Loganiaceae
Strychnos

Strychnos floribunda Gilg

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 566 (1893)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Angola. It is a climbing shrub or liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 1-544.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 4, 1: 527.
  • in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 17: 566 (1893)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 1-544.
  • Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Bamps, P. (1979). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Loganiaceae: 1-149. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1967 Welwitsch [6017] Angola K000426666 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Welwitsch [4765] Angola K000426665 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Gossweiler, J. [10.517] Angola K001029941 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Gossweiler, J. [13.661] Angola K001029937 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Gossweiler, J. [493?] Angola K001029938 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Gossweiler, J. [10613] Angola K001029936 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Gossweiler, J. [9252] Angola K001029940 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Welwitsch [6018] Angola K000426667 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1961 Moloney, A. [s.n.] Ghana K000426590 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1961 Chevalier [19953] Cote d'Ivoire K000426588 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1961 Monteiro, J.J. [s.n.] Angola K000426668 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1961 Scott Elliot, G.F. [5431] Sierra Leone K000426589 Lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1961 Schweinfurth, G. [3558] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000426627 Type Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [8652] Nigeria K:SPC-16365.000 No
Gossweiler, J. [s.n.] Angola K001029939 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. [12300] Cote d'Ivoire K001297885 Yes

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

    • '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