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
- Gnidia glauca (Fresen.) Gilg in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(6a): 227 (1894)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Gnidia eriocephala Wall. ex J.Graham in Cat. Pl. Bombay: 176 (1839)
- Gnidia eriocephala Meisn. in Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 3: 292 (1841), nom. illeg.
- Gnidia hugelii Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 592 (1857)
- Gnidia monticola Miq. in Flora 32: 557 (1849), nom. nud.
- Gnidia rivae Gilg in Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 98 (1898)
- Gnidia volkensii Gilg in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 283 (1895)
- Gnidiopsis monticola Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 40: 77 (1893), not validly publ.
- Lachnaea sphaerocephala Burm.f. in Fl. Indica, Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 12 (1768)
- Lasiosiphon eriocephalus Decne. in V.Jacquemont, Voy. Inde 4: 148 (1844)
- Lasiosiphon eriocephalus var. zeylanicus Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 598 (1857)
- Lasiosiphon huegelii Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 598 (1857)
- Lasiosiphon metzianus Miq. in Nieuwe Verh. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. Amsterdam, ser. 3, 4: 15 (1851)
- Lasiosiphon rivae (Gilg) H.Pearson in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 6(1): 232 (1910)
- Lasiosiphon speciosus Decne. in V.Jacquemont, Voy. Inde 4: 147 (1844)
- Passerina cephalophora Thunb. in Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 75 (1794)
Publications
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? |
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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
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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
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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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
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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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Kew Science Photographs
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