303 Yes
Davis, R.M. [D936] Tanzania K004283914 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [835] Tanzania K004283920 Yes
Baum, H. [207] Angola K004283971 Yes
Rutherford-Smith, R. [75] Zimbabwe K004284034 Yes
Geilinger (Dr.) [2765] Tanzania K004283935 Yes
Hislop, A. [19] Zambia K004284010 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [2429] Tanzania K004283922 Yes
Best, E.B. [12] Zambia K004283990 Yes
[K. Hukui] [24] Tanzania K004283887 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [1457] South Africa K004284301 Yes
Lynes, H. [[CF64]] Tanzania K004283907 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [6188] Tanzania K004283901 Yes
King, A.E. [135] Zambia K004283995 Yes
Wild, H. [1486] Zimbabwe K004284033 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F363] Zambia K004283994 Yes
Walters, J.A.S. [2325] Zimbabwe K004284009 Yes
[Arthur Hill] [K51] Zimbabwe K004284017 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Goldblatt, P.; Lovett, J.C. [18025] Tanzania K004283906 Yes
Morris; Engelbrecht [1024] South Africa K004284319 Yes
Banda, E.A. [278] Malawi K004284042 Yes
{Codd, L.E.; B. de Winter} [4931] South Africa K004284306 Yes
Thulin, M.; B. Mhoro [1112] Tanzania K004283876 Yes
Gane [146] Tanzania K004283905 Yes
Watt, J.M. [s.n.] South Africa K004284305 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [4272] Tanzania K004283930 Yes
Davy, J.B. [7084] South Africa K004284313 Yes
Robson, N.K.B. [239] Malawi K004283957 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Gillett, J.B. [4059] Zambia K004284002 Yes
Pawek, J. [2881] Malawi K004284046 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Goldblatt, P.; Lovett, J.C. [18025] Tanzania K004283908 Yes
SAGP; SAAB [3/53] South Africa K004284320 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [14577] South Africa K004284311 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [22368] Zambia K004283989 No
Simon, B.K.; Williamson, G. [1190] Zambia K004284000 Yes
Chuwa, S. [2661] Tanzania K004283878 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [69B] Tanzania K004283882 Yes
Macaulay (Mrs.) [732] Zambia K004284005 Yes
Hill, A.W.; Hill, A. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K004284023 Yes
Perdue, R.E.; Kibuwa, S.P. [11592] Tanzania K004283921 Yes
[Slent] [3590] Zimbabwe K004284028 Yes
Sandwith, C. [125] Zambia K004284003 Yes
Holst, C. [2589] Tanzania K004283896 Yes
Semsei [1670] Tanzania K004283927 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [8492] Zambia K004284007 Yes
Emson, H.E. [292] Tanzania K004283909 Yes
Davis, R.M. [E23] Tanzania K004283923 Yes
[G.G. Nobbs] [18] Tanzania K004283932 Yes
[Slent] [3590] Zimbabwe K004284027 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [1226] Zambia K004284037 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [285] Tanzania K004283917 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8218] Tanzania K004283939 Yes
Modesty Sasane [847] Zambia K004283998 No
Modesty Sasane [319] Zambia K004283999 Yes
Dyer, R.A. [3113] South Africa K004284314 Yes
Pawek, J. [3968] Malawi K004283949 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [1415] Tanzania K004283897 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2667] Tanzania K004283894 Yes
Luke, P.A.; Luke, W.R.Q. [4591] Kenya K004283875 Yes

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0