Putranjivaceae
Drypetes

Drypetes leonensis Pax

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 219 (1909)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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. (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.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • 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.

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.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2004 Pollard, B.J.; Che; Monju; O'Rorke; Asase; Nucam; Babila; Nkankano [1041] Cameroon K:SPC-76396.000 No
Mar 1, 1967 Scott Elliot, G.F. [4981] Sierra Leone K000406238 Type Yes
Apr 26, 1954 Rowland [s.n.] Sierra Leone K000406237 Type Yes
Cheek, M.; Ndive, Sama, Enow, D.; Enow, J.; Tampie, T. Tako, M. [14299] Cameroon K001518752 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [9141] Nigeria K:SPC-04338.000 No
Jan 1, 1967 Zenker, G.A. [4756] Cameroon Drypetes kamerunica K000406389 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Zenker, G.A. [4756] Cameroon Drypetes kamerunica K000406388 Type Yes
Nov 30, 1966 Zenker, G.A. [4883] Cameroon Drypetes urophylla K000406390 Type Yes
Louis, J. [3290] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Drypetes urophylla K004430728 Yes
Louis, J. [2459] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Drypetes urophylla K004430725 Yes
Louis, J. [4010] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Drypetes urophylla K004430705 Yes
Hart, T. [[TH1145]] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Drypetes urophylla K004430726 Yes
Tisserant, R.P. [2522] Congo, Republic of the Drypetes urophylla K004430704 Yes
Léonard, U. [1503] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Drypetes urophylla K004430727 Yes
Louis, J. [11457] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Drypetes urophylla K004430729 Yes
Louis, J. [4367] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Drypetes urophylla K004430731 Yes
Louis, J. [4367] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Drypetes urophylla K004430730 Yes
Louis, J. [4010] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Drypetes urophylla K004430703 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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