Boraginaceae
Cordia

Cordia monoica Roxb.

First published in Pl. Coromandel 1: 43 (1796)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, SW. Madagascar, SW. Arabian Peninsula, India to Myanmar, S. Malesia. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Mauritius

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Autrey, J.C., Bosser, J. & Ferguson, I.K. (eds.) (2005). Flore des Mascareignes 121-126: 1. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • 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.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
  • Launert, E. & Pope, G.V. (eds.) (1990). Flora Zambesiaca 7(4): 1-114. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Miller, J.S. & al. (2021). Flora of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands : Boraginales, Olacaceae and allies, Apiaceae. Collection: Faune et Flore Tropicales: 1-448. Publications scientifiques du Muséum, Paris; IRD, Marseille.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1991). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Boraginaceae: 1-124.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Autrey, J.C., Bosser, J. & Ferguson, I.K. (eds.) (2005). Flore des Mascareignes 121-126: 1. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
  • Miller, J.S. & al. (2021). Flora of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands : Boraginales, Olacaceae and allies, Apiaceae. Collection: Faune et Flore Tropicales: 1-448. Publications scientifiques du Muséum, Paris; IRD, Marseille.
  • 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 A. M. Warfa [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C.B. Cl. in Fl. Brit. Ind. 4: 137 (1883).
  • DC., Prodr. 9: 479 (1845).
  • K. Mathew, Fl. Tamilnadu Carnatic 1: 268 (1981)
  • K. Mathew, Fl. Tamilnadu Carnatic 3: 999 (1983).
  • Martins in Flora Zambesiaca 7(4): 65 (1990).
  • Roxb., Fl. Indica, ed Carey 2: 334 (1824).
  • Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 1: 43, t. 58 (1796)
  • Verdc. in Kew Bulletin 44: 166 (1989).
  • Warfa, Acta Univ. Upsal. 174, fig. 5/A, 6, 7/A (1988).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 19, 2008 Crawford, F. [113] Namibia K000450290 No
Jan 1, 1988 Schimper, W. [s.n.] Ethiopia K000418679 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Schimper, W. [2180] Ethiopia K000418678 Lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Schimper [1218] Ethiopia K000418680 Isolectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1916 Teijsmann, J.E. [s.n.] Indonesia K000998041 Unknown Type Material Yes
Plaizier, A.C.; Breteler, F.J. [1130] Kenya K001574471 Yes
Masia, N.; Netshituni, R. [9265] South Africa K009000817 No
Brummitt, R.K. [18529] Malawi K000282804 Yes

Sources

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  • Flora Zambesiaca

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  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • 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

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