Rubiaceae
Chassalia

Chassalia kenyensis Verdc.

First published in Kew Bull. 30: 279 (1975)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central Kenya, Tanzania. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, Tanzania

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zhou, Y.D. & al. (2023). Flora of Kenya 23: 1-454. Changjiang publishing & Media, Hubei Science & Technology Press, NatureKenya.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Zhou, Y.D. & al. (2023). Flora of Kenya 23: 1-454. Changjiang publishing & Media, Hubei Science & Technology Press, NatureKenya.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Verdc. in Kew Bulletin 30: 279 (1975).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 1974 Snowdon, J.D. [648] Kenya K000318991 No
Nov 1, 1974 Faden, R.B.; Evans, A. [72] Kenya K000318992 Holotype Yes
Nov 1, 1974 Polhill, E. [360] Kenya K000318988 No
Jan 1, 1974 Dale, I.R. [3053] Kenya K000318985 No
Jan 1, 1974 Honore, E.J. [2761] Kenya K000318986 No
Jan 1, 1974 Rammell, J.C. [1083] Kenya K000318987 No
Jan 1, 1974 Dale, I.R. [3053] Kenya K000318984 No
Nov 1, 1973 Haarer, A.E. [1732] Tanzania K000318993 No
Peter, A. [55837] Tanzania K000318995 No
Hemp, A. [2450] Tanzania K000318994 Yes

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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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