Polygonaceae

Oxygonum Burch. ex Campd.

First published in Monogr. Rumex: 18 (1819)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Cape Verde, India, Mauritius

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Schuster, T.M., Reveal, J.L., Bayly, M.J. & Kron, K.A. (2015). An updated molecular phylogeny of Polygonoideae (Polygonaceae): relationships of Oxygonum, Pteroxygonum, and Rumex, and a new circumscription of Koenigia. Taxon 64: 1188-1208.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Bothalia 18: 173–181 (1988).
  • Bull. Jard. Bot. État 17: 157–164 (1944).
  • F.T.E.A., Polygonaceae: 26–38 (1958).
  • Germishuizen in Bothalia 18: 173–181 (1988).
  • Graham in Kew Bull. 12: 145–172 (1957)
  • Kew Bull. 12: 145–172 (1957)
  • Meisner in de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 38–39 (1856).
  • Monogr. Rumex: 14, 18 & 19 (1819).
  • Robyns in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 17: 157–164 (1944).
  • de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 38–39 (1856).
  • in F.T.E.A., Polygonaceae: 26–38 (1958).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Graham in Kew Bull. 11: 145 (1957).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • R. Grah. in K.B. 1957: 145 (1957)
  • Trav. 1: 548 (1822)

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 Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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 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