Violaceae
Rinorea

Rinorea elliptica (Oliv.) Kuntze

First published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 42 (1891)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Somalia to Mozambique. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1960). Flora Zambesiaca 1(1): 1-336. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Grey-Wilson, C. (1986). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Violaceae: 1-38.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • van Velzen, R. & al. (2015). Phylogenetics of African Rinorea (Violaceae): Elucidating infrageneric relationships using placid and nuclear DNA sequences. Systematic Botany 40: 174-184.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • van Velzen, R. & al. (2015). Phylogenetics of African Rinorea (Violaceae): Elucidating infrageneric relationships using placid and nuclear DNA sequences. Systematic Botany 40: 174-184.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(2): 548 (1921).
  • Brandt in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 50, Suppl.: 411 (1914).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 599 (1961).
  • De Wild. in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 6: 140, 161 (1920).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 645 (1949).
  • Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 42 (1891).
  • Melchior in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, ed. 2, 21: 350, fig. 151D (1925).
  • N. Robson in Flora Zambesiaca 1: 248 (1960).
  • Reiche & Taub. in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien III. 6: 329 (1895).
  • Tennant in Kew Bulletin 16: 417 (1963).
  • Th. Dur. & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 1(2): 210 (1898).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1960 Kirk [s.n.] Comoros K000253955 Yes
Jan 1, 1960 Kirk [s.n.] Comoros K000253954 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3530] Tanzania K:SPC-04935.000 No
Kirk [s.n.] Mozambique K000231222 Unknown Type Material Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7268] Tanzania K:SPC-00678.000 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 Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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