Putranjivaceae
Drypetes

Drypetes gerrardii Hutch.

First published in W.H.Harvey & O.W.Sonder, Fl. Cap. 5(2): 405 (1920)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is South Sudan to S. Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Congo, DR Congo, Eswatini, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • 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. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 193 (1961).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 197 (1962).
  • Hutch. in Fl. Cap. 5(2): 405 (1920).
  • Pax & K. Hoffm. in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147(15): 253 (1922).
  • Troupin, Fl. Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 257, t. 89. 3 (1982).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1954 Battiscombe, E. [525] Kenya K000406320 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Battiscombe, E. [935] Kenya K000406323 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Battiscombe, E. [935] Kenya K000406322 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Battiscombe, E. [935] Kenya K000406321 Holotype Yes
Moll, E.J. [2882] South Africa K004804321 Yes
Gereau, R.E.; Esulanji; Arubeni [5441] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004430701 Yes
Edwards, D. [2325] South Africa K004804316 Yes
s.coll. [57] Kenya K004431170 No
Bachmann [796] K000406336 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Linder] [3589] Kenya K004431171 No
Elliott, C.F. [281] K004431168 No
Adamson, T. [5A] Kenya K004431174 No
Timberlake, J. [5343] Malawi K000614687 No
Tanner, R.E.S. [1326] Tanzania K000452816 No
Rudatis, H. [1182] South Africa K004804302 Yes
Prior, J. [546] Eswatini K004804330 Yes
Timberlake, J. [5082] Mozambique K000613462 No
[W.M. Bolha] [s.n.] South Africa K004804305 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [10226] Tanzania K000452814 No
Procter, J.E.A. [218] Tanzania K000452821 No
Legat, C.E. [77] South Africa K004804312 Yes
FH [1902] Tanzania K000452810 Yes
s.coll. [57] Kenya K004431169 No
Moll; Nel [5510] South Africa K004804328 Yes
Willan, R.L. [416] Tanzania K000452822 No
Forest Plot [GAR T004] Mozambique K001346136 Yes
Matimele, H. [HM2655] Mozambique K001346301 Yes
Marshall, A.R.; Magembe, F. [1362] Tanzania K001611023 Yes
Marshall, A.R.; Magembe, F. [1606] Tanzania K001611020 Yes
Marshall, A.R.; Mabaya, C. [1465] Tanzania K001611017 Yes
Marshall, A.R.; Mwakisoma, R. [1257] Tanzania K001611018 Yes
Marshall, A.R.; Magembe, F. [1607] Tanzania K001611019 Yes
Marshall, A.R.; Magembe, F. [1388] Tanzania K001611016 Yes
Marshall, A.R.; Magembe, F. [1605] Tanzania K001611021 Yes
Marshall, A.R.; Mabaya, C. [1436] Tanzania K001611022 Yes
Marshall, A.R.; Mwakisoma, R. [1112] Tanzania K001611038 Yes
Marshall, A.R.; Rajabu, I. [1283] Tanzania K001611039 Yes
Wells, M.J. [3521] South Africa K004804307 Yes
Story, R. [5398] South Africa K004804313 Yes
[Bachmann] [804] South Africa K004804303 Yes
Carmichael [771] Tanzania K000452815 No
Moll, E.J. [2688] South Africa K004804320 Yes
Strey, R.G. [8987] South Africa K004804311 Yes
Edwards, D. [1393] South Africa K004804317 Yes
Christenhusz, M.J.M.,, Kamau, P., Mbale, M.; Chase, M.W. [6634] Kenya K000696640 No
Gerrard, W.T. [1629] South Africa K000406337 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gerrard, W.T. [1629] South Africa K000406338 Unknown Type Material Yes
Edwards, D. [3143] South Africa K004804319 Yes
Luke, Q. [14106B] Kenya K004431173 No
[A. Henry] [144] South Africa K004804314 Yes
Congdon, T.C.E. [206] Tanzania K000452812 Yes
Prior, J. [417] Eswatini K004804329 Yes
Moll, E.J. [3567] South Africa K004804326 Yes
Moll, E.J. [4981] South Africa K004804325 Yes
Carmichael [866] Tanzania K000452809 Yes
Cooper, K.H. [85] South Africa K004804308 Yes
Bridson, D. [279] Rwanda K004430699 Yes
Moll, E.J. [5032] South Africa K004804324 Yes
Timberlake, J. [5047] Mozambique K000613426 No
Marais, W. [1227] South Africa K004804309 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [4374] Tanzania K000452820 No
Moll, E.J. [2976] South Africa K004804322 Yes
Timberlake, J. [5113] Mozambique K000613493 No
Lovett, J.C.; Kayombo, C.J. [4898] Tanzania K000452811 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [13084] South Africa K004804310 Yes
Wells; Edwards [24] South Africa K004804318 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [1248] South Africa K004804315 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [E6675] Tanzania K000452819 No
Moll, E.J. [3536] South Africa K004804327 Yes
[Forester Fegen] [s.n.] South Africa K004804306 Yes
[Bachmann] [804] South Africa K004804304 Yes
Timberlake, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000614791 No
Runyinya, B. [933] Rwanda K004430700 Yes
Ward, C.J. [6028] South Africa K004804323 Yes

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