Rubiaceae
Canthium

Canthium glaucum Hiern

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 134 (1877)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Somalia to Botswana. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bullock in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1932: 359 (1932).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 1009 (1965).
  • Hiern in Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 134 (1877), pro parte, excl. specim. Kirk ex Tete.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 1997 Bingham, M.G. [8766] Zambia K000285176 No
Jan 1, 1988 Killick, D.J.B.; Leistner, O.A. [3353] Namibia K000285182 No
Jan 1, 1988 Mshasha, E. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K000285174 No
Jan 1, 1988 Pawek, J. [6127] Malawi K000285178 No
Jan 1, 1988 Hall-Martin, A.J. [447] Malawi K000285179 No
Jan 1, 1988 Pawek, J. [10811] Malawi K000285177 No
Jan 1, 1988 Torre, A.R.; Paiva, J. [9983] Mozambique K000285180 No
Jan 1, 1988 Wild, H. [2792] Zimbabwe K000285173 No
Jan 1, 1988 Chase, N.C. [486] Zimbabwe K000285172 Yes
Thulin, M. [6357] Somalia K001604333 Yes
Rossiter, S. [60] Botswana K000285171 Yes
Angus, A. [1084] Zambia K:SPC-13877.000 No
White, F. [1858] Zambia K:SPC-04685.000 No
Harder, D.K.; Zimba, N.B.; Luwiika, B. [3655] Zambia K000285175 No

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 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