Fabaceae
Xanthocercis

Xanthocercis zambesiaca (Baker) Dumaz-le-Grand

First published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 99: 314 (1953)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical Africa to Mpumalanga. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Brummitt, R.K. & al. (2007). Flora Zambesiaca 3(3): 1-258. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Povydysh, M.n., Goncharov, M.Yu & Yakovlev, G.P. (2010). Taxonomic revision and phylogeny of the tribe Angylocalyceae (Fabaceae). Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 95: 1135-1161.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 99: 314 (1953).
  • —K. Coates Palgrave, Trees Sthn. Africa, ed.2: 297 (1988).
  • —M. Coates Palgrave, Trees Sthn. Africa: 352, fig. 93 (2002).
  • —Palmer & Pitman, Trees Sthn. Africa: 951–952 (1972).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Povydysh, M.n., Goncharov, M.Yu & Yakovlev, G.P. (2010). Taxonomic revision and phylogeny of the tribe Angylocalyceae (Fabaceae). Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 95: 1135-1161.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Palmer, E. & Pitman, N. (1977). Trees of Southern Africa, Vol. 2
  • Watt, J. M. & Breyer-Brandwijk, M (1962). Medicinal & Poisonous Plants of Southern & Eastern Africa
  • White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 9, 2023 Mula Boene, H.; Banze, A.; Silva, P.; Malate, Z.; Vilanculos, P. [HM090] Mozambique K009001569 No
Oct 1, 1964 Kirk, J. [s.n.] Zambia K000555059 Type Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [2413] K003117133 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [20764] K003117114 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [20764] K003117111 Yes
Hardy, D.S. [418] K003117126 Yes
Smuts, J.C.; Cullett, M.C. [3107] South Africa K003117140 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [40] South Africa K003117112 Yes
Legat, C.E. [42] South Africa K003117118 Yes
Obermeyer; Schweickerdt; Verdoorn [65] K003117125 Yes
Dyer, R.A. [4319] South Africa K003117128 Yes
Vogte, L.R. [14942] K003117136 Yes
Smuts, J.C.; McCullett [3158] South Africa K003117138 Yes
Van Rensburg, C.J.J. [s.n.] K003117108 Yes
Coetzer, L.A. [76] K003117141 Yes
Lang, H. [32300] K003117119 Yes
Codd, L.E. [8494] South Africa K003117105 Yes
Zambatis, N. [579] South Africa K003117115 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [20764] K003117121 Yes
Van Vuuren, D.R.J. [1627] South Africa K003117107 Yes
Dyer, R.A. [3877] South Africa K003117132 Yes
Gerstner, J. [5914] K003117130 Yes
Van der Schijff, H.P. [1426] South Africa K003117109 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [4607] South Africa K003117104 Yes
Codd, L.E.; Dyx, R.A. [2626] South Africa K003117103 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [s.n.] South Africa K003117117 Yes
Schweickerdt; Verdoorn [596] K003117124 Yes
Smuts, J.C. [363] K003117134 Yes
Gerstner, J. [6082] South Africa K003117131 Yes
Sachse, B. [681] South Africa K003117102 Yes
Smuts; Gillett [4000] South Africa K003117110 Yes
Du Toit, P.C.V. [809] South Africa K003117142 Yes
Moss, C.E.; Rogers, F.A. [202] South Africa K003117113 Yes
van der Schijff, H.P. [321] K003117135 Yes
Smuts, J.C.; Cullett, M.C. [3146] South Africa K003117139 Yes
Dyer, R.A. [4319] South Africa K003117127 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [s.n.] South Africa K003117120 Yes
Story, R. [1859] South Africa K003117129 Yes
Balsinhas, A. [3409] South Africa K003117143 Yes
de Winter, B. [8429] South Africa K003117137 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [2099] South Africa K003117122 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [2099] South Africa K003117123 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • 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