Apocynaceae
Mondia

Mondia whitei (Hook.f.) Skeels

First published in Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 223: 45 (1911)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Eswatini, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 7(3): 1-375. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Goyder, S., Harris, T., Masinde, S., Meve, U. & Venter, J. (2012). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Apocynaceae(2): 1-530.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 1-544.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bullock in Kew Bull. 15: 203 (1961).
  • in Bull. U.S. Dep.Agric. Bur. Pl. Ind. No. 223: 45 (1911)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Skeels in Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 223: 45 (1911).
  • Venter in F.T.E.A., Apocynaceae (part 2): 145–146 (2012).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 7(3): 1-375. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 1-544.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • 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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • K.T.S.L.: 495 (1994), as whytei.
  • U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 175 (1994)
  • U.S.D.A. Bur. Pl. Industr. Bull. 223: 45 (1911)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2011 Todd, H. [49] Cameroon K001480243 Yes
Dec 1, 2004 Cheek, M. [11024] Cameroon K000199920 No
Sep 26, 2001 South Africa K000234129 Type Yes
Sep 26, 2001 South Africa K000234128 Holotype Yes
Sep 26, 2001 Zenker [589] Cameroon K000234132 Type Yes
Sep 26, 2001 Zenker [589] Cameroon K000234131 Isoneotype Yes
Robson, N.K. [868] Zambia K:SPC-03425.000 No
Sutton, H.J. Nigeria K:SPC-06579.000 No
Dawkins, H.C. [406] Uganda K:SPC-01063.000 No
Jones, A.P.D.; Keay, R.W.J. [FHI 16223] Nigeria K:SPC-03426.000 No
Chevalier, A. [21975] Cote d'Ivoire K000234133 Type Yes
Gossweiler, J. [s.n.] Angola K001030218 Yes
Onochie, C.F. [34943] Nigeria K:SPC-06387.000 No
Gossweiler, J. [13.856] Angola K000508514 Yes
Wood, G.H.S. [794] Uganda K:SPC-45969.000 No
Lewalle, J. [921] Burundi K:SPC-41804.000 No
Goyder, D.J.; Paton, A.J. [3665] Malawi K:SPC-58369.000 No
Gossweiler, J. [4638] Angola K001030220 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1432] Tanzania K:SPC-03427.000 No
South Africa K:SPC-66044.000 No
Gossweiler, J. [616] Angola K001030219 Yes
Vickerman, K. [H. 3991-1960] Kenya K:SPC-05119.000 No
Peter, A. [33039] Tanzania Chlorocodon whitei K001600694 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [21975] Cote d'Ivoire Tacazzea viridis K000898017 Type Yes

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  • 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