Resedaceae
Caylusea

Caylusea abyssinica (Fresen.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

First published in Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 7: 43 (1841)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to Tanzania, N. Yemen. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen

Introduced into:

Great Britain

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Elffers, J. & Taylor, P. (1958). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Resedaceae: 1-6.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Plants for Health

  • "World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)"

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Fisch. & Mey. in Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 7 : 43 (1840).
  • J. Elffers in Kew Bulletin 1955: 630 (1956).
  • Muell. Arg. in Mon. Réséd.: 229 (1857).
  • Oliv. in Flora of Tropical Africa 1: 103 (1868).
  • P. Tayl. in Kew Bulletin 1958: 286 (1958).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [B-93] Ethiopia K005443951 No
Merrett, L.; Ginwalla, R. [2617] Zambia K001635147 No
[Dr Stendar] [1183] Eritrea K005443922 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K005443940 No
Evans, I.M.; Flenley, J.R. [375] Ethiopia K005443947 No
School, J.A.T. [S-17] Ethiopia K005443933 No
Pichi-Sermolli, R. [144] Ethiopia K005443934 No
s.coll. [X-48] Ethiopia K005443949 No
Thulin, M. [1426] Ethiopia K005443927 No
Palmer, M.C.L. [23] Ethiopia K005443926 No
Ash [1095] Ethiopia K005443932 No
Schimper [s.n.] Ethiopia K005443938 No
Stewart, R.B. [E8] Ethiopia K005443950 No
Schimper, M. [s.n.] Ethiopia K005443939 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K005443942 No
Gillespie, L. [9013] Yemen K005443775 Yes
Aweke, G. [534] Ethiopia K005443924 No
Friis, I.; Aweke, G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [2044] Ethiopia K005443945 No
Mooney, H.F. [5709] Ethiopia K005443944 No
M.T.; K.G.Y. [2026] Ethiopia K001607109 No
Merrett, L. [2610] Zambia K001635148 No
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [7661] Ethiopia K005443930 No
Michel, G. [4906] Rwanda K005443919 No
Schimper, M.W. [[153]] Ethiopia K005443941 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Ethiopia K005443943 No
Pappi, A. [214] Eritrea K005443923 No
Schimper [103] Ethiopia K000231000 Type Yes
Schimper [103] Ethiopia K000231002 Neotype Yes
Schimper [103] Ethiopia K000231001 Neotype Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [7226] Ethiopia K005443931 No
Siegenthaler [1548] Ethiopia K005443952 No
Friis, I.; Hounde, A.; Jacobsen, K. [355] Ethiopia K005443946 No
Massey, R.E. [57] Ethiopia K005443936 No
Evans, I.M.; Flenley, J.R. [277] Ethiopia K005443948 No
Gillett, J.B. [14475] Ethiopia K005443935 No
Niyongere [34] Burundi K005443920 No
[Jaddesse Ebba] [527] Ethiopia K005443925 No
Ryding, O. [1109] Ethiopia K005443921 No
[G. Lundström] [134] Ethiopia K005443928 No
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [10207] Ethiopia K005443929 No
Schimper [s.n.] Ethiopia K005443937 No

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