Rubiaceae
Oldenlandia

Oldenlandia herbacea (L.) Roxb.

First published in Hort. Bengal.: 11 (1814)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa, Indian Subcontinent to Andaman Islands. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Hainan, Honduras, Jawa, Malaya, New Guinea, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Sumatera, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • 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.
  • Mendoza, H., Ramirez P., B.R. & Jimenez, L.C. (2004). Rubiaceae de Colombia: guia ilustrada de generos: 1-351. Instituto de Investigacion de Recursos Biologicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogota, Colombia.
  • Puff, C., Chayamarit, K., Chamchumroon, V. & Esser, H.-J. (2021). Flora of Thailand 15(1): 1-235. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Rahman, M.O. (2004). Second list of angiospermic taxa of Bangladesh not included in Hooker's 'Flora of British India' and Prain's 'Bengal Plants': series I. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 11: 77-82.
  • Sant'Ana Melhem, T., das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M., Ehlin Martins, S., Jung-Mendaçolli, S.L., Shepherd, G.J. & Kirizawa, M. (eds.) (2007). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 5: 1-476. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • 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.
  • Velayos, M., Barberá, P., Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Fero, M. & Aedo, C. (2014). Checklist of the vascular plants of Annobón (Equatorial Guinea). Phytotaxa 171: 1-78.
  • Williams, R.O. & Cheeseman, E.E. in Williams, R.O. (1928). Rubiales. Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 2(1): 1-48. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut Fl. Sen. 78.
  • Bremek. in Verb. K. Nederl. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., sect. 2, 48: 244, incl. var. flaccida Bremek. l.c. 248
  • Hort. Bengal 11 (1814)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1994). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 1: 1-336. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C. in Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink, R. C. (1965). Flora of Java 2: 1-641. N.V.P. Noordhoff, Groningen, The Netherlands.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Hộ, P.-H. (2000). Câycỏ Việtnam. An Illustrated flora of Vietnam, ed. 2, 3: 1-1020. Pham-hoang Ho, Montréal.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sant'Ana Melhem, T., das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M., Ehlin Martins, S., Jung-Mendaçolli, S.L., Shepherd, G.J. & Kirizawa, M. (eds.) (2007). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 5: 1-476. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Williams, R.O. & Cheeseman, E.E. in Williams, R.O. (1928). Rubiales. Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 2(1): 1-48. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Flora of Somalia

  • Bremek. in Verh. K. Nederl. Akad. Wet., Afd. Natuurk., ser. 2, 48: 249 (1952).
  • Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 401 (1974).
  • Bremek. in Verh. K. Nederl. Akad. Wet., Afd. Natuurk., ser. 2, 48 (2): 244 (1952).
  • DC., Prodr. 4: 425 (1830).
  • E. Lind & A. Tallantire, Some Common Flowering Plants of Uganda, ed. 2: 160, fig. 101 (1972).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 212 (1963).
  • Roxb., Fl. Indica, ed. Carey & Wall. 1: 445 (1820).
  • Roxb., Hort. Bengal.: 11 (1814)

