Grewia pubescens P.Beauv.

First published in Fl. Oware 2: 76 (1819)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda and NW. Angola. It is a scrambling shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 3: 1-89. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • 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.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lejoly, J. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Flore de la Tshopo (RD Congo): Familles des Malvaceae, Orchidaceae, Sterculiaceae, Tiliaceae. Taxonomania 29: 1-41.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.
  • Whitehouse, C., Cheek, M., Andrews, S. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Tiliaceae & Muntingiaceae: 1-120.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento. [Cited as Grewia mollis.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For. Soud.-Guin. 154, t. 26, 1–2.
  • Burret in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 45: 187
  • F.T.A. 1: 250
  • Fl. Oware 2: 76, t. 108 (1819)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Burret in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 45: 187 (1910).
  • Burtt Davy, Check-lists For. Trees & Shrubs Brit. Emp. 1, Uganda: 117 (1935).
  • Excell & Mendonça in Consp. Fl. Angol. 1: 221 (1951).
  • Hamilton, Field Guide Uganda For. Trees: 122, fig. 130 (1981).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 304, fig. 115 (1958).
  • Mast. in Flora of Tropical Africa 1: 250 (1868).
  • P. Beauv., Fl. Owar. 2: 76, t. 108 (1807).
  • R. Wilczek in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 10: 30 (1963).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate: 242 (1940).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2010 Cheek, M. [11944] Cameroon K000673442 No
Oct 1, 2010 Harvey, Y.B. [111] Cameroon K000673441 No
Oct 1, 2010 Cheek, M. [11078] Cameroon K000673440 No
Nov 1, 1974 Satabie, B. [56] Cameroon K000094534 No
Irving [91] Nigeria K000241820 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cole, E.A. [SL 4405] Sierra Leone K001516953 Yes
Easmon [s.n.] Ghana K000241817 Unknown Type Material Yes
Irving [s.n.] Nigeria K000241816 Unknown Type Material Yes
Irving [s.n.] Nigeria K000241819 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rowland, G.W. [48] Nigeria K000241821 Unknown Type Material Yes
Irving [s.n.] Nigeria K000241818 Unknown Type Material Yes
Warnecke [469] Togo Grewia gigantiflora K000241822 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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    • '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/
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  • 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