Salicaceae
Oncoba

Oncoba routledgei Sprague

First published in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 49: 323 (1911)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to E. Central & E. Tropical Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bamps, P. (1968). Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi, Flacourtiaceae (1): 1-61. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Sleumer, H. (1975). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Flacourtiaceae: 1-68.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bamps, P. (1968). Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi, Flacourtiaceae (1): 1-61. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bamps in Flore du Congo Belge, du Ruanda et du Burundi, Flacourt.: 18, fig. 1/B (1968).
  • Battiscombe & Dale, Trees and Shrubs of Kenya Colony p. 21 (1936).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 234 (1949).
  • R.E. Fries in Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahelm 9: 323 (1925).
  • Sprague in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1911 : 262 (1911).
  • Sprague in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 49: 323, figs. 145 & 146 (1911)
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 149 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; et al. [6919] Ethiopia K003359413 Yes
Chaffey, D.R. [980] Ethiopia K003359416 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [7749] Ethiopia K003359410 Yes
E. [V.] Erskine [s.n.] Ethiopia K003359417 Yes
Chaffey, D.R. [124] Ethiopia K003359414 Yes
Burger, W. [2797] Ethiopia K003359411 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [9245] Ethiopia K003359415 Yes
Dawe [650] Uganda K000231180 Holotype Yes
Luke, Q. [13444] Kenya K000370336 No
Mooney, H.F. [8818] Ethiopia K003359412 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East 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