Anacardiaceae
Searsia

Searsia lancea (L.f.) F.A.Barkley

First published in C.L.Lundell, Fl. Texas 3: 104 (1943)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Zambia to S. Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, Lesotho, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Arizona, California, Canary Is., Myanmar, Pakistan

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2024). Flora of North America North of Mexico 13: 1-566. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2020). https://doi.org/10.7320/FlMedit30.121. epublication.
  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1966). Flora Zambesiaca 2(2): 353-653. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2024). Flora of North America North of Mexico 13: 1-566. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
  • Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.
  • Nasir, E. & Ali, S.I. (eds.) (1980-). Flora of Pakistan 135- Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 19, 2005 coll. ign. [s.n.] South Africa Rhus lancea K000351655 Yes
Nov 10, 1962 McConnell, R.H. [68920] Botswana Rhus lancea K000511021 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Rhus lancea K004666998 Yes
Dinker [7692] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665870 Yes
Rutherford-Smith, R. [41] Zimbabwe Rhus lancea K004666990 Yes
Candan, F. [306] Rhus lancea K004665837 Yes
Shantz, H.L. [232] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665861 Yes
Seydel, R. [3540] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665907 Yes
Goossens, A.P. [860] Rhus lancea K004665839 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [2175A] Namibia Rhus lancea K004665835 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Rhus lancea K004665882 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [4807] Namibia Rhus lancea K004665900 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665858 Yes
Drege; Burke [s.n.] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665902 No
Pearson, H.H.W. [4726] Namibia Rhus lancea K004665897 Yes
Seydel, R. [4056] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665916 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa Rhus lancea K002225354 Yes
Bayliss, R.D.A. [BRIB460] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665892 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] Rhus lancea K004665886 Yes
Norrgrann, G. [[171]] Zimbabwe Rhus lancea K004666997 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] Rhus lancea K004665836 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665828 Yes
Burchell [2945] Rhus lancea K004665904 Yes
[F.C. Menno] [2984] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665863 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Rhus lancea K002225357 Yes
s.coll. [33] Rhus lancea K004665866 Yes
Craven, P. [3558] Namibia Rhus lancea K004665887 Yes
Shantz, H.L. [251] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665860 Yes
Pardy, A.A. [s.n.] Zimbabwe Rhus lancea K004666994 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [9652] Rhus lancea K004665877 Yes
Davy, J.B. [2280] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665869 Yes
Chase, N.C. [5695] Zimbabwe Rhus lancea K004667009 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [9031] Namibia Rhus lancea K004665876 Yes
Huntley, B.J. [1487] Rhus lancea K004665826 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B. [4] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665909 Yes
Nation, O. [297] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665867 Yes
Chase, N.C. [6162] Zimbabwe Rhus lancea K004667006 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [8619] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665919 Yes
Adams, M. [6014] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665883 Yes
[A. S. L. Schelpe] [175] Namibia Rhus lancea K004665841 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [11538] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665901 Yes
Brynard, A.M. [55] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665910 Yes
Wild, H. [1176] Zimbabwe Rhus lancea K004666996 Yes
Van Hoepen, E. [s.n.] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665872 Yes
Miller, O.B. [B/203] Botswana Rhus lancea K004665824 Yes
Brueckner, A. [491] Botswana Rhus lancea K004665838 Yes
Rutherford-Smith, R. [40] Zimbabwe Rhus lancea K004666991 Yes
Hanekom, W.J. [898] Rhus lancea K004665825 Yes
Miller, O.B. [1841] Zimbabwe Rhus lancea K004667008 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [5000] Namibia Rhus lancea K004665899 Yes
Adams, M. [6014] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665884 Yes
Seydel, R. [3599] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665908 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Rhus lancea K002225356 Yes
Dregé; Zeyher [334] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665831 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [11083] Zambia Rhus lancea K004667010 Yes
