Ochnaceae
Ochna

Ochna inermis (Forssk.) Schweinf.

First published in Arab. Pfl.-Nam.: 148 (1912)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to S. Africa, Madagascar, SW. Arabian Peninsula. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1963). Flora Zambesiaca 2(1): 1-351. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press.
  • Verdcourt, B. (2005). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Ochnaceae: 1-60.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas p. 122 (1994).
  • Blundell, Wild Fl. E Afr.: 63, t. 498 (1987).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 338 (1961).
  • Hepper & Friis, Pl. Forssk. Fl. Aegypt-Arab: 207 (1994).
  • Robson in Flora Zambesiaca 2: 237 (1963).
  • Schweinf. in Penzig in Atti Congr. Bot. Intern. Genova 1892: 335 (1893)
  • Schweinf., Arab. Pfl. Aegypt. Alger. & Jemen: 148 (1912).
  • Thulin, Fl. Somalia 1: 243 (1993).
  • Vollesen, Fl. Ethiopia & Eritrea 2 (2): 67, fig. 69.1, 5 & 6 (1995).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate ed. 2: 279 (1952).
  • Wood, Handb. Yemen Fl.: 97, t. 3 (1997).
  • du Toit & Obermayer, Flora of Southern Africa 22: 10 (1976).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1960 Schimper, M.W. [485] Ethiopia K000431257 Type Yes
Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [1726] Ethiopia K000431255 Type Yes
Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [664] Ethiopia K000431256 Type Yes
Ash, J. [1894] Ethiopia K:SPC-35593.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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