Ochnaceae
Ochna

Ochna bracteosa Robyns & Lawalrée

First published in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 18: 278 (1947)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon to SW. Ethiopia. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Sudan-South Sudan, Uganda

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bamps, P. & Farron, C. (1967). Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi, Ochnaceae: 1-66. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles.
  • 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.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Verdcourt, B. (2005). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Ochnaceae: 1-60.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bamps, Flore du Congo Belge, du Ruanda et du Burundi, Ochnaceae: 20 (1967).
  • Robyns & Lawalrée in Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 18: 278 (1947).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 614 (1948).
  • Vollesen in Fl. Ethiopia & Eritrea 2 (2): 67, fig. 69.1.7 (1995).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate ed. 2: 279 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sangster, R.G. [145] Uganda K001383055 Yes
Mildbraed [13] Cameroon K001271470 Yes
de Witte, G.F. [9658] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K001271469 Yes
Meyer, F.G. [9014] Ethiopia K001383296 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [1747] Sudan K001383295 Yes
Brasnett, N.V. [242] Uganda K001383060 Yes
de Witte, G.F. [9609] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K001271468 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [923] Uganda K001383053 Yes
Myers, J.G. [11241] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K001271369 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [480] Uganda K:SPC-21871.000 No
Dawe, M.T. [796] Uganda K001383059 Yes
Eggeling [E2265] Uganda K001383057 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [D480] Uganda K001383054 Yes
[G. Eiln] [462] Uganda K001383061 Yes
Dummer, R.A. [5565] Uganda K001383062 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [1765] Sudan K001383294 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B. [468] South Sudan K001383293 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th1513] Uganda K001383056 Yes
Harris, C.M. [1116] Uganda K001383058 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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