Catha Forssk. ex Scop.
First published in Intr. Hist. Nat.: 228 (1777), nom. rej.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is NE. Tropical to S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula.
Distribution
Native to:
Angola, Cape Provinces, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Hawaii, Somalia, Yemen
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Dillonia Sacleux in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 4: 602 (1932)
- Methyscophyllum Eckl. & Zeyh. in Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 152 (1836)
- Trigonotheca Hochst. in Flora 24: 662 (1841)
Accepted Species
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Introd. Hist. Nat. Sist.: 228 (1777).
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by Sebsebe Demissew [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Introd. Hist. Nat. Sist.: 228 (1777)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0