Malvaceae

Dombeya Cav.

First published in Diss. 2(App.): 2 (1786)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Assam, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Laos, Marianas, Mexico Southwest, Pakistan, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Seyani in Opera Bot. Belg. 2 (1991).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Diss. 2, App.:[4](1786) nom. cons.
  • Dombeya in Africa (1991)
  • Seyani, Dombeya (1982)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1980 Bourbon [s.n.] K000241178 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Graham [s.n.] Mauritius K000241176 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1956 Leandri, J. [977] Madagascar K000241175 Isotype Yes
Hornby, R.M. [99A] Tanzania K:SPC-15379.000 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [8192] Tanzania K:SPC-15381.000 No
Blackburn, J. [s.n.] Madagascar K000241195 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lancaster, R.S.N. [s.n.] K001769649 No
Andrews, P.; Bamford, M.; Njau, E.; Leliyo, G. [EN 672] Tanzania K001769765 No
Humblot. [s.n.] Madagascar K000241200 Unknown Type Material Yes
Castroviejo, S.; Castroviejo, J. M. [17314SC] Tanzania K001581666 Yes
Humblot, M. [31] Madagascar K000241151 Unknown Type Material Yes
Humblot, M. [s.n.] Madagascar K000241201 Unknown Type Material Yes
Madagascar K000241202 Unknown Type Material Yes
Humblot, N., L. [s.n.] Madagascar K000241199 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1161] India K000639527 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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