Rubiaceae
Keetia

Keetia susu Cheek

First published in Kew Bull. 73(4)-56: 3 (2018)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Guinea. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Guinea

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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

  • Aké Assi, L. (2001a). Flore de la Côte-d’Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. I. Boissiera 57.
  • Aké Assi, L. (2001b). Flore de la Côte-d’Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. II. Boissiera 58.
  • Bachman, S., Moat, J., Hill, A. V., De la Torre, J. & Scott, B. (2011). Supporting Red List threat assessments with GeoCAT, a geospatial conservation assessment tool. Zookeys 150: 117 – 126.
  • Bridson, D. M. & Robbrecht, E. (1993). A spiny-fruited new Keetia (Rubiaceae, Vanguerieae) from Kivu (Zaire). Belg. J. Bot. 126: 29 – 32.
  • Bridson, D. M. & Verdcourt, B. (1991). Flora of Tropical East Africa – Rubiaceae, 3. A. A, Balkema, Rotterdam/Brookfield.
  • Bridson, D. M. (1985). The reinstatement of Psydrax (Rubiaceae, subfam. Cinchonoideae tribe Vanguerieae) and a revision of the African species. Kew Bull. 40: 687 – 725.
  • Bridson, D. M. (1986). The Reinstatement of the African genus Keetia (Rubiaceae, Cinchonoideae, Vanguerieae). Kew Bull. 41: 956 – 994.
  • Bridson, D. M. (1994). A new species of Keetia (Rubiaceae-Vanguerieae). Kew Bull. 49: 803 – 807.
  • Bridson, D. M. (1998). Rubiaceae (Tribe Vanguerieae). In: G. V. Pope (ed.), Flora Zambesiaca 5 (2): 1 – 377. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew for the Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee.
  • Champluvier, D. & Darbyshire, I. (2009). A revision of the genera Brachystephanus and Oreacanthus (Acanthaceae) in tropical Africa. Syst. & Geogr. Pl. 79(2): 115 – 192.
  • Cheek, M. & Ameka, G. (2016). Macropodiella cussetiana (Podostemaceae) a new species from Côte d’Ivoire. Kew Bull. 71: 21.  https://doi.org/10.1007/S12225-016-9634-9.
  • Cheek, M. & Haba, P. (2016). Inversodicraea Engl. resurrected and I. pepehabai sp. nov. (Podostemaceae), a submontane forest species from the Republic of Guinea. Kew Bull. 71: 55.  https://doi.org/10.1007/S12225-016-9673-2.
  • Cheek, M. & Luke, Q. (2016). Calophyllum (Clusiaceae – Guttiferae) in Africa. Kew Bull. 17: 2.  https://doi.org/10.1007/S12225-016-9637-6.
  • Cheek, M. & Williams, T. (2016). Psychotria samoritourei (Rubiaceae), a new liana species from Loma-Man in Upper Guinea, West Africa. Kew Bull. 71: 19.  https://doi.org/10.1007/S12225-016-9638-5.
  • Cheek, M. & van der Burgt, X. (2010). Gymnosiphon samoritoureanus (Burmanniaceae) a new species from Guinea, with new records of other achlorophyllous heteromycotrophs. Kew Bull. 65: 83 – 88.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-010-9180-9.
  • Cheek, M. (2006). A New Species of Keetia (Rubiaceae-Vanguerieae) from Western Cameroon. Kew Bull. 61: 591 – 594.
  • Cheek, M., Challen, G., Lebbie, A., Banks, H., Barberá, P. & Riina, R. (2016). Discovering Karima (Euphorbiaceae) a New Crotonoid Genus from West Tropical Africa Long Hidden within Croton. PLoS ONE 11(4): e0152110.  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152110.
  • Cheek, M., Kami, E. & Kami, T. (2014). Baphia vili 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.
  • Cheek, M., Lawrence, P. & McCleland, W. (2018a). Cola dorrii sp. nov. (Sterculiaceae) a threatened Maputaland Forest endemic of South Africa. Kew Bull. 73: 25.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-018-9749-2.
  • Cheek, M., Magassouba, S., Howes, M. R., Doré, T., Doumbouya, S., Molmou, D., Grall, A., Couch, C. & Larridon, I. (2018b). Kindia (Pavetteae, Rubiaceae), a new cliff-dwelling genus with chemically profiled colleter exudate from Mt Gangan, Republic of Guinea. PeerJ 6: e4666.  https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4666.Central
  • Darbyshire, I., Anderson, S., Asatryan, A., Byfield, A., Cheek, M., Clubbe, C., Ghrabi, Z., Harris, T., Heatubun, C. D., Kalema, J., Magassouba, S., McCarthy, B., Milliken, W., de Montmollin, B., Nic Lughadha, E., Onana, J. M., Saıdou, D., Sarbu, A., Shrestha, K. & Radford, E. A. (2017). Important Plant Areas: revised selection criteria for a global approach to plant conservation. Biodivers. Conserv. 26: 1767 – 1800.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-017-1336-6.
  • Fischer, E., Darbyshire, I. & Cheek, M. (2011). Striga magnibracteata (Orobanchaceae) a new species from Guinée and Mali. Kew Bull. 66: 441 – 445.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-011-9296-6.
  • Gosline, G., Cheek, M. & Kami, T. (2014). Two new African species of Salacia (Salacioideae, Celastraceae). Blumea 59: 26 – 32.
