Rubiaceae
Rytigynia

Rytigynia umbellulata (Hiern) Robyns

First published in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 11: 184 (1928)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to Botswana. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Liberia, Senegal

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, 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.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • 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.
  • Walters, G., Dauby, G., Stévart, T., Dessein, S., Niangadouma, R. & Lachenaud, O. (2011). Novitates Gabonenses 80. Additions and corrections to the flora of Gabon. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68: 423-442.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 11: 184 (1928).

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.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 420 (1962).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 186 (1963).
  • Robyns in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 11: 184 (1928).
  • Verdc. in Kew Bulletin 42: 152, fig. 1E, 8C (1987).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2010 Burrows, J.E.; Turpin, B.C. [11505] Mozambique K000823745 No
Jan 1, 2005 Mann, G. [1128] Sao Tome and Principe K000412430 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Wyk, P., van [BSA2843] Zimbabwe K000285042 No
Nov 26, 1996 Zimba, N.B.; Harder, D.K.; Nawa, M.M.; Luwiika, B. [512] Zambia K000285036 No
Aug 6, 1985 Winter, B., de [9214] Namibia K000285052 No
Aug 1, 1984 Koning, D., de; Groenendijk, E.M.C.; Dungs, J. [9640] Mozambique K000285049 Yes
May 29, 1984 Swynnerton, C.F.M. [551] Mozambique K000412493 Type Yes
May 29, 1984 Junod [220] Mozambique K000412492 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 29, 1984 Faulkner, H.G. [Pretoria323] Mozambique K000285045 No
May 29, 1984 Muller, T.; Pope, G. [s.n.] Mozambique K000285046 Yes
May 29, 1984 Faulkner, H.G. [323] Mozambique K000285054 No
May 29, 1984 Simon, B.K.; Ngoni, J.F. [s.n.] Mozambique K000285047 Yes
May 29, 1984 Grandvaux Barbosa, L.A.; Lemos, F., de [8040] Mozambique K000285044 No
May 29, 1984 Forbes [s.n.] Mozambique K000412491 Type Yes
May 29, 1984 Koning, D., de [7648] Mozambique K000285048 No
May 29, 1984 Faulkner, H.G. [323] Mozambique K000285053 Yes
May 3, 1984 Dudley, C.O. [s.n.] Malawi K000285043 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Angus, A. [1928] Zambia K000285037 No
Jan 1, 1984 Drummond, R.B.; Cookson, A.J. [6696] Zambia K000285040 No
Jan 1, 1984 Fanshawe, D.B. [F3784] Zambia K000285039 No
Jan 1, 1984 Brummitt, R.K.; Chisumpa, S.M.; Polhill, R.M. [13976] Zambia K000285041 No
Jan 1, 1984 Smith, P.A. [s.n.] Botswana K000285033 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Angus, A. [3477] Zambia K000285034 No
Jan 1, 1984 Fanshawe, D.B. [3784] Zambia K000285055 No
Jan 1, 1984 Angus, A. [1108] Zambia K000285038 No
Mar 1, 1925 Barter [3418] K000412444 Syntype Yes
Champman, J.D. [4341] Nigeria K001519565 No
Onochie, C.F. [35752] Nigeria K:SPC-00926.000 No
Bingham, M.G. [10231] Zambia K000285035 No
Gossweiler, J. [13740] Angola K000285050 No
Tisserant, C.; Equipe [434] Central African Republic K001766822 No
Félix, H. J. [5131] Cameroon K001766823 No
Meikle, R.D. [1164] Nigeria K:SPC-05040.000 No
Onochie, C.F. [35849] Nigeria K:SPC-00927.000 No
Thomas, D.W. [9466] Cameroon K000086443 No
Barbosa, G. [9519] Angola K000285051 No
Welwitsch [5349] Angola K000412488 Type Yes
Welwitsch [5349] Angola K000412487 Type Yes
Cheek, M.; Konig, N.; Fofana, F.; Couch, C.; Amara [18496] Guinea K000743383 No

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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/

  • 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