Salicaceae
Casearia

Casearia prismatocarpa Mast.

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 494 (1871)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to NE. Angola. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Togo

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.
  • 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. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Streliztia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Sleumer, H. & Bamps, P. (1976). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Flacourtiaceae (2): 1-45. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 27, 2005 Warnecke [452] Togo K000041148 Isotype Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E. [11225] Gabon K001890735 Yes
Jongkind, C.C.H.; Kwewon, D.; Kpadeyeah, J.; Konie, J.; Morgan, D.C.; Daniels, A.K. [6551] Liberia K005291336 Yes
Oldeman, R.A.A. [579] Cote d'Ivoire K005291341 Yes
Cooper, G.P. [408] Liberia K005291337 Yes
Harley, W.J. [1041] Liberia K005291339 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [3340] Sierra Leone K005291335 Yes
Irvine [2272] Ghana K005291342 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [10430] Liberia K005291338 Yes
Aubréville, M. [1493] Cote d'Ivoire K005291340 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Aylmer, G. [73] Sierra Leone Casearia calodendron K000041152 Holotype Yes
Casearia calodendron K000041151 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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