Malvaceae
Grewia

Grewia flavescens Juss.

First published in Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 4: 91 (1804)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa to India. It is a scrambling shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2021). https://www.phcog.com/article.asp?issn=0973-1296;year=2021;volume=17;issue=5;spage=9;epage=14;aulast=M.. epublication.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 3: 1-89. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1963). Flora Zambesiaca 2(1): 1-351. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Meena, S.L. (2012). A checklist of the vascular plants of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India. Nelumbo 54: 39-91.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Whitehouse, C., Cheek, M., Andrews, S. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Tiliaceae & Muntingiaceae: 1-120.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For. Soud.-Guin. 154, t. 26, 6–7.
  • Burret in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 45: 168
  • in Ann. Mus. Paris 4: 91 (1804)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2021). https://www.phcog.com/article.asp?issn=0973-1296;year=2021;volume=17;issue=5;spage=9;epage=14;aulast=M.. epublication.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • 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.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Meena, S.L. (2012). A checklist of the vascular plants of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India. Nelumbo 54: 39-91.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas p. 154, fig. f4 on 152, map (1994).
  • Burret in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 45: 168 (1910).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 565, fig. 103/f4 (1961).
  • Excell & Mendonça in Consp. Fl. Angol. 1: 221 (1951).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1: 223 (1950).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 239, fig. 42f (1962).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 618 (1949).
  • Juss. in Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 4: 91 (1804).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 305 (1958).
  • R. Wilczek in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 10: 25 (1963).
  • Sebsebe in Fl. Eth. 2(2): 149, fig. 79.1/6–8 (1995).
  • Wild & Gonç. in Fl. Moçamb. 28: 15 (1969).
  • Wild in Flora Zambesiaca 2: 46 (1963).
  • Wild in Flora of Southern Africa 21: 4 (1984).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 16, 2008 Crawford, F. [64] Namibia K000450344 No
Jan 1, 1958 Dinter [68] South Africa K000241916 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1956 Rautanen, M. [614] K000241929 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1956 Kirk, J. [349] Mozambique K000975784 Unknown Type Material Yes
Maiato, F.; Rafael, M.; Camôngua, J. [FM1465] Angola K001622465 Yes
Maiato, F.; Rafael, M.; Camôngua, J. [FM1575] Angola K001622488 Yes
Maiato, F.; Rafael, M.; Camôngua, J. [FM1485] Angola K001622478 Yes
Reekmans, M. [11074] Burundi K001873380 No
Reekmans, M. [11095] Burundi K001873381 No
Braun, R.C. [8250] Botswana K000285295 No
Maiato, F.; Rafael, M.; Camôngua, J. [FM1492] Angola K001622463 Yes
Masia, N.; Netshituni, R.; Maduwa, T.; Chavane, C. [9287] South Africa K009001308 No
Heudelot [283] K000241713 Unknown Type Material Yes
Story, R. [6486] Namibia K000285308 No
Winter, B., de [2819] Namibia K000285307 No
Lambrecht, F.L. [69] Botswana K000285293 No
Lambrecht, F.L. [104] Botswana K000285294 No
Wiss, H-J.; Kinges, H.K. [842] Namibia K000285309 No
Armitage, F.B. [22156] Zimbabwe K000285302 No
Phipps, J.B. [1408] Zimbabwe K000285303 No
Miller, O.B. [B1270] Botswana K000285297 No
Pole-Evans, I.B. [334440] Botswana K000285298 No
Osborne, J.; Langa, C.; Matimele, H.; Rokni, S.; Zandamela, J.; Cumbane, I. [JO 1390] Mozambique K001346112 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2463] Botswana K001600930 Yes
Angus, A. [1036] Zambia K000285304 No
Jackson, G. [1244] Malawi K000285305 No
Germishuizen, G. [337] South Africa K000285311 No
Mogg, A.O.D. [14472] South Africa K000285310 No
Smith, P.A. [4213] Botswana K000285299 Yes
Timberlake, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000614741 No
Richards, H.M. [14810] Botswana K000285296 No
K000241712 Unknown Type Material Yes
Torre, A.R. [2935] Mozambique K000285306 No
Richards, H.M. [14771] Botswana K000285301 No
Hoogh, R.J., de [s.n.] Botswana K000285292 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [5162] Botswana K000285300 No

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