Asteraceae
Adenostemma

Adenostemma mauritianum DC.

First published in Prodr. 5: 110 (1836)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, W. Indian Ocean. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • 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].
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Prod. 5: 110 (1836).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • 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].

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 203 (1994).
  • Bojer, Hort. Maurit. 177 (1837).
  • C.D. Adams in Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 2: 286 (1963).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 1079 (1966).
  • D.J.N. Hind in Fl. Mascar. 109: 229, t. 80 (1993).
  • DC., Prodr. 5: 110 (1836).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 8 (1956).
  • Lisowski, Aster. Afr. Centr. 2: 467 (1991).
  • Maquet in Fl. Rwanda 3: 568, fig. 173/3 (1985).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Njau, E., et al. [963] Tanzania K000612519 Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Cheek, M. [10783] Cameroon K000746664 Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Tadjouteu, F. [400] Cameroon K000746660 Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Onana, J.-M. [1842] Cameroon K000746665 Yes
Aug 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9618] Cameroon K000008036 No
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [5678] Cameroon K000108625 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9475] Cameroon K000108620 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Lane, P. [217] Cameroon K000108624 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Kenfack, D. [263] Cameroon K000108627 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1595] Cameroon K000108626 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [4318] Cameroon K000108619 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [2719] Cameroon K000108623 Yes
Aug 1, 1998 Etuge, M. [3412] Cameroon K000746867 Yes
May 1, 1997 Buzgo, M. [600] Cameroon K000746864 Yes
May 1, 1997 Cheek, M. [8522] Cameroon K000746866 Yes
May 1, 1997 Munyenyembe, P. [731] Cameroon K000746865 Yes
Nov 1, 1974 Satabie, B. [85] Cameroon K000051801 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [6888] Cameroon K000051813 Yes
Jan 1, 1959 Morton, J.K. [703] Cameroon K000051814 Yes
Jan 1, 1914 Mann, G. [1958] Cameroon K000051806 Yes
Meurillon, A. [1142] Cameroon K000051802 Yes
Mauritius K000273391 Type Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [8338] Cameroon K000051805 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [208] Cameroon K000051815 Yes
Dunlap [28] Cameroon K000051804 Yes
Bouton, L. [s.n.] Mauritius K000273390 Type Yes
Mann, G. [1218] Cameroon K000051807 Yes
Bauer, P.J. [102] Cameroon K000051812 Yes
Migeod, F., W. H. [129] Cameroon K000051816 Yes
Dunlap [52] Cameroon K000051808 Yes
Harris, T. [676] Mozambique K000614255 Yes
Migeod, F., W. H. [42] Cameroon K000051817 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [481] Cameroon K000051803 Yes
Dunlap [84] Cameroon K000051809 Yes
Harris, T. [682] Mozambique K000614261 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [2047] Cameroon K000051811 Yes
Mwangoka et al. [3882] Tanzania K000450215 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Metcalfe, C.R. [8] Cameroon K000051810 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

  • 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