Ochnaceae
Ochna

Ochna macrocalyx Oliv.

First published in Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 319 (1868)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Kenya to S. Tropical Africa. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1963). Flora Zambesiaca 2(1): 1-351. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Verdcourt, B. (2005). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Ochnaceae: 1-60.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1963). Flora Zambesiaca 2(1): 1-351. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Verdcourt, B. (2005). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Ochnaceae: 1-60.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gilg in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 33: 236 (1903).
  • Haerdi in Acta Trop. Suppl. 8: 100 (1964).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 384 (1949).
  • Oliv. in Flora of Tropical Africa 1: 319 (1868)
  • Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 29: 43, t. 19 (1873).
  • Robson in Flora Zambesiaca 2: 234, t. 44, fig. A (1963).
  • Sim, For. Fl. Port. E Afr.: 28 (1909).
  • Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 25 (1980).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1960 Waller Mozambique K000431176 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1960 Goetze, W. [335] Tanzania K000431151 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1960 Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000431175 Type Yes
Paget-Wilkes, C.F. [706] Tanzania K001082978 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [1853] Tanzania K001082955 Yes
Anderson, B. [949] Tanzania K001082991 Yes
Archbold, N.E. [1004] Tanzania K001082938 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [11536] Tanzania K001082950 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K001082973 No
Marshall, A.R.; Mwakisoma, R. [1101] Tanzania K001082972 Yes
Luke, P.A.; Luke, W.R.Q. [4821] Tanzania K001082984 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [7092] Tanzania K001082945 Yes
Osborne, J.; Beira, B.; Issufo, I.; Matimele, H.; Mucaleque, P. [JO1308] Mozambique K001341033 Yes
Davies, R.M. [D258] Tanzania K001082982 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [6359] Tanzania K001082997 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs); Arasululu, S. [26155] Tanzania K001082944 Yes
Robson, N.K.B. [1239] Malawi K:SPC-00711.000 No
Hornby (Mr.); Hornby (Mrs.) [504] Tanzania K001082951 Yes
Anderson, B. [816] Tanzania K001082995 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [7414] Tanzania K001082958 Yes
Ruffo, C.K.; Sigara [322] Tanzania K001082940 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [11536] Tanzania K001082949 Yes
Bullock [3451] Tanzania K001082981 Yes
Greenway [4136] Tanzania K001082941 Yes
Tanner, R. [3873] Tanzania K001082943 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [7495] Tanzania K001082992 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7495] Tanzania K:SPC-04950.000 No
Mwadime, N. [057] Kenya K001383010 Yes
Speke; Grant [s.n.] Tanzania K000431152 Syntype Yes
Burtt, B.D. [83] Tanzania K001082969 Yes
Joseph, P. [4042] Tanzania K001082948 Yes
Carmichael [147] Tanzania K001383001 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [5405] Tanzania K001082998 Yes
McClounie [62] Tanzania K001082974 Yes
Anderson, B. [835] Tanzania K001082994 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Mwangoka, M.; Festo, L. [11435] Tanzania K001082983 Yes
Marshall, A.R.; Mwakisoma, R. [1081] Tanzania K001082971 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8515] Tanzania K001082993 Yes
Anderson, B. [811] Tanzania K001082996 Yes
Boaler, S.B. [353] Tanzania K001082985 Yes
Ruffo, C.K.; Sigara [322] Tanzania K001082939 Yes
Wallace, G.B. [73] Tanzania K001082962 Yes
Stolz, A. [180] Tanzania K001082980 Yes
Vollesen, K.B. [MRC4062] Tanzania K001082999 Yes
Moors, D.R. [K17] Tanzania K001082946 Yes
Fijamo, V. [VR10] Mozambique K000662722 Yes
Marshall, A.R.; Mwakisoma, R. [1193] Tanzania K001082977 Yes
Bruce, E.M. [226] Tanzania K001082968 Yes
Bruce, E.M. (Miss) [354] Tanzania K001082959 Yes
Paulo, S. [185] Tanzania K001082954 Yes
Luke, P.A.; Luke, W.R.Q. [4860] Tanzania K001271374 Yes
Bruce, E.M. [291] Tanzania K001082967 Yes
Mndolwa [57] Tanzania K002246515 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [3348] Tanzania K001082966 Yes
Bruce, E.M. [50] Tanzania K001082963 Yes
Marshall, A.R.; Mwakisoma, R. [1017] Tanzania K001082976 Yes
Bruce, E.M. (Miss) [354] Tanzania K001082960 Yes
[M. S. Parry] [2267] Tanzania K001082964 Yes
Shah, T.; Sulemani, H.O.; Mbailwa, Y.S.; Mndolowa, E. [TS92] Tanzania K001271550 Yes
Greenway [278] Tanzania K001082937 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [17890] Tanzania K001082988 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [1523] Tanzania K001082953 Yes
Haerdi, F. [18910] Tanzania K001082961 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [4828] Tanzania K001082936 Yes
Rounce, N.V. [492] Tanzania K001082990 Yes
Luke; Mbinda [5847] Kenya K001082935 Yes
Buchwald, J. [277] Tanzania K001082942 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [7414] Tanzania K001082957 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [4978] Tanzania K001082965 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [15573] Tanzania K001082979 Yes
Congdon, T.C.E. [306] Tanzania K001082987 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001082947 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [5025] Tanzania K001082956 Yes
Wallace, G.B. [54] Tanzania K001082970 Yes
Hornby (Mr.); Hornby (Mrs.) [432] Tanzania K001082952 Yes
Robson, N.K.B. [1151] Malawi K:SPC-04949.000 No
Burtt, B.D. [5404] Tanzania K001083000 Yes
Bjørnstad, A. [AB2112] Tanzania K001082986 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8515] Tanzania K001082989 Yes

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