Lamiaceae
Vitex

Vitex fischeri Gürke

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 171 (1893)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is South Sudan to S. Tropical Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • 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.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Meerts, P. (2018). Synopsis of the genus Vites (Lamiaceae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151: 380-392.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62 , Beibl. 141: 60 (1928).
  • Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 642 (1949).
  • F.T.A. 5 : 330 (1900).
  • F.T.E.A., Verbenaceae: 59 (1992).
  • Kew Bull. 56 : 195 (2001).
  • Phytologia 5 : 335 (1955).
  • White, For. Fl. N. Rhod.: 371 (1962).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. in Flora of Tropical Africa 5: 330 (1900).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 595, fig. 109/a,c,d (1961).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 200 (1956).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 371 (1962).
  • Gürke in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 18: 171 (1893)
  • Gürke in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 339 (1895).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 643 (1949).
  • Pieper in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 62, Beibl. 141: 60 (1928).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 445 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2011 Loup, Cl [416] Tanzania K000249829 No
Tanner, R. [4262] Tanzania K004547952 Yes
Tweedie [2599] Kenya K004547953 Yes
Carmichael [835] Tanzania K004547955 Yes
s.coll. [459] Tanzania K004547966 Yes
Lawton, R.M. [840] Zambia K004548564 Yes
Argyle, M.C. [108] Kenya K004547943 Yes
Mutimushi, J.M. [1125] Zambia K004548563 Yes
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [6282] Kenya K004547937 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F4202] Zambia K004548571 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2907] Tanzania K004547948 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [2366] Kenya K004547940 Yes
Holmes, W.D. [1028] Zambia K004548570 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [415] Uganda K:SPC-18107.000 No
Wigg, L.J. [268] Tanzania K004547944 Yes
Pirozynski, K.A. [P303] Tanzania K004547968 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [1514] Zambia K004548566 Yes
Smith, F.G. [1348] Tanzania K004547954 Yes
Jarrett, T. [SN/30] Kenya K004547941 Yes
Procter, J. [983] Tanzania K004547949 Yes
Williams, G.R. [276] Kenya K004547938 Yes
FitzGibbon; Barcock [92] Tanzania K004547946 Yes
Perdue, R.E.; Kibuwa, S.P. [9411] Kenya K004547939 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [1302] Zambia K004548573 Yes
s.coll. [471] Tanzania K004547967 Yes
Milne-Redhead [641] Zambia K004548562 Yes
FitzGibbon, H.; Barcock, J. [92] Tanzania K004547945 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [5076] Tanzania K004547961 Yes
Tanner, R.E.S. [1119] Tanzania K004547959 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F765] Zambia K004548572 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [641] Zambia K004548565 Yes
White, F. [3188] Zambia K004548567 Yes
Lugas, L. [131] Kenya K004547936 Yes
Carmichael, W. [462] Tanzania K004547951 Yes
[N. Itoh]; [T. Sakamaki] [s.n.] Tanzania K004547965 Yes
Schmidt, H.H.; Gereau, R.E.; Kayombo, M.J.; Mwangoka, M.A. [1156] Tanzania K004547964 Yes
Tanner, R.E.S. [688] Tanzania K004547958 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [3294] Tanzania K004547960 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [5076] Tanzania K004547962 Yes
Tanner, R.E.S. [413] Tanzania K004547950 Yes
Procter, J.E.A. [117] Tanzania K004547947 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [541] Zambia K004548569 Yes
Koritschoner, H. [2245] Tanzania K004547957 No
[J.C. Temples] [[NZ52]] Kenya K004547942 Yes
Timberlake, J.; Bingham, M.G. [5945] Zambia K004548574 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2907] Tanzania K004547956 Yes
Azuma, S. [488] Tanzania K004547963 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [541] Zambia K004548568 Yes

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

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  • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • 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

  • 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