Salicaceae
Homalium

Homalium abdessammadii Asch. & Schweinf.

First published in Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 1880: 130 (1880)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon to South Sudan and Caprivi Strip. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1960). Flora Zambesiaca 1(1): 1-336. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Streliztia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). Vasc. Pl. Dzanga-Sangha: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Killick, D.J.B. (1976). Flacourtiaceae (including Samydaceae). Flora of Southern Africa 22: 53-92. Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sleumer, H. (1975). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Flacourtiaceae: 1-68.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Applequist, W.L. (2013). A nomenclator for Homalium (Salicaceae). Skvortsovia 1: 12-74.
  • 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.
  • Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1960). Flora Zambesiaca 1(1): 1-336. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Streliztia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). Vasc. Pl. Dzanga-Sangha: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Killick, D.J.B. (1976). Flacourtiaceae (including Samydaceae). Flora of Southern Africa 22: 53-92. Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sleumer, H. & Bamps, P. (1976). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Flacourtiaceae (2): 1-45. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3 (2): 581 (1921).
  • Aschers. & Schweinf. in Sitz. Ges. Nat. Freunde Berlin: 130 (1880).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 498 (1961).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1: 158 (1950).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 265 (1962).
  • Fernandes & Diniz in Garcia de Orta 5 (2): 252 (1957).
  • Gilg in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, ed. 2, 21: 428 (1925).
  • Gilg in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 40: 494 (1908).
  • Hoffm. in Beitr. Kennt. Fl. Centr.-Ost-Afr.: 38 (1889).
  • Sleumer in Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 43: 311 (1973).
  • Wild in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 32: 57(1958), incl. ssp. wildemanianum (Gilg) Wild.,
  • Wild in Flora Zambesiaca 1: 291, t. 51/A (1960).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1969 Martin, J.D. [66] Zambia K000231509 Type Yes
Vaughan, J.H. [2735] Tanzania K003475486 No
Mutimushi, J.M. [2022] Zambia K003475540 No
Gilges, W. [268] Zambia K003475544 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; K. Vollesen [7270] Tanzania K003475482 No
Elliott, C.F. [332] Kenya K003475474 Yes
[Weseger] [268] Zambia K003475554 No
Greenway, P.J.; Rawlins, S.P. [9427] Kenya K003475475 No
Troupin [670] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003475453 Yes
Lawton, R.M. [131] Zambia K003475551 Yes
Luke; Robertson [2774] Kenya K003475490 Yes
K. Vollesen [MRC4081] Tanzania K003475487 No
West, O. [3245] Namibia K003475556 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Cookson, A.J. [6473] Zambia K003475548 Yes
Vaughan, J.H. [2943] Tanzania K003475480 Yes
Myers, J.G. [13797] Sudan K003475448 Yes
Codd, L.E. [7264] Zambia K003475545 Yes
Lindemann, H.A. [688] Tanzania K003475479 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [4017] Angola K003475557 No
Bissiengou, P.; Breteler, F.J.; Niangadouma, R.; Boussiengui, J.-N. [992] Gabon K001297921 Yes
Breteler, F. J.; Jongkind, C.C. H.; Wieringa, J. J. [11145] Gabon K001562704 Yes
Best, E.B. [119] Zambia K003475550 Yes
Torre, A.R. [3677] Mozambique K003475533 Yes
Stevenson, D. [211/31] Zambia K003475555 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [s.n.] Mozambique K003475537 Yes
Holmes, W.D. [944] Zambia K003475547 No
Fanshawe, D.B. [F2463] Zambia K003475543 Yes
Greenway; Rawlins [9427] Kenya K003475476 Yes
White, F. [3329] Zambia K003475542 Yes
Torre, A.R.; Correia, M.F. [16314] Mozambique K003475531 Yes
Procter, J. [2090] Tanzania K003475481 Yes
Torre, A.R. [4623] Mozambique K003475535 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [3043] Tanzania K003475483 No
Semsei, S.R. [2985] Tanzania K003475489 No
D.B.F. [F3916] Zambia K003475552 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [4039] Tanzania K003475485 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [3268] Tanzania K003475484 Yes
Tinley, K.L. [2683] Mozambique K003475538 Yes
Procter, J. [1952] Tanzania K003475478 No
Bingham, M.G.; Wixted, T. [12538] Zambia K003475539 Yes
de Saeger [1146] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003475456 Yes
Angus, A. [1732] Zambia K003475549 No
Dale, I.R. [3586] Kenya K003475477 No
Robyns [1142] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003475454 Yes
Vahrmeijer, J. [2215] Namibia K003476226 Yes
Wild, H. [3170] Zimbabwe K003475546 Yes
West, O. [3042] Zambia K003475553 No
K. Vollesen [MRC4082] Tanzania K003475488 Yes
Le Testu, M.G. [9629] Gabon K003475451 Yes
Gilges, W. [566] Zambia K003475541 Yes
Le Testu, M.G. [9625] Gabon K003475452 No
Müller, T.; Pope, G. [2045] Mozambique K003475536 Yes
Troupin [885] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003475455 Yes
Carvalho, M.F. [758] Mozambique K003475532 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E.; de Wilde-Bakhuizen, R.W. [11963] Gabon K003475450 No
Faulkner, H. [s.n.] Mozambique K003475534 No
Lebrun [5923] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003475457 Yes
Thomas, D.W.; Fay, J.M. [7267] Central African Republic K003475449 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th2589] Uganda K003475473 No
[M. Ncube] [31] Zimbabwe K003475558 Yes

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