Euphorbiaceae
Alchornea

Alchornea laxiflora (Benth.) Pax & K.Hoffm.

First published in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, VII: 245 (1914)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a scrambling shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euph. 7: 245, fig. 37 (1914).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(2): 82, t. 36 (1921).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 184 (1961).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 54 (1952).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 193 (1962).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 199 (1949).
  • Keay, Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 403 (1958).
  • Pax & K. Hoffm. in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147(7): 245, t. 37 (1914).
  • Troupin, Fl. Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 249 (1982)
  • Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 2: 202 (1983).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 115 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13339] Cameroon K000541142 No
Oct 1, 2004 Etuge, M. [5378] Cameroon K000746225 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Kwangue, A. [37] Cameroon K000085110 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [800] Uganda K003954904 Yes
Jackson, G. [2457] Nigeria K003954471 Yes
Gomes e Sousa [3874] Mozambique K003490054 Yes
Harris, C.M. [47] Uganda K003954907 Yes
Conrads (Father) [5284] Tanzania K003954936 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [1659] Cameroon K003954702 Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [1537] Mozambique K003490042 Yes
Tanner, R.E.S. [501] Tanzania K003954937 Yes
Jones, A.P.D. [FHI7106] Nigeria K003954464 Yes
Luke, P.A.; Luke, W.R.Q. [4840] Tanzania K003954960 Yes
Lucas, G.Ll. [279] Kenya K003954917 Yes
Unwin, A.H. [39] Nigeria K003954459 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th2800] Uganda K003954906 Yes
Mkeya, A.S.; Rajabu, I.; Gereau, R.E. [1059] Tanzania K003954952 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [17984] Tanzania K003954969 Yes
Chase, N.C. [7704] Zimbabwe K003490088 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [1232] Sudan K003954759 Yes
Latilo, M.G. [FHI58417] Nigeria K003954474 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [E2516] Uganda K003954905 Yes
Gillman, H. [1339] Tanzania K003954963 Yes
Magogo [768] Tanzania K003954957 Yes
Mgaza, C.D. [711] Tanzania K003954949 Yes
Harris, B.J.; Walker, I. [BJH2492] Tanzania K003954951 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [TH1509] Uganda K003954903 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [D531] Mozambique K003490028 Yes
Pope, G. [1466] Zimbabwe K003490084 Yes
Grandvaux Barbosa, L.A.; de Lemos, F. [8118] Mozambique K003490038 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [1204] Cameroon K003954695 Yes
Bernardi, L. [8808] Nigeria K003954470 Yes
Mildbraed, J. [8170] Cameroon K003954700 Yes
Plowes, D.C. [1521] Zimbabwe K003490093 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [3072] K000425571 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hutch; Metcalfe [101] Cameroon K003954737 Yes
Moll, E.J. [435] Zimbabwe K003490105 Yes
Graham, R.M. [2347] Kenya K003954920 Yes
Grandvaux Barbosa, L.A.; de Lemos, F. [7947] Mozambique K003490051 Yes
Frontier-Tanzania [9] Tanzania K003954955 Yes
Rowland (Dr.) [s.n.] Nigeria K003954467 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [8110] Zambia K003490080 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [28358] Mozambique K003490049 Yes
Hornby, R.M. (Mrs.) [2707] Mozambique K003490040 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [18017] Tanzania K003954971 Yes
s.coll. [2362] Congo, Republic of the K003954741 Yes
Frontier-Tanzania [101] Tanzania K003954954 Yes
Fay, J.M. [4368] Central African Republic K003954735 Yes
Backer [3342] Nigeria K003954472 Yes
Yane [82] Tanzania K003954939 Yes
Meurillon, A. [CNAD589] Cameroon K003954694 Yes
Kibuwa, S.P. [1219] Kenya K003954933 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [9641] Kenya K003954927 Yes
Harder, D.K. [1373] Tanzania K003954942 Yes
Wild, H. [4369] Zimbabwe K003490095 Yes
Groenendijk, E.M.C.; Maite, A.; Dungo, J. [858] Mozambique K003490033 Yes
Angus, A. [2439] Mozambique K003490045 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F1897] Zambia K003490077 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [9641] Kenya K003954928 Yes
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Vollesen, K.B. [3833] Ethiopia K003954767 Yes
Hemp, A. [6064] Tanzania K001600614 Yes
Osborne, J.; Datizua, C.; Langa, C.; Zandamela, J.; Muthoque, N. (guide) [JO1643] Mozambique K001346467 No
Crawford, F. [FC288] Mozambique K000738884 Yes
Müller, G.P. [4008] Mozambique K000738886 Yes
