Convolvulaceae
Bonamia

Bonamia spectabilis (Choisy) Hallier f.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 529 (1893)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to Zimbabwe, NW. & W. Madagascar. It is a scrambling shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Madagascar, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Deroin, T. (2001). Convolvulaceae. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (Plantes Vasculaires) 171: 11-287. Typographie Firmin-Didot et Cie., Paris.
  • Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae. Flora Zambesiaca 8(1): 9-129. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Lejoly, J. & S. Lisowski (1982). Le genre Bonamia (Convolvulaceae) au Zaire. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 52: 133-139.
  • Lejoly, J. & S. Lisowski (1993). Les Convolvulaceae dans la flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre, Rwanda, Burundi). Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica 38: 351-400.
  • Mwanga Mwanga, I.J.-C.M., Sosef, M.S.M. & Simões, A.R.G. (2022). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), n.s., Convolvulaceae: 1-252. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Myint, T. & D.B. Ward (1968). A taxonomic revision of the genus Bonamia (Convolvulaceae). Phytologia 17: 121-239.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1963). Convolvulaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-161.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Lejoly, J. & S. Lisowski (1993). Les Convolvulaceae dans la flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre, Rwanda, Burundi). Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica 38: 351-400.
  • Myint, T. & D.B. Ward (1968). A taxonomic revision of the genus Bonamia (Convolvulaceae). Phytologia 17: 121-239.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Hall.f. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 16 : 529 (1893)
  • Hall.f. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 18 : 91 (1893).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1987 Gentry, A. [11477] Madagascar K000384606 Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Gentry, A. [11876] Madagascar K000384607 Yes
Last, J. [s.n.] Madagascar K000384612 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [2903] Madagascar K000405865 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baron, R. [4906] Madagascar K000384611 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Madagascar K001081778 Type Yes
Bisset, E. [85] Madagascar K000384605 Yes
Rakotoarisoa, S.E.; Andriamahay, M. [RSE 526] Madagascar K001622963 Yes
Schatz, G.E.; Lowry II, P.P. [1436] Madagascar K000384617 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [3093] Madagascar K000384610 Yes
Bojer [s.n.] Madagascar K000405864 Unknown Type Material Yes
Boulon [s.n.] Madagascar K000384613 Yes
Schofield, J. [11] Madagascar K000384619 Yes
Decary, M.R. [7949] Madagascar K000384616 Yes
Blackburn, H.G. [s.n.] Madagascar K000384614 Unknown Type Material Yes
Perry, W.W. [s.n.] Madagascar K000384608 Yes
Blackburn, J. [s.n.] Madagascar K000384615 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baron, R. [5861] Madagascar K000384609 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East 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