Rubiaceae
Keetia

Keetia purpurascens (Bullock) Bridson

First published in Kew Bull. 41: 981 (1986)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Tanzania

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

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

  • Bridson in Kew Bulletin 41: 981 (1986).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1992 Ruffo; Mmari [3185] Tanzania K000319761 No
Jan 1, 1984 Musk, H. [64] Tanzania K000319768 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Vollesen, K.B. [2584] Tanzania K000319767 No
Jan 1, 1984 Rees, A.F. [68] Tanzania K000319766 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Haerdi, F. [366] Tanzania K000319764 No
Jan 1, 1984 Semsei, S.R. [3403] Tanzania K000319765 No
Luke, P.A.; Luke, W.R.Q.; Butynski, T.; Ehart, C.; Kingdon, J. [7580] Tanzania K000319763 No
Luke, P.A.; Luke, W.R.Q. [5169] Tanzania K000319762 Yes

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

    • 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 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