Malvaceae
Corchorus

Corchorus urticifolius Wight & Arn.

First published in Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 73 (1834)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to Tanzania, W. & S. India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Myanmar, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Whitehouse, C., Cheek, M., Andrews, S. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Tiliaceae & Muntingiaceae: 1-120.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 517 (1958).
  • Dalziel, Useful Pl. W. Trop. Afr.: 97 (1937).
  • Edmonds, Herb. Surv. Afr. Corchorus Sp.: 26, 158, fig. 2/c, map 6 (1990).
  • Mast. in Flora of Tropical Africa 1: 263 (1868).
  • T.V. Jacobs in Phyton 61: 100, fig. 1/l (1997).
  • Vollesen in Fl. Eth. 2(2): 156, fig. 79.4/8–9 (1995).
  • Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Pen. Ind. Orient. 1(1): 73 (1834).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Wight [275] Indian Subcontinent K000687615 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight [276] Indian Subcontinent K000687610 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight, R. [276] Indian Subcontinent K000687614 Unknown Type Material Yes
Glenie, S.O. [C.P.2758] Sri Lanka K000687613 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight, R. [265] Indian Subcontinent K000687609 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [1074] Burma K000687616 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight [276] Indian Subcontinent K000687611 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight, R. [265] Indian Subcontinent K000687612 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper [1454] Ethiopia Corchorus quinquenervis K000425887 Type Yes
Schimper [1454] Ethiopia Corchorus quinquenervis K000425886 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1074] Corchorus subscandens K001110943 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1074] India Corchorus subscandens K001110941 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1074] India Corchorus subscandens K001110944 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1074] Corchorus subscandens K001110942 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1074] Burma Corchorus subscandens K001110940 Unknown Type Material 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

    • '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/

  • 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