Chapman, J.D.; Balaka, J. [6093] Malawi K003490073 Yes
Chaffey, D.R. [1259] Ethiopia K003954766 Yes
Pope, G. [1466] Zimbabwe K003490083 Yes
Mwangangi, O.M. [1288] Kenya K003954932 Yes
Brass, L.J. [17776] Malawi K003490069 Yes
Wood, G.H.S. [609] Uganda K003954911 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [E6722] Tanzania K003954964 Yes
Wild, H. [4704] Zimbabwe K003490096 Yes
Meurillon, A. [CNAD586] Cameroon K003954693 Yes
Johnstone, P.A. [73] Zimbabwe K003490087 Yes
Gillman, H. [1106] Tanzania K003954962 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [5452] Tanzania K003954961 Yes
van Wyk, P. [BSA2779] Zimbabwe K003490102 Yes
Goldsmith, B. [228/62] Zimbabwe K003490089 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [558] Uganda K003954909 Yes
Figueiredo, E.; Arriegas, P.I. [56] Sao Tome and Principe K003954733 Yes
Grandvaux Barbosa, L.A.; de Lemos, F. [7903] Mozambique K003490053 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [454] Cameroon K000180824 Yes
Thomas, D. [3286] Cameroon K003954739 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [3323] Tanzania K003954946 Yes
Nuvunga, A.; Boane, C.; Conjo, A. [326] Mozambique K003490041 Yes
Muller, T.; Burrows, H. [953] Zimbabwe K003490085 Yes
Schäfer, P.A. [7034] Mozambique K003490048 Yes
Gerstner, J. [6666] Mozambique K003490055 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [595] Uganda K003954914 Yes
Magogo [757] Tanzania K003954956 Yes
Letouzey, R. [2787] Cameroon K003954699 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [5661] Zimbabwe K003490101 Yes
Wild, H. [4368] Zimbabwe K003490094 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [10632] Zambia K003490079 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [22891] Zambia K003490074 Yes
Thomas, D. [2110] Cameroon K003954704 Yes
Lely, H.V. [P221] Nigeria K003954453 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [28870] Mozambique K003490037 Yes
Ejiofor [FHI29399] Nigeria K003954463 Yes
Letouzey, R. [1606] Cameroon K003954698 Yes
Muller, T.; Pope, G. [1866] Mozambique K003490046 Yes
Grandvaux Barbosa, L.A.; de Lemos, F. [7959] Mozambique K003490029 Yes
Linder [3514] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003954746 Yes
D.B.F. [F11617] Zambia K003490082 Yes
Plowes, D.C. [1521] Zimbabwe K003490092 Yes
Hill, A.W. [33] Nigeria K003954454 Yes
Gane [82] Tanzania K003954938 Yes
FitzGibbon, H.; Barcock, J. [84(D18)] Tanzania K003954941 Yes
Rowland (Dr.) [s.n.] Nigeria K003954458 Yes
Luke; Robertson [1566] Kenya K003954935 Yes
Goodier, J.H. [19] Zimbabwe K003490104 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [s.n.] Mozambique K003490030 Yes
Thonner, F. [252] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003954744 Yes
Davies, R.M. [1764] Zimbabwe K003490100 Yes
Muller, T. [593] Zimbabwe K003490106 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [21071] Kenya K003954934 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [7714] Cameroon K003954703 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1147] Kenya K003954924 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [7575] Tanzania K003954966 Yes
de Koning, J.; Groenendijk, E.M.C.; Bunge, J. [9676] Mozambique K003490047 Yes
Millson, A. [135] Nigeria K003954466 Yes
Chase, N.C. [8212] Zimbabwe K003490090 Yes
Mastin, A.J. [1160] Malawi K003490068 Yes
Grandvaux Barbosa, L.A.; de Lemos, F. [8380] Mozambique K003490036 Yes
Stanfield, D.P.; Adebusuyi, J.K. [FHI43197] Nigeria K003954469 Yes
Schlechter [11530] Mozambique K000425577 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; Keay, R.W.J. [8662] Nigeria K003954465 Yes
Bequaert, J. [2121] Congo, Republic of the K003954743 Yes
Goodier, J.H. [19] Zimbabwe K003490103 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [454] Cameroon K000180825 Yes
Tuley, P. [2194] Nigeria K003954455 Yes
de Koning, J.; Hiemstra, F.; Boane, C. [8784] Mozambique K003490032 Yes
Chaffey, D.R. [1238] Ethiopia K003954763 Yes
Graham, R.M. [Q800] Kenya K003954921 Yes
Graham, R.M. [2348] Kenya K003954922 Yes
Frontier-Tanzania [74] Tanzania K003954953 Yes
s.coll. [1078] Burundi K003954747 Yes
Ruffo; Mmari [3171] Tanzania K003954959 Yes
s.coll. [1724] Uganda K003954910 Yes
Sanford, W.W. [6134] Cameroon K003954701 Yes
Gledhill, D. [841] Nigeria K003954468 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [1268] Sudan K003954760 Yes
Mgaza, C.D. [768] Tanzania K003954950 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Metcalfe, C.R. [101] Cameroon K003954736 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [2638] Cameroon K003954692 Yes
Paulo, S. [200] Tanzania K003954945 Yes
Verdcourt [3936] Kenya K003954929 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F1897] Zambia K003490078 Yes
McGregor, G.M. [M77/51] Zimbabwe K003490091 Yes
