Cannabaceae
Celtis

Celtis adolfi-friderici Engl.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 308 (1909)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to SW. Uganda. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sudan, Uganda, Zaïre

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Polhill, R.M. (1966). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Ulmaceae: 1-14.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2022). Flore du Gabon 58: 1-150. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv. 1: 27, t. 2, 7–9 (as “C. adolfi-frederici”)
  • Bot. Jahrb. 43: 308 (1909)
  • F.T.A. 6, 2: 9 (as “C. adolphi-friderici”)
  • F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 1: 423 (as “C. adolfi-frederici”)
  • Hauman in Fl. Congo Belge 1: 44 (as “C. adolphi-friderici”).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Engl. in A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(1): 14 (1915).
  • Engl. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 43: 308 (1909)
  • Engl. in Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908, 2 (Botanik) p. 179, t. 16A–D (1911)
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 253 (1952).
  • Hauman in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 1: 44 (1948).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 592 (1958).
  • Polhill in Kew Bulletin 19: 143 (1964).
  • Rendle in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(2): 9 (1916).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 46 (1948).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 430, fig. 89a (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2005 Cheek, M. [11798] Cameroon K000199814 Yes
Aug 1, 2005 Cheek, M. [11039] Cameroon K000199813 Yes
Aug 1, 2005 Cheek, M. [11667] Cameroon K000199812 Yes
Aug 1, 2005 Cheek, M. [11913] Cameroon K000199811 Yes
Nov 1, 2003 Onana, J.-M. [998] Cameroon K000197962 No
Toussaint, L. [701] K004538419 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [s.n.] Ghana K004538196 Yes
Harris, D.J.; Michael Fay, J. [1851] K004538426 Yes
[E E Kitson] [1218] Ghana K004538193 Yes
Mildbraed, J. [8250] K004538410 Yes
Letouzey, R. [2299] K004538413 Yes
Enti; Hall [GC39249] Ghana K004538197 Yes
Hall, J. [060/92] Cameroon K000609560 Yes
Hall, J. [060/92] Cameroon K000609559 Yes
Nusbaumer, L.; Kouamé, D. [LN493] Cote d'Ivoire K004538184 Yes
Breteler, F.J.; de Wilde, J.J.F.E.; Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [2456] K004538409 Yes
Chevalier, A. [22.575] Cote d'Ivoire K000243031 Type No
Letouzey, R. [5216] K004538414 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI37522] Cameroon K004538198 Yes
Kitson, A.E. [1193] Ghana K004538190 Yes
Tisserant, R.P. [429] K004538416 Yes
Chevalier, A. [22.575] Cote d'Ivoire K000243032 Type No
Lisowski, S. [45648] K004538422 Yes
Germain, R. [4744] K004538418 Yes
Adam, J.G. [20263] Liberia K004538186 Yes
Van der Meiren, J. [60a] K004538420 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O. [687] Cote d'Ivoire K004538183 Yes
Vigne, C. [270] Ghana K004538194 Yes
Adu, S. [55] Ghana K004538192 Yes
Lisowski, S. [16859] K004538423 Yes
Vigne, C. [270] Ghana K004538191 Yes
Mildbraed, J. [8212] K004538412 Yes
Letouzey, R. [2999] K004538415 Yes
Harris, D.J.; Michael Fay, J. [328] K004538424 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [22575] Cote d'Ivoire K004538185 Yes
Latilo, M.G. [FHI43833] Cameroon K004538199 Yes
[E E Kitson] [1193] Ghana K004538195 Yes
Harris, D.J.; Michael Fay, J. [1671] K004538425 Yes
Aubréville, M. [1806] Cote d'Ivoire K004538187 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [22575] Cote d'Ivoire K004538188 Yes
Aubréville, M. [1806] Cote d'Ivoire K004538189 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [5843] K004538411 Yes
Tisserant, R.P. [2451] K004538417 Yes
Toussaint, L. [754] K004538421 Yes

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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.
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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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

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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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