Ancylobothrys petersiana (Klotzsch) Pierre
First published in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris, n.s., 1: 91 (1898)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Somalia to S. Tropical Africa, Comoros, Madagascar. It is a scrambling shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Burundi, Chad, Comoros, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Tanzania, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Mauritius
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Landolphia petersiana (Klotzsch) Dyer in Rep. Progr. Condition Roy. Gard. Kew 1880: 42 (1881)
- Landolphia scandens var. petersiana (Klotzsch) Hallier f. in Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 17(Beih. 3): 82 (1900)
- Pacouria petersiana (Klotzsch) S.Moore in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 180 (1905)
- Willughbeia petersiana Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 281 (1861)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Ancylobothrys rotundifolia (Dewèvre) Pierre in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris, n.s., 1: 92 (1898)
- Landolphia angustifolia K.Schum. ex Engl. in Abh. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Phys.-Math. Cl. 1894: 34 (1895)
- Landolphia monteiroi N.E.Br. in H.da Costa Monteiro, Delagoa Bay: 160 (1891)
- Landolphia petersiana var. rotundifolia Dewèvre in Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles 19: 122 (1895)
- Landolphia petersiana var. rufa Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4: 48 (1902)
- Landolphia petersiana var. tubeufii Busse ex Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4: 49 (1902)
- Landolphia scandens var. angustifolia (K.Schum. ex Engl.) Hallier f. in Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 17(Beih. 3): 84 (1900)
- Landolphia scandens var. rotundifolia (Dewèvre) Hallier f. in Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 17(Beih. 3): 82 (1900)
- Landolphia scandens var. stuhlmanniana Hallier f. in Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 17(Beih. 3): 83 (1900)
- Landolphia scandens var. tubeufii (Busse ex Stapf) Busse in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 171 (1902)
- Landolphia senensis (Klotzsch) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, B: 453 (1895)
- Pacouria angustifolia (K.Schum. ex Engl.) Kuntze in Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 21: 178 (1903)
- Willughbeia senensis Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 282 (1861)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
- Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
- Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 1995 | Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [709], Cameroon | K000540788 | No |
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0