Phyllanthaceae
Maesobotrya

Maesobotrya staudtii (Pax) Hutch.

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 6(1): 668 (1912)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nigeria to W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Nigeria, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Breteler, F.J. (2012). Flore du Gabon 43: 1-107. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. [Cited as Maesobotrya barteri.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Pax & K. Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euph. 15: 23, fig. 4, B–E.
  • in F.T.A. 6, 1: 688 (1912)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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?
May 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [4181] Cameroon K000026443 No
Jan 1, 1994 Akogo, M. [62] Cameroon K000540082 No
Jan 1, 1994 Watts, J. [789] Cameroon K000540079 No
Jan 1, 1994 Watts, J. [696] Cameroon K000540078 No
Jan 1, 1994 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [689] Cameroon K000540086 No
Jan 1, 1994 Watts, J. [792] Cameroon K000540080 No
Mar 1, 1993 Staudt [333] Cameroon K000406572 Lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Thomas, D.W. [7395] Cameroon K000180791 No
Jan 1, 1954 Preuss, P.R. [1336] Cameroon K000180793 No
Thomas, D.W. [717] Cameroon K001518020 Yes
Mildbraed, G., W. J. [10546] Cameroon K000180792 No
Ekema, S.N. [422] Cameroon K001518200 Yes
Rudatis, H. [63] Cameroon K000180917 No
Fraser, P. [440] Cameroon K001400249 Yes
Ujor, E.U. [29251] Cameroon K000180916 No

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

    • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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