Moraceae
Dorstenia

Dorstenia psilurus Welw.

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 71 (1869)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nigeria and South Sudan to S. Tropical Africa. It is a rhizomatous geophyte or subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Berg, C.C. & Hijman, M.E.E. (1989). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Moraceae: 1-95.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • Launert, E. & Cope, G.V. (eds.) (1991). Flora Zambesiaca 9(6): 1-135. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Engl., Monographieen Afrikanischer Pflanzen-Familien und Gattungen 1: 20 (1898).
  • Friis in Norw. Journ. Bot. 21: 101 (1974).
  • Hauman in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 1: 69 (1948).
  • Hijman in Fl. Cameroun 28: 74, t. 26 (1985).
  • Rendle in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(2): 50 (1916).
  • Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc., Bot. 27: 71 (1869).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2006 Darbyshire, I. [186] Cameroon K000339006 Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [519] Cameroon K000109529 Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [9349] Cameroon K000109528 Yes
Jul 17, 1982 Klaine [661] Gabon K000243131 Isotype Yes
Jul 17, 1982 Klaine [661] Gabon K000243130 Isotype Yes
Jul 17, 1982 Zenker, G.A. [1526] Cameroon K000243128 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 16, 1982 Zenker, G.A. [4492] Cameroon K000243127 Isotype Yes
Jul 15, 1982 Barter [2089] Nigeria K000243098 Isotype Yes
Jul 13, 1982 Stolz, A. [769] K000243160 Isotype Yes
Jul 1, 1982 Letouzey, R. [13651] Cameroon K000181633 Yes
Jul 1, 1982 Olorunfemi, J. [30573] Cameroon K000181626 Yes
Jul 1, 1982 Schlechter, F.R.R. [12920] Cameroon K000181632 Type No
Jul 1, 1982 Schlechter, F.R.R. [12920] Cameroon K000181630 Type No
Upson, T. [93] Cameroon K000181631 Yes
Welwitsch [1564] Angola K000243173 Type Yes
Ekema, S.N. [743] Cameroon K001383823 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1818] Tanzania K:SPC-29469.000 No
K:SPC-16795.000 No
Schweinfurth, G. [3788] Sudan K000243145 Isotype No
Branan, J.P.M. [8465] Nigeria Dorstenia tenuifolia K:SPC-11057.000 No
Verdcourt, B. [228] Tanzania Dorstenia bicornis K:SPC-02654.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • 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

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