Euphorbiaceae
Excoecaria

Excoecaria guineensis (Benth.) Müll.Arg.

First published in Linnaea 32: 123 (1863)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • 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].
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jongkind, C.C.H.; Bilivogui, D.; Daniels, A.K. [10025] Liberia K001562301 No
[Mann] [s.n.] Cameroon K002245385 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [975] Sierra Leone K002245354 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [5643] Sierra Leone K002245352 Yes
Bos, J.J. [3237] Cameroon K002245374 Yes
Morson [s.n.] Sierra Leone K002245357 Yes
Zenker, G. [4731] Cameroon K002245383 Yes
Mann [s.n.] Cameroon K002245386 Yes
Hall; Abbiw [GC45520] Cote d'Ivoire K002245367 Yes
Latilo, M.G.; Daramola, B.O. [FHI28896] Nigeria K002245370 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [5336] Cameroon K002245378 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [5583] Cameroon K002245373 Yes
Bos, J.J.; F. M. van der Laan; Nzabi, T. [10763] Gabon K002245388 Yes
Talbot, P.A. [666] Nigeria K002245371 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [1732B] Cameroon K002245376 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Maley, J. [8112] Cote d'Ivoire K002245363 Yes
[Chav] [17577] Cote d'Ivoire K002245365 Yes
Hall; Abbiw [GC45520] Cote d'Ivoire K002245366 Yes
Jongkind, C.C.H.; Blyden, F. [5498] Liberia K002245351 Yes
Letouzey, R. [[3390]] Cameroon K002245379 Yes
Oldeman, R.A.A. [834] Ghana K002245369 Yes
Zenker, G. [1165] Cameroon K002245384 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [781] Cameroon K002245387 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Maley, J. [8112] Cote d'Ivoire K002245362 Yes
Bos, J.J. [5754] Cameroon K002245380 Yes
Melville, F.A.; Hooker, T. [467] Sierra Leone K002245358 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [1732A] Cameroon K002245375 Yes
Jongkind, C.C.H.; Mulbah, D.M.; Charleson, J.S.; Forkpah, J. [12423] Liberia K002245350 Yes
Breteler, F.J.; de Wilde, J.J.F.E.; Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [2585] Cameroon K002245382 Yes
Gledhill, D. [DG515] Sierra Leone K002245360 Yes
Melville, F.A.; Hooker, T. [628] Sierra Leone K002245355 Yes
Letouzey, R. [12403] Cameroon K002245377 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [2146] Cote d'Ivoire K002245364 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [2498] Sierra Leone K002245361 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [5643] Sierra Leone K002245356 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [2498] Sierra Leone K002245359 Yes
Latilo, M.G.; Daramola, B.O. [FHI28720] Nigeria K002245372 Yes
Thomas, D. [3395] Cameroon K002245381 Yes
Linder, D.H. [1723] Congo, Republic of the K002245389 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [5906] Sierra Leone K002245353 Yes
Adams, C.D. [3173] Ghana K002245368 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