Rubiaceae
Rytigynia

Rytigynia longicaudata Verdc.

First published in Kew Bull. 42: 180 (1987)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania (W. Usambara Mountains). It is a scrambling shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Tanzania

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

  • Verdc. in Kew Bulletin 42: 180, fig. 11 (1987).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 15, 1985 Borhidi, A.; Pocs, T. [85206] Tanzania K000284479 No
May 15, 1985 Borhidi, A.; Pocs, T.; Iversen, S.T.; Mziray, W.R.; Sebsebe, D.; Hedren, M. [84893] Tanzania K000284478 No
May 15, 1985 Lovett, J. [176] Tanzania K000284480 No
May 15, 1985 Borhidi, A.; Pocs, T.; Iversen, S.T.; Mziray, W.R.; Sebsebe, D.; Hedren, M. [84101] Tanzania K000284477 No
Aug 1, 1982 Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2255] Tanzania K000284474 No
Aug 1, 1982 Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2255] Tanzania K000284475 No
Aug 1, 1982 Polhill, R.M. [4714] Tanzania K000284473 No
Aug 1, 1982 Carmichael [635] Tanzania K000284481 No
Aug 1, 1982 Ruffo [1485] Tanzania K000284472 No
Aug 1, 1982 Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2474] Tanzania K000284483 Holotype Yes
Aug 1, 1982 Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2474] Tanzania K000284482 Holotype Yes
Aug 1, 1982 Ngoundai, S. [262] Tanzania K000284476 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2474] Tanzania K:SPC-00930.000 No

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/

  • 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