Lamiaceae
Vitex

Vitex doniana Sweet

First published in Hort. Brit.: 323 (1826)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, W. Indian Ocean. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Cuba, Seychelles

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 3: 1-89. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Friedmann, F. (1994). Flore des Seychelles Dicotylédones: 1-663. ORSTOM éditions.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • 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.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • 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.
  • 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 of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 5: 323
  • Hort. Brit., ed. 1: 323 (1827)
  • Moldenke in Phytologia 5: 322, not of Hiern (1900).
  • Pieper in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 62, Beibl. 141 (as "142"): 64 (1928)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62 , Beibl. 141: 56 (1928).
  • Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62 , Beibl. 141: 64 (1928).
  • Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62 , Beibl. 141: 71 (1928).
  • Estud. Ensaios Doc. Junta Invest. Ci. Ultramar [in Mendonça, Contrib. Conhec. Fl. Moçamb. II]: 175 (1954).
  • F.T.A. 5 : 323 (1900).
  • F.T.E.A., Verbenaceae: 62 (1992).
  • F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 2 : 446, fig. 308 (1963).
  • Gomes e Sousa, Dendrol. Moçambique Estudo Geral 2 : 659 (1967).
  • K. Coates Palgrave, Trees South. Africa: 808 (1977).
  • Kew Bull. 56 : 192 (2001).
  • Kirkia 10 : 271 (1975).
  • M. Coates Palgrave, ed. 3 of K. Coates Palgrave, Trees South. Africa: 981 (2002).
  • Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 9 : 38 (1954).
  • Phytologia 5 : 322 (1955).
  • Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Africa: 94 (1909).
  • Topham, Check List For. Trees Shrubs Nyasaland Prot.: 102 (1958).
  • Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Africa 5 : 459 (1916).
  • White, Dowsett-Lemaire & Chapman, Evergr. For. Fl. Malawi: 588 (2001).
  • White, For. Fl. N. Rhod.: 371 (1962).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • 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.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. in Flora of Tropical Africa 5: 323 (1900).
  • Brenan in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 9: 38 (1954).
  • Coates Palgrave, Trees S. Afr.: 808 (1977).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 593, fig. 108 (1961).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 200, fig. 52 (1956).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 371 (1962).
  • Geerling, Guide de Terrain Lign. Sahél. Soud.-Guin.: 328, t. 92/3 (1982).
  • Huber in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 446, fig. 308 (1963).
  • 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).
  • Moldenke in Phytologia 5: 322 (1955) (very extensive bibliography and information).
  • Pieper in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 62, Beibl. 141: 64 (1928).
  • Sweet, Hort. Brit.: 323 (1827).
  • Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 3: 291, fig. 94.4 (1985).
  • Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 83 (1980).
  • Von Maydell, Arbres et Arbustes du Sahel: 375, 374 & 504–505 (plates) (1983).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 443, fig. 93 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2018 Olorunfemi, J. [30751] Cameroon K000029535 No
Jan 1, 2018 Thomas, D.W. [2253] Cameroon K000029520 No
Apr 3, 2014 Welwitsch, F.M.J. [5668] Angola K001067049 Type Yes
Nov 1, 2008 Nana felicite [143] Cameroon K000580258 No
Nov 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13518] Cameroon K000580257 No
Oct 1, 2007 Etuge, M. [5374] Cameroon K000746141 No
Jan 1, 2004 Pollard, B.J. [592] Cameroon K000213077 No
Oct 1, 1999 Cameron, L.T. [s.n.] East Tropical Africa K001044804 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 22, 1987 Kirk [1] Tanzania K000241362 Syntype Yes
Jul 22, 1987 Hildebrandt, J.M. [1123] K000241363 Type Yes
Snowden, J.D. [205] Uganda K004548021 Yes
Darbyshire, I.; Agostenho, M.; Fansdeo, G.; Matimele, H.; Mucaleque, P.; Osborne, J.; Tanleque, C. [1135] Mozambique K001341011 No
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [13759] Tanzania K004548116 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [14108] Angola K000508698 Yes
B. Mhoro [992] Tanzania K004548119 Yes
Lynes, H. [Ig129] Tanzania K004548118 Yes
Chipp, T.F. [727] Ghana K004546957 Yes
Davies, R.M. [D260] Tanzania K004548120 Yes
Troupin, G. [16185] Rwanda K004547378 Yes
Sir A. Kitson [692] Ghana K004546946 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [11080] Tanzania K004548126 Yes
Runyinya, B. [878] Rwanda K004547379 Yes
Styles, B.T. [283] Uganda K004548012 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [4007] Nigeria K004546965 Yes
s.coll. [5100] Burundi K004547382 Yes
Evrard, C. [3921] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004547374 Yes
Blanche; Mauve; Compère, P. [497] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004547375 Yes
Peter, G.A. [7250] Tanzania K004548110 Yes
Greenway [1191] Tanzania K004548133 Yes
Kitson, A. (Sir) [888] Ghana K004546959 Yes
Innes, R. [GC30868] Ghana K004546948 Yes
Brasnett, N.V. [304] Uganda K004548011 Yes
Vigne, C. [1816] Ghana K004546960 Yes
Welwitsch [5746] Angola K001008437 Yes
Thulin, M.; B. Mhoro [s.n.] Tanzania K004548115 Yes
Virgo, K. [67] Niger K004546962 Yes
Lovett, J. [958] Tanzania K004548124 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10482] Tanzania K004548128 Yes
Welwitsch [5695] Angola K001008435 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [1961] Ghana K004546950 Yes
