Phyllanthaceae
Margaritaria
Margaritaria discoidea

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

First published in Kew Bull. 36: 221 (1981)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Ethiopia to KwaZulu-Natal. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Burundi, Caprivi Strip, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, 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.
  • 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.
  • Ilunga wa Ilunga, E. & Meerts, P. (2020). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), Phyllanthaceae: 1-163. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ilunga wa Ilunga, E. & Meerts, P. (2020). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), Phyllanthaceae: 1-163. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 3, 1983 Grandvaux Barbosa, L.A.; Carvalho, M. [2950] Mozambique K000406253 Type Yes
Feb 21, 1980 Schlechter, F.R.R. [11598] Mozambique K000406254 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thulin, M.; Hunde, A.; Tadesse, M. [3366] Ethiopia K004833354 Yes
Lisowski, S. [12668] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004833325 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7568] Tanzania K004833508 Yes
Masia, N.; Netshituni, R.; Maduwa, T.; Moloto, T. [9276] South Africa K009000824 No
Semsei, S.R. [[2980]] Tanzania K004833517 Yes
Magogo, F.C.; Rose Innes, R. [RRI381] Tanzania K004833513 Yes
Léonard, J.J.G. [1155] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004833327 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7379] Tanzania K004833530 Yes
Nishida, T. [12] Tanzania K004833511 Yes
Shabani [507] Tanzania K004833531 Yes
Lewalle, J. [s.n.] Burundi K004833330 Yes
Procter, J. [1699] Tanzania K004833500 Yes
Hornby (Mr.); Hornby (Mrs) [639] Tanzania K004833526 Yes
Reekmans, M. [8346] Burundi K004833332 Yes
Lovett, J.; Thomas, D.W. [2827] Tanzania K004833501 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [1988A] Tanzania K004833515 Yes
Chaffey, D.R. [311] Ethiopia K004833353 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [857] Tanzania K004833525 Yes
Stolz, A. [1770] Tanzania K004833499 Yes
Friend, I.B.W. [17] Tanzania K004833519 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2189] Taiwan K004833521 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [2966] Tanzania K004833516 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7379A] Tanzania K004833512 Yes
Reekmans, M. [5566] Burundi K004833329 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7634] Tanzania K004833507 Yes
[H. A. Lindman] [560] Tanzania K004833522 Yes
Muller, T. [313] Zimbabwe K000318018 Yes
Stolz, A. [1770] Tanzania K004833498 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [S1203] Tanzania K004833529 Yes
Tanner, R. [3774] Tanzania K004833514 Yes
Anderson, B. [827] Tanzania K004833509 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [16024] Tanzania K004833518 Yes
Chaffey, D.R. [132] Ethiopia K004833352 Yes
s.coll. [2395] Burundi K004833331 Yes
Léonard, J.J.G. [1164] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004833326 Yes
Taylor, C.M.; Gereau, R.E.; Lovett, J. [8456] Tanzania K004833504 Yes
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Vollesen, K.B. [3596] Ethiopia K004833355 Yes
Miller, O.B. [4800] Zimbabwe K000318019 No
Leippert [5523] Tanzania K004833527 Yes
[A. Toyoshime] [240] Tanzania K004833523 Yes
Hornby, H.E. [413] Tanzania K004833528 Yes
Stolz, A. [1770] Tanzania K004833497 Yes
Lovett, J.; Congdon, T.C.E. [3119] Tanzania K004833502 Yes
Lovett, J.; Sidwell, K.; Kayombo, C.J. [3961] Tanzania K004833505 Yes
Lovett, J.; Congdon, T.C.E. [2881] Tanzania K004833503 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Abdallah, R.; Vollesen, K.B. [1404] Tanzania K004833506 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2302] Tanzania K004833520 Yes
Mbago, F. [1010] Tanzania K004833524 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