Rubiaceae
Keetia

Keetia gueinzii (Sond.) Bridson

First published in Kew Bull. 41: 970 (1986)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon to Ethiopia and S. Africa. It is a climbing shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan, 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.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.
  • Tilney, P.M. & Van Wyk, A.E. (2009). Taxonomy of the genus Keetia (Rubiaceae - subfam. Ixoroideae - tribe Vanguerieae) in southern Africa, with notes on bacterial symbiosis as well as the structure of colleters and the 'stylar head' complex. Bothalia 39: 165-175.
  • 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

  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Tilney, P.M. & Van Wyk, A.E. (2009). Taxonomy of the genus Keetia (Rubiaceae - subfam. Ixoroideae - tribe Vanguerieae) in southern Africa, with notes on bacterial symbiosis as well as the structure of colleters and the 'stylar head' complex. Bothalia 39: 165-175.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bridson in Kew Bulletin 41: 970, fig. 1A–C (1986).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 29, 2022 Forest Plot; Darbyshire, I.; Matimele, H.; Mucaleque, P.; Osborne, J.; Agostenho, M.; Fansdeo, G. [RF2-009] Mozambique K001417382 Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Soyaux, H. [196] Uganda K001569015 Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Louis, A.M.; Breteler, F.J.; de Bruijn, J. [658] Gabon K001569014 Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Fyffe, R. [42] Uganda K000422536 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Stolz, A. [124] Tanzania K000422535 Type Yes
Gueinzius [s.n.] South Africa K000422579 Type Yes
Matimele, H. [HM2652] Mozambique K001346298 Yes
Patel, H. [26] Mozambique K001417339 Yes
Hemp, A. [597] Tanzania K001600675 Yes
Equipe [2556] Central African Republic K001766841 No
Prenner, G. [35] Cameroon K001519022 Yes
Timberlake, J. [5475] Mozambique K000614453 No
Balkwill, K. [12718] South Africa K001609376 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5572] Tanzania K000468852 No
Harris, T. [635] Mozambique K000614219 No
Galpin, E.E. [519] South Africa K000422780 Syntype Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8648] Tanzania K:SPC-31105.000 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 Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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