Phyllanthaceae
Margaritaria
Margaritaria discoidea

Margaritaria discoidea var. fagifolia (Pax) Radcl.-Sm.

First published in Kew Bull. 36: 220 (1981)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • 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.
  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[Tenere Hart] [60] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004833318 Yes
Kennedy, J.D. [2343] Nigeria K004833295 Yes
Pauwels, L. [6673] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004833319 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [15219] Nigeria K004833303 Yes
Léonard, J.J.G. [1592] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004833315 Yes
Meyer, F.G. [8892] Ethiopia K004833350 Yes
Hall; Abbiw [GC45165] Ghana K004833240 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [22348] Cote d'Ivoire K004833178 Yes
Barker, A.J.D. [1257] Liberia K004833217 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K004833297 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [B22348] Cote d'Ivoire K004833177 Yes
Donis, C. [1766] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004833317 Yes
Myers, J.G. [11377] Sudan K004833345 Yes
s.coll. [4812] Burundi K004833328 Yes
Sillitoe, F. [345] Sudan K004833343 Yes
s.coll. [452] Nigeria K004833300 Yes
Cooper, G.P. [436] Liberia K004833216 Yes
[Baxter] [3420] Nigeria K004833301 Yes
Talbot, P.A. (Mr.); Talbot, P.A. (Mrs.) [s.n.] Nigeria K004833299 Yes
Mildbraed, J. [8211] Cameroon K004833273 Yes
[R. Breind] [924] Ghana K004833239 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [A1646] Sudan K004833346 Yes
Léonard, J.J.G. [1573] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004833314 Yes
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Vollesen, K.B. [3957] Ethiopia K004833351 Yes
Harley, G.W. [s.n.] Liberia K004833218 Yes
Zenker, G.A. [4203] Cameroon K004833272 Yes
Greene, G. [931] Ghana K004833241 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K004833298 Yes
Donis, C. [1662] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004833316 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [1740] Sudan K004833349 Yes
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [9060] Liberia K004833221 Yes
Manning, S.D. [2040] Cameroon K004833279 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [3064] Nigeria K004833264 Yes
Tessmann, G. [329] Gabon K004833305 Yes
Santo, E. [2162] Guinea-Bissau K004833149 Yes
Santo, E. [2002] Guinea-Bissau K004833150 Yes
Luke, Q.; Bocuma, D.; Hastings, Z.; Mebulo, I.; Rivas, J. [13669] Equatorial Guinea K004833304 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E. [8210] Cameroon K004833276 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [4211] Cote d'Ivoire K004833179 Yes
Zenker, G.A. [2530] Cameroon K004833269 Yes
Linder, D.H. [125] Liberia K004833215 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [2374] Cameroon K004833277 Yes
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [9011] Liberia K004833220 Yes
Léonard, J.J.G. [1391] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004833312 Yes
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [6466] Liberia K004833222 Yes
Nemba, J. [240] Cameroon K000180755 No
Ross, A.F. [R117] Nigeria K004833296 Yes
Espirito Santo, J.V.G. [3078] Guinea-Bissau K004833148 Yes
Lovi, N.K. [4177] Ghana K004833243 Yes
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [6239] Liberia K004833219 Yes
Mann [s.n.] Cameroon K004833309 Yes
Versteegh, C.; den Outer, R.W. [649] Cote d'Ivoire K004833181 Yes
Binuyo, A. [FHI41281] Nigeria K004833294 Yes
Zenker, G.A. [2083] Cameroon K004833270 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [1564] Ghana K004833242 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [5969] Cameroon K004833278 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [5429] Cameroon K004833275 Yes
Léonard, J.J.G. [1397] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004833313 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O. [43] Cote d'Ivoire K004833180 Yes
Myers, J.G. [11525] Sudan K004833347 Yes
Mildbraed, J. [8221] Cameroon K004833274 Yes
Bernaldi, L. [8735] Nigeria K004833302 Yes
Zenker, G.A. [3138] Cameroon K004833271 Yes
Turner, L. [41] Sudan K004833348 Yes
Etuge, M. [261] Cameroon K000180758 No
Turner, L. [214] Sudan K004833344 Yes

Sources

  • 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/

  • 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