Achariaceae
Kiggelaria

Kiggelaria africana L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1037 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to S. Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Ethiopia, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1960). Flora Zambesiaca 1(1): 1-336. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Killick, D.J.B. (1976). Flacourtiaceae (including Samydaceae). Flora of Southern Africa 22: 53-92. Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture.
  • Sleumer, H. (1975). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Flacourtiaceae: 1-68.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1960). Flora Zambesiaca 1(1): 1-336. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Killick, D.J.B. (1976). Flacourtiaceae (including Samydaceae). Flora of Southern Africa 22: 53-92. Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture.
  • Sleumer, H. (1975). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Flacourtiaceae: 1-68.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3 (2): 571 (1921).
  • Gilg in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, ed. 2, 21: 413, fig. 179/F-H (1925).
  • Harv. in Fl. Cap. 1: 71 (1860).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 233 (1949).
  • L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1037 (1753).
  • Wild in Flora Zambesiaca 1: 265, t. 43 (1960).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1986 Chapman, J.D.; Chapman, E.G. [8172] Malawi K000315340 Yes
Jan 1, 1957 Buchanan, J. [1469] South Africa K000231427 Type Yes
Ecklon [s.n.] K000231418 Type Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000231419 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [6722.b.] South Africa K000231426 Type Yes
Carter; Coates-Palgrave [2134] Zimbabwe K000315341 Yes
Drege [6722.a.] South Africa K000231425 Isotype Yes
Drege [6722.a.] South Africa K000231424 Type Yes
Chase, M.W. [5607] South Africa K000370325 No
Schlieben, H.J. [3528] Tanzania K000231428 Isotype Yes
Cooper, T. [140] South Africa K000231422 Unknown Type Material Yes
South Africa K000231423 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ecklon [s.n.] K000231421 Type Yes
Cooper, T. [282] South Africa K000231420 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • 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
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  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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