Lamiaceae
Vitex

Vitex congolensis De Wild. & T.Durand

First published in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt. Rend. 38: 134 (1899)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to South Sudan and Angola. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Zaïre

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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 Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Meerts, P. (2018). Synopsis of the genus Vites (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151: 380-392.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2020). https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.434.2.1/38833. epublication.
  • 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].
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Meerts, P. (2018). Synopsis of the genus Vites (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151: 380-392.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2018 Wheatley, J.I. [174] Cameroon K000011968 No
Lebrun, J.A. [2342] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004547534 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [8696] Cameroon K000029538 No
Gérard [200] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004547540 Yes
Devred, R. [2340] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004547541 Yes
[Munsa] [3442] K000192757 Unknown Type Material Yes
Watts, J. [556] Cameroon K000011974 No
Félix, J. [3192] Cameroon K004547531 Yes
Wheatley, J.I. [643] Cameroon K000011973 No
Lebrun, J.A. [6426] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004547537 Yes
Gilbert, G. [8306] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004547542 Yes
Dr. J. Mildbraed [8357] Cameroon K004547532 Yes
Thomas, D.W. [1032] Cameroon K000029536 No
Evrard, G. [3444] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004547539 Yes
Evrard, G. [5534] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004547538 Yes
Wheatley, J.I. [643] Cameroon K000011972 No
Becquaert, J. [17] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004547533 Yes
Lebrun, J.A. [5952] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004547536 Yes
Maudoux, E. [1027] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004547543 Yes
Gillardin, J. [615] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004547535 Yes
Thomas, D.W. [1080] Cameroon K000029543 No
Carlier, A. [286] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004547544 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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