Putranjivaceae
Drypetes

Drypetes bipindensis (Pax) Hutch.

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 6(1): 679 (1912)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Central Tropical Africa to Uganda. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sudan-South Sudan, Uganda

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2021). Flore du Gabon 57: 1-173. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2021). Flore du Gabon 57: 1-173. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(2): 34 (1921).
  • Hutch. in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1): 679 (1912).
  • Pax & K. Hoffm. in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147(15): 259 (1922).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 124 (1952), in adnot.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2010 Cheek, M. [11612] Cameroon K000673494 Yes
Oct 1, 2010 Darbyshire, I. [224] Cameroon K000673495 Yes
Oct 1, 2010 Cheek, M. [11959] Cameroon K000673497 Yes
Oct 1, 2010 Onana, J.-M. [2838] Cameroon K000673496 Yes
Oct 1, 2010 Cheek, M. [11513] Cameroon K000023368 Yes
McPherson, G. [16239] Gabon K004430765 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [3436] Uganda K004431157 No
Dauby, G.; Nguema, D.; Mounoumoulossi, E.; Bissiemou, P. [GD1772] Gabon K004430750 Yes
Gilbert [259] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004430758 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Eggeling, W.J. [7094] Uganda K004431155 No
Etuge, M. [1236] Cameroon K000875494 Yes
Troupin, G. [4354] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004430759 Yes
Fay, J.M. [7037] Central African Republic K004430756 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [1294] Sudan K004431004 Yes
Le Testu, M.G. [7713] Gabon K004430751 Yes
Germain, R.G.A. [168] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004430762 Yes
Eggeling [3628] Uganda K004431158 No
Zenker, G.A. [1796] Cameroon K000406376 Type Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [2158] Cameroon K004430754 Yes
Louis, A.M.; Breteler, F.J.; de Bruijn, J. [1303] Gabon K004430752 Yes
Leonard, J. [1211] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004430763 Yes
Leonard, J. [1538] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004430757 No
Lebrun, J.A. [2616] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004430761 Yes
Luke, Q.; Bujo, F. [14652] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004430755 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P2035] K004431156 No
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [1727] Cameroon K004430753 Yes
Pierlot, R. [1730] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004430760 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [1294] Sudan K004431005 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [3628] Uganda K004431154 No
Leonard, J. [1211] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004430764 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P3436] K004431153 No
Mildbraed, J. [2988] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Drypetes mildbraedii K000406377 Type Yes
Manning, S.D. [1653] Cameroon Drypetes mildbraedii K004430743 Yes
Breteler, F.J.; Jongkind, C.C.H. [10550] Gabon Drypetes mildbraedii K004430742 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [3206] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Drypetes mildbraedii K000406378 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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