Malvaceae
Grewia

Grewia similis K.Schum.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 118 (1892)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to E. Central & E. Tropical Africa. It is a scrambling shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda

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.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter G: 1-40325.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.

Kew Plants for Health

  • "SEPASAL database. (RBG Kew, 1999)"
  • "World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)"

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Baker f. in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 37: 128 (1905).
  • Battiscombe & Dale, Trees and Shrubs of Kenya Colony p. 39 (1936).
  • Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas p. 157, fig. e4 on 152, map (1994).
  • Blundell, Wild Flow. E. Afr.: 68, fig. 734 (1987).
  • Burret in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 45: 191 (1910)
  • Burret in Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908, 2 (Botanik) p. 496 (1912).
  • Burtt Davy, Check-lists For. Trees & Shrubs Brit. Emp. 1, Uganda: 117 (1935).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 568, fig. 103/e4 (1961).
  • E. Lind & A. Tallantire, Some Common Flowering Plants of Uganda, ed. 2: 60 (1971).
  • Gachathi, Kikuyu Bot. Dict.: 115 (1989).
  • K. Schum. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 15: 118 (1892)
  • K. Schum. in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 263 (1895).
  • Kokwaro, Medic. Pl. E. Afr.: 214 (1976).
  • Noad & Birnie, Trees of Kenya: 277, fig. (1989).
  • R. Wilczek in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 10: 32 (1963).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 566, t. 56 (1948).
  • Sebsebe in Fl. Eth. 2(2): 150 (1995).
  • Troupin, Fl. Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 679, fig. 234/1 (1982)
  • Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 2: 370, fig. 118/1 (1983).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 23, 1998 Burtt, B.D. [1593] Tanzania K000241871 Type Yes
Mwachala; et al. [1253] Kenya K000449456 No
Fischer [55] Tanzania K000241872 Type Yes
Mwachala; et al. [1195] Kenya K000449457 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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