Nyctaginaceae
Commicarpus

Commicarpus plumbagineus (Cav.) Standl.

First published in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 101 (1916)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Medit. to Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula to India. It is a scrambling perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gulf States, India, Iran, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Palestine, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Berhaut, J. (1979). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 6: 1-636. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • 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.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1988). Flora Zambesiaca 9(1): 1-179. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press.
  • Pramanick, D.D., Maiti, G.G. & Mondal, M.S. (2018). Enumeration of the family Nyctaginaceae in India. Indian Forester 144: 825-831.
  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.
  • Struwig, M. & al. (2015). Nyctaginaceae: A taxonomic treatment for the flora of Namibia. Phytotaxa 238: 101-135.
  • Struwig, M. (2011). A systematic study of Boerhavia L. and Commicarpus Standl. (Nyctaginaceae) in southern Africa: 1-287. Thesis, Potchefstroom campus of the North-West University.
  • Whitehouse, C. (1996). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Nyctaginaceae: 1-20.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Contrib. U.S. Nat. Herb. 18: 101 (1918).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press.
  • Pramanick, D.D., Maiti, G.G. & Mondal, M.S. (2018). Enumeration of the family Nyctaginaceae in India. Indian Forester 144: 825-831.
  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Struwig, M. & al. (2015). Nyctaginaceae: A taxonomic treatment for the flora of Namibia. Phytotaxa 238: 101-135.
  • Struwig, M. (2011). A systematic study of Boerhavia L. and Commicarpus Standl. (Nyctaginaceae) in southern Africa: 1-287. Thesis, Potchefstroom campus of the North-West University.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 84, t. 20 (1994).
  • Balle in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 2: 88 (1951).
  • Blundell, Wild Fl. E. Afr., reprint: 55, t. 43 (1992).
  • Heriz-Smith, Wild Fl. Nairobi Roy. Nat. Park: 27 (1962).
  • Meikle in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 177 (1954).
  • Meikle in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edin. 36: 244, fig. 2J (1978).
  • Standl. in Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb. 18: 101 (1916).
  • Stannard in Flora Zambesiaca 9(1): 16 (1988).
  • Thulin, Fl. Somalia 1: 172 (1993).
  • Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 1: 206, fig. 44/1 (1978).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 29, 1973 Forsskal P. [533] Yemen K001392469 Type No
Rautanen, M. [80] South Africa K000243812 Type Yes
den Outer-Helder, H.F. [7] Cote d'Ivoire K001562274 Yes
Forsskal P. [1818] Yemen K001392468 Type No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6772] India Boerhavia verticillata K001124787 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6772] Boerhavia verticillata K001124788 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

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