Malvaceae
Cola

Cola dorrii Cheek

First published in Kew Bull. 73(2)-25: 3 (2018)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eswatini to N. KwaZulu-Natal. It is a tree and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Bulletin

  • "Stone, R. D. & Ntetha, N. A. (2013). Warneckeaparvifolia (Melastomataceae-Olisbeoideae), a new ""sand-forest"" endemic from northeastern KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and southernmost Mozambique, and a phylogenetic analysis of eastern and southern African representatives of Warneckea section Warneckea. S. African J. Bot. 88: 317 – 325."
  • Bachman, S., Moat, J., Hill, A., de la Torre, J. & Scott, B. (2011). Supporting Red List threat assessments with GeoCAT: geospatial conservation assessment tool. ZooKeys 150: 117 – 126.  https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.150.2109
  • Baum, D. A., Alverson, W. S. & Nyffeler, R. A. (1998). A durian by any other name: taxonomy and nomenclature of the core Malvales. Harvard Pap. Bot. 3: 315 – 330.
  • Bayer, C. & Kubitzki, K. (2003). Malvaceae. In: K. Kubitzki & C. Bayer (eds), The families and genera of vascular plants 5: flowering plants dicotyledons. 225 – 311. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • Bayer, C., Fay, M. F., De Bruijn, A. Y., Savolainen, V., Morton, C. M., Kubitzki, K., Alverson, W. S. & Chase, M. W. (1999). Support for an expanded family concept of Malvaceae within a recircumscribed order Malvales: a combined analysis of plastid atpB and rbcL DNA sequences. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 129: 267 – 303.
  • Boon, R. (2010). Pooley’s Trees of Eastern Southern Africa. 2nd Ed. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
  • Breen, C. M. (1971). An account of the plant ecology of the dune forest at Lake Sibayi. Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 39 (3): 223 – 234.
  • Brenan, J. P. M. & Keay, R. W. J. (1955). Hooker’s Icon. Pl. t. 3529 – 3537.
  • Brenan, J. P. M. (1956). The Genus Cola in Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika. Kew Bull. 11: 141 – 152.
  • Cheek, M & Dorr, L. (2007). Sterculiaceae. In: H. J. Beentje & S. A. Ghazanfar (eds), Flora of Tropical East Africa, pp. 133. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cheek, M (2007b). Brownlowiaceae. In: V. H. Heywood, R. K. Brummitt, A. Culham, A. & O. Seberg (eds), Flowering plant families of the world, pp. 71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cheek, M (2007c). Byttneriaceae. In: V. H. Heywood, R. K. Brummitt, A. Culham, A. & O. Seberg (eds), Flowering plant families of the world, pp. 76. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cheek, M (2007d). Durionaceae. In: V. H. Heywood, R. K. Brummitt, A. Culham, A. & O. Seberg (eds), Flowering plant families of the world, pp. 134. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cheek, M (2007e). Helicteraceae. In: V. H. Heywood, R. K. Brummitt, A. Culham, A. & O. Seberg (eds), Flowering plant families of the world, pp. 165. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cheek, M (2007f). Malvaceae. In: V. H. Heywood, R. K. Brummitt, A. Culham, A. & O. Seberg (eds), Flowering plant families of the world, pp. 201 – 202. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cheek, M (2007g). Pentapetaceae. In: V. H. Heywood, R. K. Brummitt, A. Culham, A. & O. Seberg (eds), Flowering plant families of the world, pp. 247 – 248. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cheek, M (2007h). Sparrmanniaceae. In: V. H. Heywood, R. K. Brummitt, A. Culham, A. & O. Seberg (eds), Flowering plant families of the world, pp. 307 – 308. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cheek, M (2007i) Sterculiaceae. In: V. H. Heywood, R. K. Brummitt, A. Culham, A. & O. Seberg (eds), Flowering plant families of the world, pp. 311 – 312. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cheek, M (2007j). Tiliaceae. In: V. H. Heywood, R. K. Brummitt, A. Culham, A. & O. Seberg (eds), Flowering plant families of the world, pp. 321 – 322. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cheek, M. (2002a). Three new species of Cola (Sterculiaceae) from western Cameroon. Kew Bull. 57: 402 – 415.  https://doi.org/10.2307/4111117
  • Cheek, M. (2002b). A new species of Cola (Sterculiaceae) from the UsambaraMts, Tanzania. Kew Bull. 57: 417 – 422.
  • Cheek, M. (2007a). Bombacaceae. In: V. H. Heywood, R. K. Brummitt, A. Culham, A. & O. Seberg (eds), Flowering plant families of the world, pp. 65. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cheek, M. Kami, E. & Kami, T. (2014). Baphiavili sp. nov. (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) of coastal thicket of the Congo Republic and Gabon. Willdenowia 44: 39 – 44.  https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.44.44106
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  • Germain, R. (1963). Cola. In: Flore du Congo, Rwanda et du Burundi Vol. 10, Sterculiaceae, pp. 277 – 316. Institut national pour l’etudeagronomique du Congo belge, Bruxelles.
  • Gosline, G., Cheek, M. & Kami, T. (2014). Two new African species of Salacia (Salacioideae, Celastraceae). Blumea 59: 26 – 32.
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  • Johnson, D. M., Luke, Q., Goyder, D. J. & Murray, N. A. (2017). Four new species of Xylopia (Annonaceae) from East Africa. Kew Bull. 72 (11): 1 – 13.  https://doi.org/10.1007/S12225-017-9681-X
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  • Wilkie, P., Clark, A., Pennington, R. T., Cheek, M., Bayer, C. & Wilcock, C. C. (2006). Phylogenetic Relationships within the subfamily Sterculioideae (Malvaceae/Sterculiaceae-Sterculieae) using the chloroplast gene ndhF. Syst. Bot. 31: 160 – 170.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 2, 2019 Datizua, C.; Darbyshire, I; Langa, C.; Osborne, J.; Zandamela, J.; Macuacua, A. (guide); Neves, A. (guide) [CD14] Mozambique K001346545 No
Aug 1, 2019 Osborne, J.; Darbyshire, I.; Datizua, C.; Langa, C.; Zandamela, J.; Macuacua, A. (guide); Neves, A. (guide) [JO1570] Mozambique K001346395 No
Jan 1, 2018 Tinley, K.L. [883] South Africa K001302059 Type Yes

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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • 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/
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    • Kew Bulletin
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  • 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