Lamiaceae
Vitex

Vitex payos (Lour.) Merr.

First published in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 24(2): 334 (1935)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to S. Tropical Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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).
  • Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62 , Beibl. 141: 65 (1928).
  • Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62 , Beibl. 141: 66 (1928).
  • Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 643 (1949).
  • Estud. Ensaios Doc. Junta Invest. Ci. Ultramar [in Mendonça, Contrib. Conhec. Fl. Moçamb. II]: 172 (1954), as ‘ V. irvingensis ’.
  • Estud. Ensaios Doc. Junta Invest. Ci. Ultramar [in Mendonça, Contrib. Conhec. Fl. Moçamb. II]: 172 (1954).
  • F.T.E.A., Verbenaceae: 63 (1992).
  • K. Coates Palgrave, Trees South. Africa: 811 (1977).
  • Kew Bull. 56 : 200 (2001).
  • Kew Bull. 56 : 205 (2001).
  • Kirkia 10 : 272 (1975).
  • M. Coates Palgrave, ed. 3 of K. Coates Palgrave, Trees South. Africa: 985, illust. 274 (2002).
  • Mém. Inst. Invest. Agron. Moçambique 6 (1): 79–81 (1972).
  • O.H. Coates Palgrave, Trees Central Africa: 430–3, plates (1956).
  • Phytologia 6 : 217 (1958).
  • Phytologia 6 : 45 (1957).
  • Rhodesia Agric. J. 50 : 186, photos (1953).
  • Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Africa: 94 (1909).
  • Taxon 38 : 155 (1989)
  • Topham, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Nyasaland Prot.: 102 (1958).
  • Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Africa 5 : 459 (1916).
  • White, For. Fl. N. Rhod.: 372 (1962).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Coates Palgrave, Trees Centr. Afr.: 430–3, plates (1957).
  • Coates Palgrave, Trees S. Afr.: 811 (1977).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 597 (1961).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 372 (1962).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 644 (1949).
  • Merr. in Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 24: 334 (1935).
  • Palmer & Pitman, Trees S. Afr. 3: 1962 (1972).
  • Verdc. in Taxon 38:155 (1989), nom. spec. conserv. propos. (see note).
  • 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. [5202] Tanzania K000509851 No
Sep 1, 2007 Bavazzano, R. [993] Tanzania K000509593 No
Jan 1, 2005 Loureiro [s.n.] China K000223712 Type No
Oct 1, 1999 Gibbs, L. [236] K000249037 Type Yes
Boaler, S.B. [568] Tanzania K004548228 Yes
Harris, B.J. [1787] Tanzania K004548214 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [14688] Tanzania K004548224 Yes
Pócs, T.; Kayambazinthu, D. [86172/E] Tanzania K004548211 Yes
Kendall, R.; Livingstone, D. [42] Tanzania K004548215 Yes
Kendall, R.; Livingstone, D.A. [42] Tanzania K004548223 Yes
Ward, E.T. [P16] Tanzania K004548220 Yes
Goetze, W. [548] K000241360 Type Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [6393] Tanzania K004548226 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [15374] Tanzania K004548212 Yes
Robertson, D.C. [601] Tanzania K004548216 Yes
Gillman, H. [1400] Tanzania K004548230 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [15619] Tanzania K004548217 Yes
Lynes, H. [Pg72] Tanzania K004548218 Yes
Lovett, J.; Congdon, T.C.E. [1885] Tanzania K004548221 Yes
Magogo, F.C.; Innes, R.R. [RRI420] Tanzania K004548229 Yes
Ward, E.T. [K4] Tanzania K004548225 Yes
Lynes, R. [Pg72] Tanzania K004548219 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [s.n.] Tanzania K004548213 Yes
Boaler, S.B. [568] Tanzania K004548227 Yes
Frontier-Tanzania [560] Tanzania K004548231 Yes
Bjørnstad, A. [AB1379] Tanzania K004548222 Yes
Kirk, Dr. [ Vitex hildebrandtii K000249038 Type No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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/

  • 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