Putranjivaceae
Drypetes

Drypetes gossweileri S.Moore

First published in J. Bot. 58: 271 (1920)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Nigeria to Angola. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 West Tropical Africa

  • Brenan in Kew Bull. 1952: 445.
  • in J. Bot. 58: 271 (1920)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 28, 1966 Gossweiler, J. [6867] Congo, Republic of the K000406324 Type Yes
Nov 28, 1966 Gossweiler, J. [6867] Congo, Republic of the K000406325 Type Yes
Le Testu, M.G. [7293] Gabon K004430882 Yes
Kennedy, J.D. [IVO2075] Nigeria K004430471 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [8474] Nigeria K004430466 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [8514] Nigeria K:SPC-18934.000 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [8474] Nigeria K004430467 Yes
Harris, D.J.; Michael Fay, J. [39] Central African Republic K004430883 Yes
Coombe, D.E. [183] Nigeria K004430472 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [8475] Nigeria K004430468 Yes
Kennedy, J.D. [2075] Nigeria K004430470 Yes
Harris, D.J.; Fay, J.M. [39] Central African Republic K:SPC-53766.000 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [8475] Nigeria K:SPC-16821.000 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [8419A] Nigeria K004430465 Yes
Harris, D.J.; Michael Fay, J. [160] Central African Republic K004430884 Yes
[E. A. Oke]; Bamgbala, E.O. [FHI42343] Nigeria K004430473 Yes
Coombe, D.E. [183] Nigeria K:SPC-15733.000 No
Harris, D.J.; Fay, J.M. [678] Central African Republic K:SPC-54434.000 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [8475] Nigeria K004430469 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [8474] Nigeria K:SPC-15727.000 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [8419] Nigeria K004430464 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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