Rosaceae
Leucosidea

Leucosidea sericea Eckl. & Zeyh.

First published in Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 265 (1836)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Zimbabwe to S. Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1978). Flora Zambesiaca 4: 1-658. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1978). Flora Zambesiaca 4: 1-658. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Chase, N.C. [7822] Zimbabwe K004616804 Yes
Rutherford-Smith, R. [109] Zimbabwe K004616797 Yes
Michelmore [260] Zimbabwe K004616799 Yes
Davis, R.M. [2123] Zimbabwe K004616803 Yes
Carter; Coates-Palgrave [2043] Zimbabwe K004616802 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [3035] K000313155 Unknown Type Material Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [605] Zimbabwe K004616796 Yes
Reichenbach, H., G. [s.n] K000312943 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis, R.M. [2140] Zimbabwe K004616805 Yes
Wild, H. [1404] Zimbabwe K004616801 Yes
Gerrard, W.T. [s.n.] South Africa K000313154 Unknown Type Material Yes
Morkel, A.R. [4514] Zimbabwe K004616798 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [883] Zimbabwe K004616795 Yes
Torre, A.R.; Pereira, A. [12716] Mozambique K004616794 Yes
Henkel, J.S. [2585] Zimbabwe K004616800 Yes
Drège [s.n.] K000312942 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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 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 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images