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Jansen, P., Lemmens, R., Oyen, L., Siemonsma, J., Stavast, F. & Van Valkenburg, J. (1991) Plant Resources of South-East Asia. Basic list of species and commodity grouping. Final version. Pudoc, Wageningen.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 25, 2005 Mhoro, B. [UMBCP 222] Tanzania K000173136 No
Jul 25, 2005 Mhoro, B. [UMBCP 224] Tanzania K000173137 No
Feb 1, 2004 Pollard, B.J. [399] Cameroon K000746454 No
Mar 1, 1997 Munyenyembe, P. [844] Cameroon K000338467 No
Feb 1, 1997 Etuge, M. [3342] Cameroon K000338468 No
Apr 1, 1949 Gossweiler, J. [s.n.] Angola K001307521 No
Rakotonasolo, F. [RNF86] Madagascar K000176831 No
Onana, J.-M. [475] Cameroon K000338466 No
Rakotonasolo, F. [RNF629] Madagascar K000176991 No
[T. Haine] [7] Madagascar K000046236 No
Hodgkin, H.T.; Stansfield, C.E. [48] Madagascar K000046235 No
Decary, M.R. [19263] Madagascar K000918072 No
Ranarivelo, T.; Roberts, D.; Cribb, P.; Razafindraibe, H. [RTI451] Madagascar K000726026 No
Osborne, J.; Banze, A.; Datizua, C.; Mamba, A.; Mucaleque, P.; Rachide, T.; Maoji, S.O. (guide) [JO1698] Mozambique K001346939 No
Darbyshire, I.; et al. [1174] Mozambique K000987114 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8549] Zambia K001590946 Yes
Merrett, L. [2320] Zambia K001567229 Yes
Kers, L.E. [3032] Namibia K001589992 Yes
McPherson, G.; Razafimandimbison, S.; Olson, M.; Alongi, B. [17422] Madagascar K000175983 No
Rakotonasolo, F. [RNF58] Madagascar K000176076 No
Forsyth Major (Dr) [[702]] Madagascar K000046244 No
Forsyth Major (Dr) [416] Madagascar K000046247 No
Skema, C.K.; et al. [17] Madagascar K005307012 No
Humbert, H.; Capuron, R. [24980] Madagascar K000177407 No
Hodgkin, H.T.; Stansfield, C.E. [130] Madagascar K000046249 No
Block, D.; Rakotonasolo [903] Madagascar K000551394 No
Benoist, M.R. [1640] Madagascar K000177408 No
Lyall, D. [344] Madagascar K000046239 No
Razanatsoa, H.; Rakotovao, C.; Antilahimena, P.; Edmond, F. [180] Madagascar K005307010 No
Merrett, L.; Ginwalla, R.; Mkandawire, J. [2665] Zambia K001634919 No
Baron, R. (Rev.) [668] Madagascar K000046243 No
Block, D.; Groeninckx; Rakotonasolo [2394] Madagascar K000726651 No
Inge, G.; Block, D.; Rakotonasolo [266] Madagascar K000726677 No
Davis, A.P.; Rakotonasolo, F. [APD2196] Madagascar K000176082 No
Davis [1127] Madagascar K000046208 No
s.coll. [2180] Madagascar K000046238 No
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M.; Rafamantanantsoa, G.R. [14452] Madagascar K000046240 No
Ranarivelo, T.; Roberts, D.; Cribb, P.; Razafindraibe, H. [RTI479] Madagascar K000726025 No
[Theresa Haine] [[S]] Madagascar K000046250 No
Rakotonasolo, F.; Ralimanana, H.; Rapanarivo, S.H.; Razafimandimby, J.J.; Mahalova, J.F. [RNF1937] Madagascar K000751805 No
Davis, A.P. [1127] Madagascar K:SPC-71560.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Madagascar K000046241 No
Rakotonasolo, F. [RNF58] Madagascar K000176075 No
D'Arcy, W.G.; Rakotozafy, A. [15220] Madagascar K000046251 No
Ralimanana, H.; Ranarivelo, T.; Cable, S.; Andriamilanto; Osbonne, J. [RLI959] Madagascar K000918095 No
McPherson, G.; Razafimandimbison, S.; Olson, M. [17422] Madagascar K000175984 No
Turk, D.; Randriamanatena, D. [330] Madagascar K000046245 No
Cheek [1371] Madagascar K000175457 No
Briggs, M. [MB295] Madagascar K005307009 No
Block, D.; Groeninckx; Rakotonasolo [2473] Madagascar K000918498 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Madagascar K000046246 No
Block, D.; Tosh; Rakotonasolo [1921] Madagascar K000550648 No
Block, D.; Dessein; Leyman [638a] Madagascar K000552149 No
Randriamampionona, B. [740] Madagascar K000175987 No
Rakotonasolo, F.; Rajaovelona, L.; Rakotoarinivo, M.; Randriamandimby, P.G. [RNF2196] Madagascar K000753645 No
Parker, G.W. [s.n.] Madagascar K000046242 No
Haine, T. (Miss) [s.n.] Madagascar K000046248 No
Rogers, Z.S. [307] Madagascar K000726128 No
Davis, A.P.; Rakotonasolo; Maurin; Ralimanana [APD3144] Madagascar K000551150 No
Dorr, L.J. [2736] Madagascar K000046237 No
Rakotonasolo, F.; Rakotoarinivo, M. [RNF1020] Madagascar K000663768 No

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