Verbenaceae
Priva

Priva curtisiae Kobuski

First published in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 13: 7 (1926)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. & E. Tropical Africa to Rwanda. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Ilunga wa Ilunga, E. & Meerts, P. (2024). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), n.s., Verbenaceae: 1-57. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ilunga wa Ilunga, E. & Meerts, P. (2024). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), n.s., Verbenaceae: 1-57. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 613, fig. on p. 612 (1974).
  • Kobuski in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 13: 7, t. 2 (1926).
  • Moldenke in F. Fedde, Repertorium Speciorum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 41: 52 (1938).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Napier, E.R. [833] Kenya K004865760 Yes
Napier, E.R. (Miss); Moldenke, H.N. [12] Kenya K004865759 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Napper, D. (Miss) [13558] Kenya K004865765 Yes
Burger, Wm.; Betahun, A. [307] Ethiopia K004865696 Yes
Peter, G.A. [12321] Tanzania K004865794 Yes
Graham, M.D.; Kavirondo, N. [3016] Kenya K004865764 Yes
Kokwaro, J.O. [2579] Kenya K004865755 Yes
Grimshaw, J.M. [JMG931140] Tanzania K004865782 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [2314] Tanzania K004865780 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [11529] Kenya K004865752 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [1485] K004865785 Yes
Harger, R. [14] Kenya K004865746 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Getachew, A. [2644] Ethiopia K004865702 Yes
van Someren (Dr.) [1614] Kenya K004865761 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [1299] Kenya K004865773 Yes
Williams, J.G. [EA12351] Kenya K004865754 Yes
Kokwaro, J.O. [2926] Kenya K004865767 Yes
Grimshaw, J.M. [JMG931201A] Tanzania K004865775 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [1039] Kenya K004865748 Yes
Willy, P. [3838] Kenya K004865774 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Jaeger, P.M.L. [7168] Kenya K004865745 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [701] Kenya K004865769 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [13343] Tanzania K004865776 Yes
Mwangangi, O.M. [959] Kenya K004865762 Yes
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [4597] Kenya K004865747 Yes
Friis, I.; Crawford, F.; Abebe, W.; Ermias Getachew [14115] Ethiopia K004865693 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Jefford, T.G. [4452] Ethiopia K004865701 Yes
Mesfin, T.; Vollesen, K.B. [4132] Ethiopia K004865700 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Field, D.V. [5532] Kenya K004865757 Yes
Greenway [6810] Tanzania K004865784 Yes
van Someren (Dr.) [205] Kenya K004865772 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B.; Tewolde, B.G.E. [2468] Ethiopia K004865695 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Jaeger, P.M.L. [6681] Kenya K004865750 Yes
Leippert [5739] Tanzania K004865787 Yes
Beesley, J.S.S. [74] Tanzania K004865788 Yes
Tweedie (Mr.) [2175] Kenya K004865751 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [246] Kenya K004865768 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [2468] Ethiopia K004865698 Yes
Bigger, M. [2352] Tanzania K004865786 Yes
Friis, I.; Tadesse, M.; Vollesen, K.B. [2631] Ethiopia K004865697 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [24833] Tanzania K004865783 Yes
Gelinger (Dr.) [s.n.] Tanzania K004865790 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [18361] Kenya K004865753 Yes
Dowson, W.J. [625] Kenya K004865749 Yes
Mbuvi, D.M. [438] Kenya K004865756 Yes
Friis, I.; Hansen, O.J. [2624] Tanzania K004865789 Yes
Ash, J. (Mrs) [2427] Ethiopia K004865694 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [6127] Kenya K004865758 Yes
Moore, A. (Mrs.) [4] Tanzania K004865791 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [822] Kenya K004865770 Yes
Tanner, R.E.S. [921] Tanzania K004865778 Yes
Tanner, R. [1269] Tanzania K004865777 Yes
Taiti, S. [s.n.] Kenya K004865766 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, S.; Malaku Wandefrash; Gashaw Gibre-Hiwot [8238B] Ethiopia K004865703 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [1203] Tanzania K004865779 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [10520] Tanzania K004865781 Yes
Thulin, M.; Hunde, A.; Tadesse, M. [3423] Ethiopia K004865699 Yes
Gelinger (Dr.) [5037] Tanzania K004865792 Yes
Verdcourt [686] Kenya K004865771 Yes
Volkens [2154] K004865793 Yes

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 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

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • 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