Lamiaceae
Vitex

Vitex buchananii Baker ex Gürke

First published in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 339 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to S. Tropical Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Fernandes, R. & Diniz, M.A. (2005). Avicenniaceae, Nesogenaceae, Verbenaceae and Lamiaceae (subfams, Viticoideae and Ajugoideae). Flora Zambesiaca 8(7): 1-161. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.
  • 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.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62 , Beibl. 141: 53 (1928).
  • Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 642 (1949).
  • Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 643 (1949).
  • Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1895 : 152 (1895).
  • Estud. Ensaios Doc. Junta Invest. Ci. Ultramar [in Mendonça, Contrib. Conhec. Fl. Moçamb. II]: 170 (1954).
  • F.T.A. 5 : 319 (1900).
  • F.T.E.A., Verbenaceae: 54, 55 (1992).
  • J. S. African Bot. 18 : 76 (1952).
  • K. Coates Palgrave, Trees South. Africa: 807 (1977).
  • Kew Bull. 56 : 191 (2001).
  • Kirkia 10 : 272 (1975).
  • M. Coates Palgrave, ed. 3 of K. Coates Palgrave, Trees South. Africa: 981 (2002).
  • White, For. Fl. N. Rhod.: 371 (1962).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. in Flora of Tropical Africa 5: 319 (1900).
  • Coates Palgrave, Trees S. Afr.: 807 (1977).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 371 (1962).
  • Gürke in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 339 (1895).
  • Haerdi in Acta Trop., Suppl. 8: 153 (1964).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 642 (1949).
  • Pieper in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 62, Beibl. 141: 54 (1928).
  • Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 83 (1980).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Luke, Q., et al. [4898] Tanzania K000509850 No
Ruffo, C.K. [135] Tanzania K004547742 Yes
Pawek, J. (Mrs) [5066] Malawi K004548456 Yes
Haerdi, F. [207] Tanzania K004547744 Yes
Pawek, J. [10871] Malawi K004548449 Yes
Pawek, J. (Mrs) [5203] Malawi K004548455 Yes
Chapman, J.D.; Chapman, E.G. [9132] Malawi K004548442 Yes
Cribb, P.; Grey-Wilson, C.; Mwasumbi, L. [10694] Tanzania K004547755 Yes
Buchanan, J. (C.M.G.) [385] Malawi K004548440 Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi K004548437 Yes
Cheek, M.; Banze, A.; Fijamo, V.; Jeque, C.; Massunde, J.; Nkuna, L. [17948] Mozambique K001417089 Yes
Pawek, J. (Mrs) [1710] Malawi K004548453 Yes
Wallace, G.B. [525] Tanzania K004547753 Yes
Anderson, B. [1130] Tanzania K004547758 Yes
Stolz, A. [512] Malawi K004547760 Yes
Blackmore, S.; Brummitt, R.K.; Banda, E.A.K. [1435] Malawi K004548459 Yes
Frontier-Tanzania [2097] Tanzania K004547741 Yes
Adland, P.G. [410] Malawi K004548446 Yes
Adlard, P.G. [369] Malawi K004548461 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [11026] Malawi K004548454 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [6113] Tanzania K004547737 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [1589] Tanzania K004547756 Yes
Procter, J. [2947] Tanzania K004547743 Yes
Lebrun, J.A. [6652] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004547527 Yes
Cribb, P.; Grey-Wilson, C.; Mwasumbi, L. [11009] Tanzania K004547740 Yes
Pawek, J. (Mrs) [1765] Malawi K004548448 Yes
Nuvunga, A. [491] Mozambique K004548434 Yes
Pawek, J. [7631] Malawi K004548457 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Mbago, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [2988] Tanzania K004547735 Yes
Best, E.B. [189] Malawi K004548445 Yes
Pawek, J. (Mrs) [3039] Malawi K004548452 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [4907] Tanzania K004547738 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [14436] Malawi K004548451 Yes
Marshall, A.R. [1030] Tanzania K004547746 Yes
Cheek, M.; Banze, A.; Fijamo, V.; Jeque, C.; Massunde, J.; Nkuna, L. [17869] Mozambique K001417019 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [5853] Tanzania K004547739 No
Kisena [1159] Tanzania K004547736 Yes
Torre, A.R.; Pavio, J. [10951] Mozambique K004548435 Yes
Chapman, J.D.; Chapman, E.G. [7761] Malawi K004548441 Yes
Buchanan, J. (C.M.G.) [318] Malawi K004548439 Yes
Schlieben, H.-J. [3221] Tanzania K004547745 Yes
Matimele, H.; Talenque; Carlos [2477] Mozambique K001341049 Yes
White, F. [2838] Malawi K004548458 Yes
Robson, N.K.B.; Jackson [1285] Malawi K004548460 Yes
J.M.P. [106] Malawi K004548438 Yes
Grandvaux Barbosa, L.A.; Carvalho, M. [4224] Mozambique K004548436 Yes
Batty, M. [914] Tanzania K004547749 Yes
Wallace, G.B. [317] Tanzania K004547751 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [15505] Malawi K004548447 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [14436] Malawi K004548450 Yes
Manktelow, S. [93131] Tanzania K004547747 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8644] Tanzania K004547757 Yes
Tawakali, E.J.; Balaka, J.L. [82] Malawi K004548443 Yes
Davies, R.M. [D891] Tanzania K004547759 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [962] Tanzania K004547754 Yes
Kaunda, K.; Balaka, J.L. [8] Malawi K004548444 Yes
Semsei [1199] Tanzania K004547750 Yes
Schlieben, H.-J. [1614] Tanzania K004547752 Yes

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