Loganiaceae
Strychnos

Strychnos henningsii Gilg

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 569 (1893)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Ethiopia to S. Africa, Madagascar. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bruce, E.A. & Lewis, J. (1960). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Loganiaceae: 1-47.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1960). Flora Zambesiaca 1(1): 1-336. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I., Edwards, S. & Nemomissa, S. (eds.) (2003). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 4(1): 1-352. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Bamps, P. (1979). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Loganiaceae: 1-149. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Bamps, P. (1979). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Loganiaceae: 1-149. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • E. A. Bruce in Kew Bulletin 1955: 127 (1955).
  • Gilg in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 17: 569 (1893).
  • Prain & Cummins in Fl. Cap. 4 (1): 1052 (1909).
  • Verdoorn in Bothalia 3: 583–588, fig. 1 (1939).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1967 Schlechter [11682] Mozambique K000426663 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Cons. of Forests [40] Kenya K000426642 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Elliot, C.F. [176] Kenya K000426641 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000426664 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Scott Elliot, G.F. [979] South Africa K000426772 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Gossweiler [10327] Angola K000426798 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Greenway [6562] Tanzania K000426640 Neotype Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Gossweiler, J. [4900] Angola K000426799 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Hutchins, D. [2884] South Africa K000426771 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 20, 1954 Gossweiler, J. [9245] Angola K001029945 Yes
Sep 20, 1954 Gossweiler, J. [9223] Angola K001029949 Yes
Sep 20, 1954 Gossweiler, J. [9228b] Angola K001029947 Yes
Sep 20, 1954 Gossweiler, J. [10.327] Angola K001029948 Yes
Sep 20, 1954 Gossweiler, J. [10.327h] Angola K001029946 Yes
Sep 20, 1954 Gossweiler, J. [10078] Angola K001029951 Yes
Sep 20, 1954 Gossweiler, J. [9352] Angola K001029944 Yes
Sep 20, 1954 Gossweiler, J. [9228] Angola K001029950 Yes
Timberlake, J. [5329] Malawi K000614675 No
Timberlake, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000614757 No
Timberlake, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000614721 No
Verdcourt, B. [1827] Kenya K:SPC-09875.000 No
Wild, H. [44784] Zimbabwe K:SPC-09874.000 No
Timberlake, J. [5358] Malawi K000614701 No
Timberlake, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000614833 No
Patel, H. [s.n.] Malawi K000614643 No
Timberlake, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000614769 No

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

  • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

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