  • Goyder, D. J. (2009). Xysmalobium samoritourei (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae), a new species from the Guinea Highlands of West Africa. Kew Bull. 63: 473 – 475.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-008-9059-1.
  • Hawthorne, W. & Jongkind, C. (2006). Woody Plants of Western African Forests: A guide to the forest trees, shrubs and lianes from Senegal to Ghana. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hepper, F. N. (1963). Canthium. In: F. N. Hepper & R. W. J. Keay (eds), Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol. 2: 180 – 185. Crown Agents, London.
  • IUCN (2012). IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: version 3.1. Second edition. Gland and Cambridge. http://www.iucnredlist.org/ (accessed: 01/2017).
  • 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.
  • Jongkind, C. H. (2002). Two New Species of Keetia (Rubiaceae) from West Africa. Kew Bull. 57: 989 – 992.
  • Kei, D. (2017). Conflit foncier à Abouabou: 5 villages réclament la délocalisation du Cnra. Notre Voie (Abidjan). http://news.abidjan.net/h/618881.html (accessed 30 Dec. 2017)
  • Lachenaud, O., Luke, Q. & Bytebier, B. (2017). Keetia namoyae (Rubiaceae, Vanguerieae), a new species from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Candollea 72: 23 – 26.
  • Lantz, H. & Bremer, B. (2004). Phylogeny inferred from morphology and DNA data: characterizing well-supported groups in Vanguerieae (Rubiaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 146: 257 – 283.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Bot. Belg. 41. National Botanic Garden of Belgium.
  • Makre, H. (2015). http://www.ledebativoirien.net/2015/12/22/cote-divoire-incroyable-un-village-vendu-avec-tout-son-contenu-enfants-femmes-hommes-terres-maisons-tout-a-un-operateur-economique-par-le-ministere-de-la-construction-le-district/ downloaded 30 Dec. 2017.
  • Onana, J.-M. & Cheek, M. (2011). Red Data Book, of the Flowering Plants of Cameroon: IUCN Global Assessments. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Phillips, S. M. & Mesterházy, A. (2015). Revision of small ephemeral species of Eriocaulon (Eriocaulaceae) in West Africa with long involucral bracts. Kew Bull. 70: 5.
  • Phillips, S. M., Mesterházy, A., Fofana, F. & Cheek, M. (2018). Mesanthemum tuberosum Lecomte resurrected from M. prescottianum (Bong.) Körn. (Eriocaulaceae), variation and lectotypification. Kew Bull. 73: 13.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-018-9744-7.
  • Prance, G. T. & Jongkind, C. C. H. (2015). A revision of African Lecythidaceae. Kew Bull. 70: 6.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-014-9547-4.
  • Stirton, C. H. & Du Puy, D. J. (1992). A new species of Baphia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) from Madagascar. Kew Bull. 47: 289.
  • Stone, R. D. & Ntetha, N. A. (2013). Warneckea parvifolia (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 W. section Warneckea. S. African J. Bot. 88: 317 – 325.
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  • Thiers, B. (continuously updated). Index Herbariorum: A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden's Virtual Herbarium. http://sweetgum.nybg.org/ih/ (accessed: 01/2017).
  • Timberlake, J., Goyder, D., Crawford, F., Burrows, J., Clarke, G. P., Luke, Q., Matimele, H., Müller, T., Pascal, O., de Sousa, C. & Alves, T. (2011). Coastal dry forests in northern Mozambique. Pl. Ecol. Evol. 144: 126 – 137.
  • van der Burgt, X. M., Haba, P. K., Haba, P. M. & Goman, A. S. (2012). Eriosema triformum (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae), a new unifoliolate species from Guinea, West Africa. Kew Bull. 67: 263 – 271.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-012-9357-5.
  • van der Burgt, X. M., Haba, P. K., Haba, P. M., Goman, A. S., Molmou, D., Diallo, A., Konomou, G., Haba, P. K. & Magassouba, S. (2018). Talbotiella cheekii (Leguminosae: Detarioideae), a new tree species from Guinea. Kew Bull. 73: 26.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-018-9755-4.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Cheek, M.; van der Burgt, X.M. [18644] Guinea K001322387 Type Yes
Cheek, M.; van der Burgt, X.M. [18644] Guinea K001322388 Isotype Yes
Konomou, G.; van der Burgt, X.M.; Conté, Y.; Thiam, A. [1097] Guinea K001187941 No
Konomou, G.; van der Burgt, X.M.; Conté, Y.; Thiam, A. [1125] Guinea K001187942 No
Conté, Y.; Thiam, A.; Konomou, G.; van de Burgt, X.M. [8] Guinea K001187896 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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