Chipp, T.F. [744] K004546940 Yes
Simbiano, F.J.; Konaté, L. [390] Guinea K001970178 No
Simbiano, F.J.; Konaté, L. [307] Guinea K001970132 No
Simbiano, F.J.; Konaté, L. [282] Guinea K001970156 No
Chevalier, A. [23111] Benin K001634249 Yes
Todd, H. [64] Cameroon K001480228 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K004548135 Yes
Kalema, J. [2621] Uganda K004548015 Yes
Peter, G.A. [44916] Tanzania K004548111 Yes
Dawe, M.T. [766] Uganda K004548017 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [1121] Uganda K004548022 Yes
Speke, J.H. (Capt.); Grant, J.A. (Capt.) [81] Uganda K004548010 Yes
Davey, J.T. [500] Mali K000386010 No
Pilz, G.E. [1937] Nigeria K004546964 Yes
Davies, R.N. [D439] Tanzania K004548122 Yes
Enti, A.A. [FH7605] Ghana K004546951 Yes
Reekmans, M. [5829] Burundi K004547380 Yes
Hulstaert, G. [834] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004547377 Yes
Timberlake, J. [4943] Mozambique K000545293 No
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K.; Bidgood, S. [9477] Zambia K001590726 Yes
Nana Felicite; Nukam; de Martrin; Shah; Darbyshire; Enow [127] Cameroon K001418556 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [7179] Uganda K004548024 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [5211] Guinea K000386008 No
Greenway [1191] Tanzania K004548131 Yes
Sir A. Kitson [690] Ghana K004546947 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10482] Tanzania K:SPC-28484.000 No
Lewalle, J. [608] Burundi K004547385 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [2441] Tanzania K004548132 Yes
Reekmans, M. [6583] Burundi K004547381 Yes
Robson, N. [1109] Zambia K:SPC-29119.000 No
Welwitsch [5633] Angola K001008438 Yes
Peter, G.A. [32109] Tanzania K004548113 Yes
Léonard, J.J.G. [597] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004547376 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [11080] Tanzania K:SPC-29442.000 No
[Carton] [1395] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004547370 Yes
Styles, B.T. [283] Uganda K:SPC-07366.000 No
Synnott, T.J. [536] Uganda K004548020 Yes
Hazel [449] Uganda K004548014 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1731] Uganda K004548018 Yes
Jongkind, C.C.H.; Abbiw, D.K.; Niewenhuis, C.M.J. [1477] Ghana K004546955 Yes
Wellman, F.C. [s.n.] Angola K001008434 Yes
Mwasumbi, L.B. [10419] Tanzania K004548112 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10482] Tanzania K004548129 Yes
[V.F. Jessel] [J42] Tanzania K004548125 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [1282] Tanzania K004548123 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [194] Ghana K004546956 Yes
Chipp, T.F. [463] Ghana K004546944 Yes
Dümmer, R. [2779] Uganda K004548023 Yes
Hazel, C. [449] Uganda K004548007 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [11188] Ghana K004546949 Yes
Madsen, J.E. [6620] Burkina Faso K000386001 No
Evrard, C. [3757] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004547373 Yes
Welwitsch [5645] Angola K001008436 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [RRI434] Tanzania K004548127 Yes
Styles, B.T. [283] Uganda K004548013 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1731] Uganda K004548019 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Uganda K004548016 Yes
s.coll. [9168] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004547371 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [2520] Tanzania K004548130 Yes
Reekmans, M. [5328] Burundi K004547384 Yes
Dyson Hudson (Mrs) [401] Uganda K004548009 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [4963] Nigeria K004546963 Yes
Peter, G.A. [31639] Tanzania K004548114 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC7417] Ghana K004546953 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [1961] Ghana K004546943 No
Morton, J.K. [s.n.] Ghana K004546952 Yes
Kirk (Dr) [s.n.] Tanzania K004548134 Yes
Lynes, H. [Ih199] Tanzania K004548117 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A1883] Ghana K004546961 Yes
Chipp, T.F. [463] Ghana K004546942 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [5211] Guinea K000386009 No
Stolz, A. [402] Malawi K004548121 Yes
van der Ben, D. [1087] Burundi K004547383 Yes
Jaeger, P. [17] Mali K000386006 No
Germain, R. [7350] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004547372 Yes
Chevalier, A. [2769] Mali K000386007 No
Hancock, G.L.R. [T1108] Uganda K004548008 Yes
Sir A. Kitson [946] Ghana K004546945 Yes
Saunders, C. [3] Ghana K004546958 Yes
Chipp, T.F. [744] Ghana K004546941 Yes
Abbiw, D.K. [GC47243] Ghana K004546954 Yes
Jaeger, P. [17] Mali K000386005 No
unknown [547] Seychelles Vitex hornei K000192791 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mann, G. [994] Vitex pachyphylla K000241365 Type Yes
Mann, G. [994] Vitex pachyphylla K000241364 Type Yes
Jean Louis [7925] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Vitex cuneata K004547368 Yes
Jean Louis [12562] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Vitex cuneata K004547366 Yes
s.coll [s.n] Sudan Vitex cuneata K004547701 Yes
Mozambique Vitex cuneata K:SPC-17182.000 No
Mbenkum, T. [TFM 386] Cameroon Vitex cuneata K000029523 No
Jean Louis [12487] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Vitex cuneata K004547367 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [8956] Nigeria Vitex cuneata K:SPC-18110.000 No
Jean Louis [16452] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Vitex cuneata K004547369 Yes
Evrard, C. [4190] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Vitex cuneata K004547365 Yes
Germain, R. [8199] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Vitex cuneata K004547364 Yes
Milne [s.n.] Vitex milnei K000241359 Type Yes

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