Lasiosiphon glaucus Fresen.

First published in Flora 21: 603 (1838)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, S. India, Sri Lanka. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • 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. [Cited as Gnidia glauca.]
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Gnidia glauca.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 6, 1: 230.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1980). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 1: 1-508. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1981). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 2: 1-511. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2007 Harvey, Y.B. [319], Cameroon Gnidia glauca K000580039 No
Feb 1, 1999 Kamundi, D. [606], Cameroon Gnidia glauca K000338131 No
Aug 1, 1997 Cable, S. [3063], Cameroon Gnidia glauca K000338128 No
Apr 1, 1997 Munyenyembe, P. [767], Cameroon Gnidia glauca K000338129 No
Apr 1, 1997 Pollard, B.J. [36], Cameroon Gnidia glauca K000338130 No
Jan 1, 1862 Mann, G. [2171], Cameroon Gnidia glauca K000180306 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [10527], Tanzania Gnidia glauca 31158.000 No
Volkens, G. [2012] Gnidia glauca K000322596 Yes
Wallich [1051], India Gnidia glauca K000357592 Unknown type material Yes
Law [sn], India Gnidia glauca K000357596 Yes
Beddome, R.H. [s.n.], India Gnidia glauca K000357983 Unknown type material Yes
Thwaites, G.H.K. [469], Sri Lanka Gnidia glauca K000357985 lectotype Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Gnidia glauca K000900290 Yes
Tamajong, S. [22215], Cameroon Gnidia glauca K000180309 No
Hepper, F.N. [2016], Cameroon Gnidia glauca K000180313 No
Wallich [1051], India Gnidia glauca K000900286 Yes
Gardner [s.n.], India Gnidia glauca K000357982 Unknown type material Yes
Maitland, T.D. [0s.n106], Cameroon Gnidia glauca K000180302 No
Mildbraed, G. W. J. [10822], Cameroon Gnidia glauca K000180297 No
Bauer, P.J. [147], Cameroon Gnidia glauca K000180293 No
Gardner [s.n.], India Gnidia glauca K000357981 Unknown type material Yes
Wight [2492], India Gnidia glauca K000357597 Yes
Mann, G. [1201], Cameroon Gnidia glauca K000180307 No
Wallich, N. [1051], Tamil Nadu Gnidia glauca K000900288 Yes
Wallich [1051], India Gnidia glauca K000357593 Unknown type material Yes
Adams, C.D. [6836], Cameroon Gnidia glauca K000180310 No
Gardner [s.n.], Sri Lanka Gnidia glauca K000357986 isotype Yes
Clarke, C.B. [11023], India Gnidia glauca K000900287 Yes
Dunlap [188], Cameroon Gnidia glauca K000180300 No
Mann, G. [1201], Cameroon Gnidia glauca K000180308 No
Hepper, F.N. [2016], Cameroon Gnidia glauca K000180312 No
Migeod, F. [214], Cameroon Gnidia glauca K000180301 No
s.coll. [4051], India Gnidia glauca K000900289 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [MC 18], Cameroon Gnidia glauca K000180295 No
Bauer, P.J. [147], Cameroon Gnidia glauca K000180294 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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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
  • 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/
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