Putranjivaceae
Drypetes

Drypetes occidentalis (Müll.Arg.) Hutch.

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 6(1): 683 (1912)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Central Tropical Africa to Angola. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Rwanda

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

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.
  • 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

  • Pax & K. Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euph. 15: 276.
  • in F.T.A. 6, 1: 683 (1912)

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?
Léonard, J.J.G. [1175] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004430651 Yes
Runyinya, B. [442] Rwanda K004430658 Yes
Cheek, M.; Elad; Ndumbe [3571] Cameroon K000875493 Yes
Harris, D. [2321] Central African Republic K004430648 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E. [8252] Cameroon K004430646 Yes
Bridson, D. [431] Rwanda K004430657 Yes
Léonard, J.J.G. [1169] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004430661 Yes
Hart, T. [832] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004430649 Yes
Léonard, J.J.G. [1163] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004430652 Yes
de Wilde, W. [1962] Cameroon K000875509 No
Jean Louis [8863] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004430655 Yes
Léonard, J.J.G. [1176] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004430656 Yes
Le Testu, M.G. [8398] Gabon K004430659 Yes
Cheek, M.; Ndumbe [3941] Cameroon K000198683 No
Léonard, J.J.G. [1496] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004430662 Yes
Gilbert, G. [8494] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004430653 Yes
Tisserant, R.C.A. [779] Gabon K004430660 Yes
Louis [15689] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004430650 Yes
Tisserant, C. [2366] Congo, Republic of the K004430654 Yes
Letouzey, R. [3904] Cameroon K004430647 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