Capparaceae
Boscia

Boscia mossambicensis Klotzsch

First published in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 164 (1861)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Ethiopia to S. Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Elffers, J., Graham, R.A. & Dewolf, G.P. (1964). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Capparidaceae: 1-88.
  • Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1960). Flora Zambesiaca 1(1): 1-336. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by S. Fici [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 113 (1961).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 60 (1962).
  • Gilg & Bened. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 53: 207 (1915).
  • Gilg in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 185 (1895).
  • Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 1: 164 (1861).
  • Wild in Flora Zambesiaca 1: 230 (1960).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2012 Lötter, M.C.; Turpin, B.C. [2016] Mozambique K000787964 No
Jan 1, 2012 Lötter, M.C.; Turpin, B.C. [2073] Mozambique K000787965 No
Jan 1, 2010 Lotter, M.C.; Turpin, B.C. [1705] Mozambique K000787922 No
Jun 1, 1959 Hildebrandt, J.M. [2816] Tanzania K000230857 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1959 unknown [37] Tanzania K000230856 Type Yes
Jul 14, 1957 Whellan, J.A. [1370] Zambia K000282682 No
Jan 1, 1957 Mowbray, R.M. [114] Zimbabwe K000282675 No
Jan 1, 1957 Pole-Evans, I.B.; Erens, J. [516] Mozambique K000282686 No
Jan 1, 1957 Pedro; Pedrogao [1213] Mozambique K000282685 No
Jan 1, 1957 Goodier, R. [77] Zimbabwe K000282677 No
Jan 1, 1957 Davies, R.M. [1998] Zimbabwe K000282676 No
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [6336] Tanzania K000468089 No
Pawek, J. [12715] Malawi K000282679 No
Hemp, A. [4943] Tanzania K001765374 Yes
Wightman, N.; Sichone, P. [NCW388] Zambia K001870041 Yes
Richards, H.M. [14509] Mozambique K000282684 No
Goetze, W. [1023] K000230855 Type Yes
Hanekom, W.J. [1888] South Africa K000282674 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [6260] Tanzania K000468165 No
Goyder, D.J.; Pope, G.V.; Radcliffe-Smith, A. [3283] Malawi K000282678 No
Leistner, O.A.; Oliver; Steenkamp; Vorster [140] Namibia K000282673 Yes
Poilecot, P. [7801] Zimbabwe K000282683 No
Leistner, O.A.; Oliver; Steenkamp; Vorster [244] Namibia K000282672 No
Pawek, J. [12845] Malawi K000282680 No
Savory, C.R. [208] Zambia K000282681 No

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    • 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/

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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    • 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

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