Rubiaceae
Tricalysia

Tricalysia pallens Hiern

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 121 (1877)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in F.T.A. 3: 121 (1877).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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].

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Hiern in Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 121 (1877).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 152 (1963).
  • N. Hallé in Fl. Gabon 17, Rubiacées 2: 308, fig. 73 (1970).
  • Robbrecht in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 57: 114, fig. 19 (1987)
  • Robbrecht in Distr. Pl. Afr. 31, map 1037 (1987).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2018 Osborne, J.; Timberlake, J. [LICO C1 T002] Mozambique K000569817 Yes
Aug 1, 2006 Tadjouteu, F. [614] Cameroon K000582221 No
Aug 1, 2006 Etuge, M. [5146] Cameroon K000582220 Yes
Feb 1, 2002 Thomas, D.W. [3088] Cameroon K000050931 Yes
Feb 1, 2002 Thomas, D.W. [5312] Cameroon K000050932 Yes
Feb 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [2530] Cameroon K000026231 Yes
Feb 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [2148] Cameroon K000026229 Yes
Feb 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [1570] Cameroon K000026230 Yes
Feb 1, 2002 Ryan, P. [373] Cameroon K000026232 Yes
Feb 1, 2002 Zapfack, L. [637] Cameroon K000026233 Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Gossweiler, J. [9023] Angola K001307561 No
Jan 1, 1985 Swynnerton, C.F.M. [1283] Mozambique K000347007 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Swynnerton, C.F.M. [1283] Mozambique K000347008 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Swynnerton, C.F.M. [684] Mozambique K000347009 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Swynnerton [1133] Zimbabwe K000347006 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1982 Mann, G. [930] Gabon K000346909 Type Yes
Mwangoka, M.A. [302] Tanzania K004932055 Yes
Mwangoka, M.A. [390] Tanzania K004932056 Yes
s.coll. [185] Tanzania K004932076 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [1245] Angola K001307562 No
Carmichael, W. [124] Tanzania K004932080 Yes
Matimele, H.; Osborne, J. [SOC C1 S002] Mozambique K000569834 Yes
Mbago, F. [1073] Tanzania K004932058 Yes
Mphamba [68] Mozambique K000614286 No
Haerdi, F. [310/0] Tanzania K004932079 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Abdallah, R.; Vollesen, K.B. [1526] Tanzania K001236717 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [25571] Nigeria K:SPC-03346.000 No
Cribb, P.; Grey-Wilson, C.; Mwasumbi, L. [11208] Tanzania K004932092 Yes
Bridson, D. [630] Tanzania K004932082 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Abdallah, R.; Vollesen, K.B. [1678] Tanzania K001236719 Yes
Bremer, B. [3085] Tanzania K004932071 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [2895] Tanzania K004932072 Yes
Stolz, A. [1779] Tanzania K004932063 Yes
s.coll. [309] Tanzania K004932075 Yes
Peter, G.A. [55868] Tanzania K004932049 Yes
Richards, M. (Mrs) [20694A] Tanzania K004932061 Yes
Rodgers; Hall [1331] Tanzania K004932087 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [4458] Angola K001307563 No
Pirozynski, K.A. [P621] Tanzania K004932059 Yes
Sunderland, T.C.H. [1071] Cameroon K001495529 Yes
s.coll. [110] Tanzania K004932077 Yes
Mwangoka, M.A. [313] Tanzania K004932050 Yes
Borhidi, A.; Hedrén, M.; Iversen, S.T.; Mziray, W.R.; Pócs, T.; Sebsebe, D. [841115] Tanzania K004932047 Yes
Mgaza, C.D. [296] Tanzania K004932068 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [4097] Tanzania K004932070 Yes
Timberlake, J. [5388] Mozambique K000614381 No
Thomas, D.W. [3961] Tanzania K004932094 Yes
Bridson, D. [595a] Tanzania K004932084 Yes
s.coll. [1197] Tanzania K004932078 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [S920] Tanzania K004932069 Yes
Thomas, D.W. [2861] Cameroon K000050930 Yes
Thomas, D.W. [3960] Tanzania K004932093 Yes
Letouzey, R. [13884] Cameroon K000050928 Yes
Wallace, G.B. [938] Tanzania K004932054 Yes
Bridson, D. [595] Tanzania K004932083 Yes
Harris, T. [590] Mozambique K000614181 No
Thomas, D.W. [3712] Tanzania K004932088 Yes
Peter, G.A. [55865] Tanzania K004932053 Yes
Gobbo, G.; Kamenya, S. [396] Tanzania K004932060 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Abdallah, R.; Vollesen, K.B. [1526] Tanzania K001236718 Yes
Massawe, G. [50] Tanzania K004932089 Yes
Luke, P.A.; Luke, W.R.Q. [4846] Tanzania K004932091 Yes
Stolz, A. [1706] Tanzania K004932062 Yes
Darbyshire, I.; Agostenho, M.; Fansdeo, G.; Matimele, H.; Mucaleque, P.; Osborne, J.; Tanleque, C. [1112] Mozambique K000569902 No
Bidgood, G.S.; Abdallah, R.; Vollesen, K.B. [1678] Tanzania K001236720 Yes
Harris, T. [601] Mozambique K000614190 No
Mabberley, D.J. [1373] Tanzania K004932067 Yes
Onochie, C.F.A. [40407] Nigeria K:SPC-05043.000 No
Wallace, G.B. [1256] Tanzania K004932051 Yes
Bryce, J.M. [B30] Tanzania K004932065 Yes
Mwangulango, N.; Massawe, G. [42] Tanzania K004932090 Yes
Pócs, T. [97190] Tanzania K004932073 Yes
s.coll. [1230] Tanzania K004932074 Yes
Wallace, G.B. [1256] Tanzania K004932052 Yes
Mann [s.n.] Equatorial Guinea K000346910 Type Yes
Peter, G.A. [55877] Tanzania K004932048 Yes
Paulo, S. [803] Tanzania K004932066 Yes
Congdon, T.C.E. [568] Tanzania K004932086 Yes
Rajabu Hizza, I.; Mkeya, A. [167] Tanzania K004932081 Yes
Stolz, A. [1779] Tanzania K004932064 Yes
Mbago, F.; Antony (Dr); Dicky; [Cyanga] [1140] Tanzania K004932057 Yes
Thulin, M.; B. Mhoro [934] Tanzania K004932095 Yes
Thomas, D.W. [2861] Cameroon K000050929 Yes
Congdon, T.C.E. [568] Tanzania K004932085 Yes

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