Rubiaceae
Hymenodictyon

Hymenodictyon floribundum (Hochst. & Steud.) B.L.Rob.

First published in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 45: 404 (1910)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to NW. Namibia. It is a hemiepiphytic shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • 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.
  • Ntore, S. & Lachenaud, O. (2022). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), n.s., Rubiaceae (Tribu XIII-XV): 1-101. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Razafimandimbison, S.G. & Bremer, B. (2006). Taxonomic revision of the tribe Hymenodictyeae (Rubiaceae, Cinchonoideae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 152: 331-386.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv., ed. 2, 3: 294, t. 349, 3-5
  • Fl. For. Soud.-Guin. 455.
  • in Proc. Amer. Acad. 45: 404 (1910)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Razafimandimbison, S.G. & Bremer, B. (2006). Taxonomic revision of the tribe Hymenodictyeae (Rubiaceae, Cinchonoideae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 152: 331-386.
  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bridson & Troupin in Fl. Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 563, fig. 189/2 (1982).
  • Bridson, Troupin & Verdc. in Fl. Rwanda 3, fig. 51/2 (1985).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 446 (1961).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 409, fig.72 (1962).
  • Hallé, Fl. Gabon 12, Rubiacées, 1: 58, t. 7 (1966).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 501 (1949).
  • Keay, Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 111 (1963).
  • Robinson in Proc. Amer. Acad. 45: 404 (1901).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed.2: 346, fig.72 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2023 Bidault, E.; Diabaté, M.; Simbiano, F.J.; Konaté, L. [6007] Guinea K001970365 No
Jan 1, 2022 Rieder, C.; Camara, M. [350] Guinea K000010773 No
Jan 1, 2008 Bingham, M.G. [13159] Zambia K000265257 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Watts, J. [672] Cameroon K000086261 Yes
Balde,A.; Iarridon, I.; Fofana, F.; Couch, C. [62A] Guinea K000609717 Yes
Sinsin, B. [2863] Benin K001297824 Yes
Goyder, D.J.; Maiato, F.; Luis, J.C. [8606] Angola K001765583 Yes
Thomas, D.W.; Daku, K.; Onana, J.-M. [11003] Cameroon K000609896 Yes
Balde, A. [227] Guinea K001310290 Yes
Frisby, A.; Maiato, F. [4133] Angola K001334021 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8808] K004680395 Yes
Schimper [277] Ethiopia K000173361 Isotype Yes
Schimper [277] Ethiopia K000173360 Isotype Yes
Stolz, A. [1596] K004680392 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [3881] K004680370 Yes
Phillips, J.F.V. [20500] K004680374 Yes
Lovett, J.C.; Kayombo, C.J. [4486] K004680383 Yes
Phillips, J.F.V. [20500] K004680373 Yes
Ruffo; Kisena [3330] K004680393 Yes
Kayombo, C.J. [978] K004680386 Yes
Timberlake, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000614808 No
Lynes, H. [V6] K004680381 Yes
Lovett, J.C.; Kayombo, C.J. [4486] K004680385 Yes
Welwitsch [3032] Angola K000394910 Unknown Type Material Yes
Semsei, S.R. [1622] K004680389 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [9748] Cameroon K000109712 No
Lovett, J.; Sidwell, K.; Kayombo, C.J. [3830] K004680387 Yes
Lovett, J.; Sidwell, K.; Kayombo, C.J. [3892] K004680384 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [973] K004680371 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [1623] K004680376 Yes
Stolz, A. [1596] K004680391 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [3868] K000173359 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stolz, A. [1873] K004680390 Yes
de Leyser, E.A. [303] K004680382 Yes
Welwitsch [3033] Angola K000394909 Type Yes
Gereau, R.E.; Kayombo, C.J. [3618] K004680377 Yes
{Mr. Hornby; Mrs. Hornby} [514] K004680397 Yes
Lovett, J.C.; Kayombo, C.J. [4486] K004680388 Yes
Luke, Q.; Bytebier, B.; Butynski, T.; Ehart, C.; Perkins, A.; Kimaro, G. [6633] K004680378 Yes
Lynes, H. [V8] K004680380 Yes
Bjornstad, A. [AB2238] K004680379 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [938] K004680372 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8808] K004680394 Yes
Procter, J. [3640] K004680375 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs.) [13629] K004680396 Yes

Sources

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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • 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 2024. 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

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0