Salicaceae

Oncoba Forssk.

First published in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 103 (1775)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa, Araian Peninsula.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Cuba, Florida

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Killick, D.J.B. (1976). Flacourtiaceae (including Samydaceae). Flora of Southern Africa 22: 53-92. Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Gilg in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 40: 454 (1908).
  • —F.T.A. 1: 114, partly

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Fl. Aegypt.–Arab.: CXIII, 103 (1775).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: CXIII, 103 (1775)
  • Gilg in E. & P. Pf., ed. 2, 21: 401, fig. 172 (1925)
  • Oliv. in F.T.A. 1: 114 (1868)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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