Cornaceae
Alangium

Alangium chinense (Lour.) Harms

First published in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 15: 24 (1897)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon to SE. Ethiopia and S. Tropical Africa, Tropical & Subtropical Asia. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Philippines, Rwanda, Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia 41: 41-82.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2021). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 3: 1-331. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Singh, V., Singh, P. & Dash, S.S. (eds.) (2021). Flora of India 9: 1-482. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 13: 1-548. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • de Wilde, W.J.J.O. & Duyfjes, B.E.E. (2020). Flora Malesiana 24: 1-70. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 607.
  • Rehder in Sarg. Pl. Wilson. 2: 552 (1916), q.v. for synonymy
  • in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 15: 24 (1897)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 13: 1-548. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • de Wilde, W.J.J.O. & Duyfjes, B.E.E. (2020). Flora Malesiana 24: 1-70. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bloembergen in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, ser. 3, 16: 169 (1939).
  • Harms in Ber. D. Bot. Ges. 15: 24 (1897).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 20, 2022 Sultan, A.; Khan, A. [MAP-II-237] Pakistan K009000323 No
Jan 1, 2015 Halle, F. [1978] Indonesia K000608126 No
Dec 1, 2007 Katende, T.; Sheil, D. [697] Uganda K000545316 No
Oct 1, 2007 Cheek, M. [13641] Cameroon K000580158 No
Oct 11, 2006 Garcia, H.; Fernando, L. [PPI 25169] Philippines K000229835 No
Jan 1, 2004 Zapfack, L. [2044] Cameroon K000198472 No
Jan 1, 2004 Cheek, M. [10761] Cameroon K000198471 No
Jan 1, 2004 Pollard, B.J. [1042] Cameroon K000198474 No
Jan 1, 2004 Onana, J.-M. [2043] Cameroon K000198473 No
Jan 1, 2004 Cheek, M. [10462] Cameroon K000198475 No
Aug 1, 2002 Cable, S. [2813] Cameroon K000008072 No
Aug 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [2375] Cameroon K000008074 No
Aug 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [9596] Cameroon K000008071 Yes
Aug 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [1812] Cameroon K000008073 No
Jan 1, 1997 Onana, J.-M. [593] Cameroon K000337995 No
Jan 1, 1997 Onana, J.-M. [593] Cameroon K000337994 No
Dec 1, 1974 Letouzey, R. [13400] Cameroon K000051005 No
Jan 1, 1934 Maitland, T.D. [1172] Cameroon K000051013 No
Jan 1, 1934 s.coll. [s.n.] Nepal K000704797 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1934 Wallich, N. [3719A] Nepal K000704798 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1934 Kalbreyer, W. [148] Cameroon K000051009 No
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [9959] Cameroon K000051007 No
Nkeng, P. [112] Cameroon K001383936 Yes
Trethowan, L.; Rustiami, H.; Arifiani, D.; Parlida, G.; Santosa, W.; Megawati; Ghani; Manunggal; Muis; Dola; Jaya; Suhar; Gepeng [1083] Indonesia K001905046 Yes
Etuge, M.; Sumelong, J.; Darbyshire; Venard; R. D.; Stone [4929] Cameroon K001518432 Yes
Troupin, G. [3756] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-09983.000 No
Maitland, T.D. [484] Cameroon K000051012 No
Dale, I.R. Uganda K:SPC-17236.000 No
Breteler, F.J. [186] Cameroon K000051006 No
Breteler, F.J. [216] Cameroon K000051008 No
Verdcourt, B. [1716] Tanzania K:SPC-18090.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3719] Marlea begoniifolia K001119887 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3719] Nepal Marlea begoniifolia K001119885 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3719] India Marlea begoniifolia K001112109 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3719] Bangladesh Marlea begoniifolia K001119888 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 3719] Marlea begoniifolia K001119886 Unknown Type Material Yes
Peter, A. [s.n.] Sierra Leone Alangium begoniifolium K001560336 Yes
Peter, A. [s.n.] Tanzania Alangium begoniifolium K001560317 Yes
Peter, A. [39991] Tanzania Alangium begoniifolium K001560329 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

  • 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