Santalaceae
Thesium

Thesium mukense A.W.Hill

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1910: 186 (1910)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to NE. KwaZulu-Natal. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Tanzania

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Polhill, R.M. (2005). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Santalaceae: 1-27.
  • Pope, G.V., Polhill, R.M. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2006). Flora Zambesiaca 9(3): 1-277. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1910: 186 (1910).
  • F.T.A. 6, 1: 417 (1911).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Polhill, R.M. (2005). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Santalaceae: 1-27.
  • Pope, G.V., Polhill, R.M. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2006). Flora Zambesiaca 9(3): 1-277. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.W.Hill in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1910: 186 (1910), excl. specim. Buchanan 45.
  • Baker & Hill in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1): 417 (1911), excl. specim. Buchanan 45.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1989 Kässner, T. [943], Kenya K000431458 lectotype Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [6407], Kenya K000431460 Unknown type material Yes
Buchanan [45], Malawi K000431459 Unknown type material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 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

  • 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