Securidaca welwitschii Oliv.
First published in Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 135 (1868)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a liana and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Elsota welwitschii (Oliv.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 46 (1891)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Lophostylis floribunda Welw. in Apont.: 562 (1859)
- Securidaca floribunda (Welw.) Oliv. in Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 135 (1868)
- Securidaca timboensis Pobég. in Essai Fl. Guinée Franç.: 301 (1906)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- 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.
- Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1960). Flora Zambesiaca 1(1): 1-336. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
- Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
- Paiva, j. (2007). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Polygalaceae: 1-60.
- Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.
- Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
- Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Chev. Fl. Viv. 1: 273.
- F.T.A. 1: 135 (1868)
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
- Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
- Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
- Paiva, j. (2007). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Polygalaceae: 1-60.
- Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
- Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- F.T.A. 1: 135 (1868)
- F.Z. 1(1): 305 (1960)
- K.T.S.L.: 86, map (1994).
- Keay, F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 110 (1954)
- Petit, F.C.B. 7: 279 (1958)
- S. Afr. J. Bot. 53(1): 10/1A & fig. 3 (1987)
- T.T.C.L.: 457 (1949)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Dec 1, 2003 | Cheek, M. [9163], Cameroon | K000198256 | No | ||
Mar 1, 1984 | Welwitsch [994], Angola | K000012847 | isolectotype | Yes | |
Mar 1, 1984 | Mann, G. [477], Africa | K000012886 | syntype | Yes | |
Mar 1, 1984 | Mann, G. [2223], Cameroon | K000012885 | syntype | Yes | |
Drummond, R.B. [4766], Kenya | 9014.000 | No | |||
Maitland, T.D. [1159], Cameroon | K000106257 | No | |||
Maitland, T.D. [1118], Cameroon | K000106258 | No | |||
Staudt, A. [524], Cameroon | K000106256 | No | |||
Maitland, T.D. [569], Cameroon | K000106255 | No |
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- 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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Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Flora of West Tropical Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/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