Urticaceae
Myrianthus

Myrianthus arboreus P.Beauv.

First published in Fl. Oware 1: 16 (1805)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

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.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • 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].
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). Vasc. Pl. Dzanga-Sangha: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv. 1: 46, t. 8
  • Engl. Monogr. Afr. Morac. 37, t. 16
  • Hauman in Fl. Congo Belge 1: 83.
  • —F.T.A. 6, 2: 231

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C.C. Berg et al. in Fl. Cameroun 28: 262, figs. 98, 99 (1985).
  • De Ruiter in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 46: 478, t. 2, 3 (1976).
  • Engl., Monographieen Afrikanischer Pflanzen-Familien und Gattungen 1: 37, t. 16 (1898).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 273 (1952).
  • Hamilton, For. Trees Ug.: 201 (1981).
  • Hauman in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 1: 83 (1948).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 363 (1949).
  • Keay, Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 614 (1958).
  • P. Beauv., Fl. Oware 1: 16, t. 11, 12 (1805).
  • Peter, Flora von Deutsch-Ostafrika 2: 114 (1932).
  • Rendle in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(2): 231 (1917).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 264 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 2010 Burgt, X.M., van der [899] Cameroon K000518669 Yes
Feb 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [253] Cameroon K000008392 Yes
Feb 1, 2003 Elad, M. [100] Cameroon K000008391 Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [9937] Cameroon K000181794 Yes
Tchouto Mbatchou, G.P. [170] Cameroon K001418925 Yes
Binuyo, A. [35503] Cameroon K000181791 Yes
Tuley, P. Nigeria K:SPC-29042.000 No
Mann, G. [716] Cameroon K000181795 Yes
Mann, G. [716] Cameroon K000181796 Yes
Tchouto Mbatchou, G.P. [170] Cameroon K001418926 Yes
Binuyo, A. [35503] Cameroon K000181792 Yes
Fraser, P. [1019] Cameroon K001401740 Yes
Ghogue [1537] Cameroon K000875923 Yes
Brunt, M.A. [1013] Cameroon K000181790 Yes
Nigeria K:SPC-66164.000 No
Strutisaker, T.T. [9] Cameroon K:SPC-07328.000 No
Maitland, T.D. [0s.n129] Cameroon K000181797 Yes
Verdcourt, B. [129] Tanzania K:SPC-22058.000 No
Tanzania K:SPC-66165.000 No
Bryce [52] Tanzania K:SPC-02675.000 No
Illegible.; Harley, R.M. [4495] Tanzania K:SPC-29039.000 No
Lane-Poole, C.E. [332] Sierra Leone K:SPC-17080.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

    • Flora of West Tropical 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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