Rubiaceae

Sherbournia G.Don

First published in J.C.Loudon, Encycl. Pl., new ed., Suppl. 2: 1303 (1855)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sonké, B. & Pauwels, L. (2005). Révision du genre africain Sherbournia (Rubiaceae, Gardenieae). Systematics and Geography of Plants 75: 61-91.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Loudon Encycl. Pl., Suppl. 2, 1303 (1855).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Hepper in Kew Bull. 16: 458 (1963).
  • N. Hallé in Fl. Gabon, no. 17, Rubiacées (2e partie): 126 (1970).
  • in Loudon, Encycl. Pl., Suppl. 2: 1303 (1855).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Hallé in Fl. Gabon 17, Rubiacées, 2: 126 (1970)
  • Hepper in K.B. 16: 458 (1963)
  • in Loudon, Encycl. Pl., Suppl. 2: 1303 (1855)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2005 Akogo, M. [226] Cameroon K000540915 Yes
Dec 1, 2005 Ekema, N. [1015] Cameroon K000540909 Yes
Dec 1, 2005 Ekema, N. [866] Cameroon K000540914 Yes
Dec 1, 2005 Sonké, B. [1180] Cameroon K000540907 Yes
Sep 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [7974] Cameroon K000518929 Yes
Jun 1, 1976 Gossweiler, J. [721] Angola K001307547 Yes
Jun 1, 1976 Gossweiler, J. [13.772] Angola K001307546 Yes
Van Meer [769] Nigeria K000265244 No
Gossweiler, J. [s.n.] Angola K001307545 Yes
Halle, N. [3610] Gabon K000414917 Isotype Yes
Migeod [s.n.] Sierra Leone K000265245 No
Leeuwenberg [2240] Cote d'Ivoire K000265243 No
Mann, G. [819] Sierra Leone K000043134 Unknown Type Material Yes
Don [s.n.] Sierra Leone K000414935 Unknown Type Material Yes
Louis [8401] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000265246 No
Don [s.n.] Sierra Leone K000414934 Unknown Type Material Yes
Germain [1610] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000265242 No
Germain [7523] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000265241 No
Le Testu, M.G. [7914] Gabon K000414916 Type Yes
White, F. [3380] Zambia Amaralia K:SPC-04675.000 No

Sources

  • 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

  • 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