Thymelaeaceae

Gnidia L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 356 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Azores, Canary Is., Madeira

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter G: 1-40325.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 6, 1: 216.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • A. Robyns in Fl. Afr. Centr., Thymelaeaceae: 36 (1975).
  • Aymonin in Fl. Cameroun 5: 49 (1966).
  • Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 1: 359 (1843).
  • Bull. Jard. Bot. État 13: 340 (1935).
  • F.T.E.A., Thymelaeaceae: 18 (1978).
  • Fl. Afr. Centr., Thymelaeaceae: 36 (1975).
  • Fl. Cameroun 5: 49 (1966).
  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 168 (1754).
  • Peterson in F.T.E.A., Thymelaeaceae: 18 (1978).
  • Sp. Pl.: 358 (1753)
  • Staner in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 13: 340 (1935).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Robyns in F.A.C. Thymelaeaceae: 36 (1975)
  • Aymonin in Fl. Gabon 11: 88 (1966)
  • Gastaldo in Webbia 24: 338 (1969)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5:168 (1754)
  • Peterson in Bot. Notis. 112: 465 (1959)
  • Sp.Pl.: 358 (1753)
  • Staner in B.J.B.B. 13: 340 (1935)
  • in Fl. Cameroun 5: 49 (1966)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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