Malvaceae
Corchorus

Corchorus pseudo-olitorius Islam & Zaid

First published in Biologia (Lahore) 6: 174 (1960)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Somalia to E. Tanzania, SE. Pakistan to India. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

India, Kenya, Pakistan, Somalia, Tanzania, West Himalaya

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Nasir, E. & Ali, S.I. (eds.) (1970-1995). Flora of West Pakistan 1-131.
  • Whitehouse, C., Cheek, M., Andrews, S. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Tiliaceae & Muntingiaceae: 1-120.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Thulin, M. (ed.) in Thulin, M. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Somalia 2: 1-303. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by Sebsebe Demissew [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Edmonds, Herb. Surv. Afr. Corchorus Sp.: 35, 138, fig. 2/n, 8 (1990).
  • Islam & Zaid in Biologia 6: 174 (1960).
  • T.V. Jacobs in Phyton 61: 99, fig. 1/g (1997).
  • Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 32 (1980).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 23, 2007 Fest, L.; Luke, Q. [2449] Kenya K000449361 No
Aug 10, 1990 Singh, H.B. [1514] India K000687606 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baig, B. [1068] Pakistan K000687608 Isotype Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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