Groenendijk, E.M.C.; Dungo, J. [1929] Mozambique K003490034 Yes
von Ramm, C. [205] Sudan K003954762 Yes
Wit, P. [2356] Nigeria K003954477 Yes
Hart, T. [221] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003954745 Yes
Magogo, F.; Glover, P. [72] Kenya K003954930 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Abdallah, R.; Vollesen, K.B. [1386] Tanzania K003954974 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [D558] Uganda K003954908 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [3770] Nigeria K003954457 Yes
Pawek, J. [6115] Malawi K003490071 Yes
Hornby (Mr.); Hornby (Mrs) [2007] Tanzania K003954944 Yes
Ludanga, R.I. [1190] Tanzania K003954972 Yes
Chaffey, D.R. [1254] Ethiopia K003954765 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Mbago, F.; K. Vollesen [2786] Tanzania K003954943 Yes
Olorunfemi; Fagbemi [FHI70670] Nigeria K003954476 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2843] K000425569 Unknown Type Material Yes
Muller, T.; Gordon, T.A.D. [1299] Zimbabwe K003490107 Yes
Thomas, D. [3301] Cameroon K003954738 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B8855] Kenya K003954926 Yes
Schlechter [11531] Mozambique K000425576 Unknown Type Material Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [1537] Mozambique K003490043 Yes
de Koning, D. [7585] Mozambique K003490050 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [1268] Sudan K003954761 Yes
Sacleux, C. [2316] Kenya K003954918 Yes
Friis, I.; Woldu, Z.; Vollesen, K.B. [2444] Ethiopia K003954764 Yes
Mackinder, B.A. [56] Tanzania K003954970 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Evans, A. [69/2032] Kenya K003954916 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [2638] Cameroon K003954696 Yes
Vollesen, K.B. [MRC2966] Tanzania K003954973 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [s.n.] Mozambique K003490031 Yes
Tisserant, R.P. [817] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003954742 Yes
Honey, T. [713] Mozambique K003490044 Yes
Moss, C.E. [11790] Mozambique K003490056 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [3323] Tanzania K003954947 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [17958] Tanzania K003954968 Yes
Davies, R. [1607] Zimbabwe K003490098 Yes
Grandvaux Barbosa, L.A.; de Lemos, F. [8116] Mozambique K003490039 Yes
Goodier, R. [667] Zimbabwe K003490086 Yes
Wild, H. [4705] Zimbabwe K003490097 Yes
Ejiofor, M. [FHI29999] Nigeria K003954461 Yes
Chapman, D.J. [1138] Malawi K003490070 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [7575] Tanzania K003954965 Yes
Pawek, J. [11913] Malawi K003490072 Yes
Glover, P.E. [232] Tanzania K003954940 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Mwasumbi, L.; Vollesen, K.B. [1252] Tanzania K003954958 Yes
Graham, R.M. [Q799] Kenya K003954919 Yes
Grandvaux Barbosa, L.A.; de Lemos, F. [8380] Mozambique K003490035 Yes
Troupin [817] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003954740 Yes
Ejiofor, M.C. [FHI29399] Nigeria K003954462 Yes
Meijer, W. [15101b] Cameroon K003954697 Yes
Dummer, R. [2767] Uganda K003954912 Yes
Grandvaux Barbosa, L.A.; de Lemos, F. [7904] Mozambique K003490052 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [3770] Nigeria K003954456 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F1900] Zambia K003490076 Yes
Dummer, R.A. [5573] Uganda K003954913 Yes
Davies, R. [1608] Zimbabwe K003490099 Yes
Fadon; Beentje [85/43] Kenya K003954923 Yes
Ejiofor, M.C. [FHI29999] Nigeria K003954460 Yes
Eimunjeze; Ekwuno; Onijamowo [FHI69868] Nigeria K003954475 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [8878] Kenya K003954925 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [3402] Tanzania K003954948 Yes
Hazel, C. [378] Uganda K003954915 Yes
Sebsebe, D.; Nigist, A. [2252] Ethiopia K003954768 Yes
Figueiredo, E.; Arriegas, P.I. [80] Sao Tome and Principe K003954734 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2956] K000425570 Unknown Type Material Yes
Magogo, F.; Glover, P. [391] Kenya K003954931 Yes
Millson, A. [42] Nigeria K003954473 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F8110] Zambia K003490081 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [22840] Zambia K003490075 Yes
Anderson, B. [s.n.] Tanzania K003954967 Yes
Codd, L.E. [4228] South Africa Alchornea schlechteri K003490165 Yes
Codd, L.E. [6517] South Africa Alchornea schlechteri K003490160 Yes
Lang, H. [s.n.] South Africa Alchornea schlechteri K003490162 Yes
van der Schijff, H.P. [2900] South Africa Alchornea schlechteri K003490164 Yes
van der Schijff, H.P. [466] South Africa Alchornea schlechteri K003490161 Yes
Codd, L.E.; Dyer, R.A. [4525] South Africa Alchornea schlechteri K003490163 Yes
Tanner, R. [501] Tanzania Lepidoturus laxiflorus K:SPC-15817.000 No

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