Phyllanthaceae
Antidesma

Antidesma venosum E.Mey. ex Tul.

First published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 15: 232 (1851)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, S. China to Indo-China. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Breteler, F.J. (2012). Flore du Gabon 43: 1-107. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • 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.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv. 2: 60
  • Chev. Bot. 565
  • F.T.A. 6, 1: 646, partly
  • Fl. For. Soud.-Guin. 182, t. 33, 4–5, partly.
  • Pax & K. Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euph. 15: 139, partly
  • in Ann. Sci. Nat., sér. 3, 15: 232 (1851)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(2): 19 (1921).
  • Battiscombe & Dale, Trees and Shrubs of Kenya Colony p. 48 (1936).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 185 (1961).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 55 (1952).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 193 (1962).
  • Hutch. in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1): 646 (1912).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 200 (1949).
  • Keay, Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 375 (1958).
  • Muell. Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 260 (1866).
  • Pax in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147 (15): 139 (1922).
  • Pax in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 237 (1895).
  • Tul. in Ann. Sci. Nat., sér. 3, 15: 232 (1851).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2022 Rieder, C.; Camara, M. [316] Guinea K000010788 No
Mar 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13418] Cameroon K000541140 No
May 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [9532] Cameroon K000026652 No
Oct 1, 1987 Burton [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000406413 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 1, 1987 Kotschy [397] Sudan K000406430 Isotype Yes
Oct 1, 1987 Kotschy [397] Sudan K000406431 Isotype Yes
Oct 1, 1987 Krauss, C.F.F., von [138] South Africa K000406414 Type Yes
Oct 1, 1987 Krauss, C.F.F., von [138] South Africa K000406412 Isosyntype Yes
Oct 1, 1987 Drège [s.n.] South Africa K000406419 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Thomas, D.W. [5247] Cameroon K000180658 No
Nov 1, 1973 Mbenkum, T. [406] Cameroon K000180906 No
Birnbaum, P. [931] Mali K001906846 No
Plant, R.W. [25] South Africa K000406415 Type Yes
Plant, R.W. [25] South Africa K000406417 Type Yes
Nditapah, J.K. [1204] Cameroon K000180665 No
Brunt, M.A. [1100] Cameroon K000180662 No
Langa, C.; Datizua, C.; Osborne, J.; Zandamela, J.; Melecuane, B. [CL68] Mozambique K001346612 Yes
Birnbaum, P. [872] Mali K001590117 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E.; Arends, J.C.; Louis, A.M.; Wieringa, J.J. [9781] Gabon K001581180 Yes
Friis, I.; Harris, T.; Assefa Hailu; Ermias Getachew [14591] Ethiopia K001553640 Yes
Starin, E.D. [14] K:SPC-40489.000 No
Maitland, T.D. [0s.n113] Cameroon K000180907 No
Brunt, M.A. [1270] Cameroon K000180664 No
Brunt, M.A. [410] Cameroon K000180659 No
Brunt, M.A. [150] Cameroon K000180661 No
Erens, J. [411] Botswana K000511161 No
Drège [s.n.] South Africa K000406416 Type Yes
Green [769] South Africa K000406418 Unknown Type Material Yes
Laferrere, M. [117] Mali K000385784 No
Son, G., van [28832] Botswana K000511160 No
Robertson; Elffers [97] Botswana K000511162 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10949] Tanzania K:SPC-23376.000 No
Smith, P.A. [298] Botswana K000511165 No
Maunder, M. [141] Somalia K:SPC-54009.000 No
Gibbs Russell, G.E. [2385] Botswana K000511163 No

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