Commelinaceae
Palisota

Palisota schweinfurthii C.B.Clarke

First published in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 132 (1881)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nigeria to South Sudan and Zambia. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2009). Checklist of Commelinaceae of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Mundi). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 159: 106-122.
  • 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.
  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2020). Flore du Gabon 55: 1-137. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Velayos, M., Aedo, C., Cabezas, F., de la Estrella, M., Barberá, P. & Fero, M. (eds.) (2014). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 11: 1-416. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 8: 29 partly
  • J. K. Morton in J. Linn. Soc. 60: 205 (1967).
  • in DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 132 (1881) partly, as to Schweinfurth 3054 (lectotype), 3647

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2009). Checklist of Commelinaceae of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Mundi). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 159: 106-122.
  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2011 Lighava, M. [1] Cameroon K000024413 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1667] Cameroon K000108434 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [2646] Cameroon K000108442 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Cable, S. [2941] Cameroon K000108443 Yes
Mar 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [4588] Cameroon K000746699 Yes
Apr 9, 1964 Kalbreyer [163] Cameroon K000307682 Type Yes
Apr 9, 1964 Mann, G. [2139] Cameroon K000307681 Type No
Apr 9, 1964 Mann, G. [2139] Cameroon K000307683 Syntype No
Eggeling, W.J. [E2011] Uganda K002792650 Yes
Mabberley, D.J. [696] Tanzania K002792662 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [1327] Uganda K002792649 Yes
Harley, R.M. [9573] Tanzania K002792658 Yes
Harley, R.M. [9573] Tanzania K002792659 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1854] Tanzania K002792663 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [D.813] Uganda K002792653 Yes
Pócs, T. [88179/P] Tanzania K002792661 Yes
Harley, R.M. [9186] Tanzania K002792660 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [3054] Sudan K000307693 Lectotype Yes
Newbould, J.; Harley, R.M. [4452] Tanzania K002792656 Yes
Osmaston, H.A. [1389] Uganda K002792652 Yes
Gillman, H. [359] Tanzania K002792655 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [3697] Africa K000307692 Type Yes
Newbould, J.; Harley, R.M. [4452] Tanzania K002792657 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1854] Tanzania K002792664 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [E2011] Uganda K002792651 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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/

  • 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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