Lamiaceae
Vitex

Vitex zanzibarensis Vatke

First published in Linnaea 43: 533 (1882)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Tropical Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Mozambique

Native to:

Kenya, Tanzania

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. in Flora of Tropical Africa 5: 318 (1900).
  • Gürke in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 339 (1895), as “sansibarensis”.
  • 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: 53 (1928).
  • Vatke in Linnaea 43: 533 (1882).
  • 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?
Vaughan, J.H. [2744] Tanzania K004547734 Yes
Rodgers, W.A. [1055] Tanzania K004547729 No
Procter, J. [2898] Tanzania K004547728 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [3678] Tanzania K004547732 Yes
Luke; Robertson [2394] Kenya K004547726 Yes
Procter, J. [2529] Tanzania K004547731 Yes
Vollesen, K.B. [MRC3281] Tanzania K004547727 Yes
Procter, J. [2946] Tanzania K004547733 Yes
Procter, J. [2529] Tanzania K004547730 Yes
Robertson, S.A.; Luke, Q. [4910] Kenya K004547724 Yes
Luke; Robertson [2394] Kenya K004547725 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [1303] K000192769 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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