Apocynaceae
Tabernaemontana

Tabernaemontana pachysiphon Stapf

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 22 (1894)
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, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia 41: 41-82.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

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., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia 41: 41-82.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas p. 486 (1994).
  • Huber in Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 2: 66 (1963).
  • Leeuwenberg in Flora Zambesiaca 7 (2): 440, t. 101 (1985)
  • Leeuwenberg in Journ. Ethnopharm. 10: 16 (1984)
  • Leeuwenberg in Revision Tabernaemontana 1: 51, t. 13 (1991).
  • Stapf in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1894: 22 (1894).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [9313] Cameroon K000198044 No
Nov 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [9313] Cameroon K000198093 No
Jan 1, 1992 Cheek, M. [3590] Cameroon K000011092 No
Jan 1, 1983 Cummins, H.A. [114] Ghana K000233745 Holotype No
Jan 1, 1983 Holst, C. [2247] Tanzania K000233727 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Welwitsch [5989] Angola K000233717 Holotype No
Jan 1, 1983 Barter [1328] Nigeria K000233746 Holotype No
Lightbody, J.S. [FHI 26302] Cameroon K000028147 No
Wood, J.J. [556] France K000718365 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, J.J. [556] France K000718366 Type Yes
Wood, J.J. [556] France K:SPC-29047.391 No
Lightbody, J.S. [FHI 26302] Cameroon K000028146 No
Tuley, P. [s.n.] Nigeria K:SPC-29047.000 No
Troupin, G. [3405] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-03628.000 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [8091] Zambia K:SPC-05082.000 No
Verdcourt, B. [88] Tanzania K:SPC-14623.000 No
Harley, R.M. [9603] Tanzania K:SPC-03388.000 No
Troupin, G. [3162] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-15261.000 No
Harley, R.H. [9364] Tanzania K:SPC-18928.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7607] Tanzania K:SPC-29484.000 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [8918] Nigeria K:SPC-15262.000 No
Hedberg, O. [4784] Tanzania Conopharyngia holstii K001569045 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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

    • '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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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