Rubiaceae
Lasianthus

Lasianthus repens Hepper

First published in Kew Bull. 16: 332 (1962)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Zaïre

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Figueiredo, E. (2007). The Rubiaceae of Cabinda (Angola). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 154: 455-495.
  • 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.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Jannerup, P.L. (2006). A revision of the genus Lasianthus (Rubiaceae) in Africa, excluding Madagascar. Nordic Journal of Botany 23: 641-702.
  • Ntore, S. & Lachenaud, O. (2020). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), n.s., Rubiaceae Tribu XVI a XVIII: 1-85. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Kew Bull. 16: 332 (1962) (excl. F. Po spec. Melville 629).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2001 Gossweiler, J. [7835] K000043000 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harley, W.J. [537] Liberia K000042991 No
Christiaensen [1926] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000043003 No
Léonard, A. [3333] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000043002 No
Melville, F.A.; Hooker, T. [627] Sierra Leone K000042994 No
Léonard, A. [4913] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000043001 No
Léonard, A. [3889] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000043004 No
Deighton, F.C. [3654] Sierra Leone K000042993 No
Morton, J.K. [GC8166] Ghana K000042995 No
Enti, A.A.; Hall, J.B. [GC36492] Ghana K000042996 No
Aké Assi, L. [s.n.] Guinea K000042997 No
Thomas, D.W. [796] Cameroon K000042998 No
Louis, J. [2000] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000043005 No
Adam, J.G. [20061] Liberia K000042992 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 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

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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