Rutaceae
Harrisonia

Harrisonia abyssinica Oliv.

First published in Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 311 (1868)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a scrambling shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • 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.
  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1963). Flora Zambesiaca 2(1): 1-351. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.
  • Stannard, B. (2000). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Simaroubaceae: 1-14.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) in Thulin, M. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Somalia 2: 1-303. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Engl. in E. & P. Pflanzenfam. 19A: 382, fig. 177 (1931).
  • F.T.A. 1: 311 (1868)

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.
  • 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.
  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1963). Flora Zambesiaca 2(1): 1-351. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.
  • Stannard, B. (2000). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Simaroubaceae: 1-14.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) in Thulin, M. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Somalia 2: 1-303. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Aubrév., Fl. For. Côte d’Ivoire, ed. 2, 2: 130, t. l75 (1959).
  • Battiscombe & Dale, Trees and Shrubs of Kenya Colony p. 101 (1936).
  • Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas p. 375, fig. (1994).
  • Burtt Davy, Check- lists For. Trees & Shrubs Brit. Emp. 1, Uganda: 112 (1935).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 374 (1956).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 535 (1961).
  • Engl. in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlischen Pflanzenfamilien, ed. 2, 19a: 382, fig. 177 (1931).
  • Engl., Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 227 (1895)
  • Engl., Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(1): 775 (1915)
  • Exell & Mendonça, Consp. Fl. Angol. 1: 279 (1951).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 172 (1962).
  • G.C.C. Gilbert in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 7: 120 (1958).
  • Hamilton, Field Guide Uganda For. Trees: 207 (1981).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 572 (1949).
  • Keay, Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 690 (1958).
  • Koenders, Fl. Pemba I.: 47 (1992).
  • Oliv. in Flora of Tropical Africa 1: 311 (1868)
  • Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc., Bot. 29: 42, t. 18 (1872).
  • Stannard in Fl. Eth. 3: 437, fig. 122.1 (1990).
  • Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 57 (1980).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 409 (1952).
  • Wild & Journal of Botany Phipps in Flora Zambesiaca 2: 218, t. 41 (1963).
  • Wild, Journal of Botany Phipps & Paiva in Fl. Moçamb. 38: 6 (1969).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2012 Friis, I.; Crawford, F.; Abebe, W.; Getachew, E. [14288] Ethiopia K000899963 Yes
Feb 6, 1986 Andrews, F.W. [998] Sudan K001092920 Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Raad, H.J. [11] South Sudan K000899964 Yes
Mar 1, 1977 Ash, J. [1608] Ethiopia K001092938 Yes
May 19, 1955 Ansell [s.n.] Liberia K000425235 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1951 Gossweiler, J. [4398] Angola K001307650 No
Jan 1, 1951 Gossweiler, J. [766] Angola K001307649 No
Oct 4, 1933 Turner, L. [84] Sudan K001092923 Yes
Feb 1, 1931 Broun, H.M.; Broun, A.F. [8] Sudan K001092928 Yes
unknown [1317] K000425231 Unknown Type Material Yes
Andrews, F.W. [1799] Sudan K001092919 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [3151] Sudan K001092931 Yes
Turton, D.A. [112] Ethiopia K001092934 Yes
Jackson, J.A.D. [741] Ethiopia K001092940 Yes
Friis, I. [1918] Ethiopia K001092941 Yes
Myers, J.G. [8521] Sudan K001092918 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2190] Sudan K001092930 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7614] Sudan K001092924 Yes
Mooney, H.F.; Brehme, K. [9080] Ethiopia K001092942 Yes
Douthwaite, R.J. [7] Somalia K001092947 Yes
Timberlake, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000614466 No
Maunder, M. [23] Somalia K001092948 Yes
Chaffey, D.R. [917] Ethiopia K001092937 Yes
Rowland [s.n.] Nigeria K000425234 Unknown Type Material Yes
Adebusuyi [18236] Nigeria K:SPC-23413.000 No
Fukui, K. [76/60] Ethiopia K001092945 Yes
Douthwaite, R.J. [3] Somalia K001092950 Yes
Goetze, W. [443] Tanzania K000425232 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ash, J. [1608] Ethiopia K:SPC-35570.000 No
Schweinfurth, G. [2745] Sudan K001092929 Yes
Liberia K000425236 Unknown Type Material Yes
Andrews, F.W. [A690] Sudan K001092922 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [8445] Ethiopia K001092943 Yes
Goetze, W. [377] Tanzania K000425233 Unknown Type Material Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7614] Sudan K001092925 Yes
Hemming, C.F.; Deshmukh, I. [69] Somalia K001092951 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7506a] Sudan K001092967 No
Friis, I.; Bidgood, S.; Semon, F.; Jensen, M.; Gashaw, M. [7969] Ethiopia K001092936 Yes
Maunder, M. [102] Somalia K001092946 Yes
Matolo, C.; Carr, C.J. [897] Ethiopia K001092939 Yes
Friis, I.; Alstrup, V.; Michelsen, A. [4612] Somalia K001092952 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2277] Sudan K001092932 Yes
Beals, E. [338] Ethiopia K001092935 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7506.2] Sudan K001092927 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2277] Sudan K001092933 Yes
Thulin, M. [6337] Somalia K001092949 Yes
Kilian, N.; Lobin, W. [2046] Somalia K001092953 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [7506b] Sudan K001092926 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [13.712] Angola K000191823 No
Fukui, K. [120] Ethiopia K001092944 Yes
Lock, J.M. [81/79] Sudan K001092921 Yes

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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