Loganiaceae
Strychnos

Strychnos pungens Soler.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 554 (1893)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Congo to Tanzania and Northern Prov. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Congo, Malawi, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, 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.
  • 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.
  • Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Bamps, P. (1979). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Loganiaceae: 1-149. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.
  • Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Bamps, P. (1979). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Loganiaceae: 1-149. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.
  • Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Baker in Flora of Tropical Africa 4 (1): 530 (1903).
  • Bruce & Lewis in Kew Bulletin 1956: 268 (1956).
  • Duvign. in Bulletin de la Société Royale de Botanique de Belgique 85: 25 (1952).
  • Gilg. in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 310 (1895).
  • Solered. in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien 4 (2): 40 (1892).
  • Solered. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 17: 554 (1893).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1967 Gossweiler, J. [1122 (changed from 7711)] Angola K001029963 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Marques, S. [13] Angola K000426784 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Sapin, A. [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000426617 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Gossweiler, J. [3826 (assigned by deduction, see label)] Angola K001029961 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Welwitsch [4778] Angola K000426786 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Welwitsch [4778b] Angola K000426785 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Gossweiler, J. [1120 (changed from 1140)] Angola K001029962 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Fischer [374] Tanzania K000426677 Lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Yalala, A.M. [171] Botswana K000489690 No
Jan 1, 1967 Gossweiler, J. [1282 (changed from 7871)] Angola K001029964 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1351] Botswana K000489692 No
White, F. [1873] Zambia K:SPC-22053.000 No
Hansen, O.J. [3487] Botswana K000489691 No
Gossweiler, J. [3826] Angola K001029960 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

  • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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