Kolbe, F.C. [3167] Zimbabwe Rhus lancea K004666999 Yes
Ward, C.J.; Seely, M.K. [10290] Namibia Rhus lancea K004665888 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F1444] Zambia Rhus lancea K004667012 Yes
Hanekom, W.J. [897] Rhus lancea K004665827 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe Rhus lancea K004667013 Yes
Haelbich, E.F. [1646] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665905 Yes
Metz, E. [2527] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665819 Yes
Hornby, R.M. [3189] Zimbabwe Rhus lancea K004666992 Yes
Thode, J. [A1799] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665871 Yes
Miss M. Wilman [K23] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665834 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Iraq Rhus lancea K002225353 Yes
Shantz, H.L. [248] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665862 Yes
Galpin [62] Rhus lancea K004665832 Yes
Rehmann, A. (Dr.) [3880] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665865 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Rhus lancea K002225358 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Rhus lancea K002225355 Yes
Rehmann, A. (Dr.) [2911] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665912 Yes
Prosser, E.U. [1026] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665859 Yes
Brown, R.C.; Brown, D.C. [23] Botswana Rhus lancea K000511022 Yes
Long, F.R. [782] Rhus lancea K004665914 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665880 Yes
Burchell [1682] Rhus lancea K004116025 Yes
Moore, C.E. [2558] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665822 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [5030] Namibia Rhus lancea K004665898 Yes
Borle, J. [70] Zimbabwe Rhus lancea K004667001 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F1633] Zambia Rhus lancea K004667011 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [3419] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665881 Yes
Ford, W.K. [s.n.] Zimbabwe Rhus lancea K004666993 Yes
Seydel, R. [1613] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665906 Yes
Wilman, M. [6270] Rhus lancea K004665878 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya Rhus lancea K002225359 Yes
Fries, C.E.; Norlindh, N.T.; Weimarck, H. [s.n.] Rhus lancea K004665833 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [3121] Namibia Rhus lancea K004665896 Yes
Miller, O.B. [1841] Zimbabwe Rhus lancea K004667003 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665823 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Rhus lancea K004665829 Yes
Chase, N.C. [6162] Zimbabwe Rhus lancea K004667004 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Rhus lancea K004665913 Yes
Compton, R.H. [2898] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665911 Yes
Davy, J.B. [2211] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665864 Yes
Cuthbertson, A. [s.n.] Zimbabwe Rhus lancea K004666995 Yes
Dahlstrand, K.A. [2375] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665894 Yes
Crewe, R.M. [111] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665918 Yes
Bayliss, R.D.A. [BRIB277] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665891 Yes
Liebenberg [S108] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665915 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe Rhus lancea K004667014 Yes
Vuuren, D.V. [253] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665873 Yes
Feiertag, H.J. [s.n.] Zimbabwe Rhus lancea K004667007 Yes
Brink, E. [625] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665895 Yes
Kirk, J. (Dr.) [s.n.] Zimbabwe Rhus lancea K004667015 Yes
Wilman, M. [s.n.] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665879 Yes
[Echlon] [s.n.] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665830 Yes
Leach, L.C.; [R. P. Beylis] [12969] Namibia Rhus lancea K004665820 Yes
Davy, J.B. [534] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665868 Yes
Germishuizen, G. [314] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665893 Yes
Balsinhas, A. [3015] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665874 Yes
Gibbs, L.S. [1] Zimbabwe Rhus lancea K004667002 Yes
Plowes, D.C. [1459] Zimbabwe Rhus lancea K004667000 Yes
Merxmüller, H.; Giess, W. [28064] Namibia Rhus lancea K004665890 Yes
Scharf, H.T. [1368] Rhus lancea K004665889 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [9031] Namibia Rhus lancea K004665875 Yes
s.coll. [10923] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665903 Yes
Adams, M. [6014] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665885 Yes
Chase, N.C. [1621] Zimbabwe Rhus lancea K004667005 Yes
Leach, L.C.; Beyliss, R.D. [12969] Namibia Rhus lancea K004665917 Yes
Miss M. Wilman [K24] South Africa Rhus lancea K004665840 Yes

Sources

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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