Boraginaceae
Ehretia

Ehretia cymosa Thonn.

First published in H.C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 129 (1827)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Eritrea and Uganda, W. Indian Ocean, Arabian Peninsula. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Aldabra, Benin, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Comoros, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Réunion

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • Autrey, J.C., Bosser, J. & Ferguson, I.K. (eds.) (2005). Flore des Mascareignes 121-126: 1. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • 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].
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1991). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Boraginaceae: 1-124.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv., ed. 2, 3: 217, t. 332, 6-9.
  • Beskr. Guin. Pl. 129 (1827)
  • Brenan in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 9, 1: 4 (1954)
  • Chev. Bot. 449
  • F.T.A. 4, 2: 25
  • F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 195

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • 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.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • 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.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1991). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Boraginaceae: 1-124.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Aubrév., Fl. For. Côte d’Ivoire, ed. 2, 3: 217, t. 332/69 (1959).
  • Bak. & Wright in Flora of Tropical Africa 4(2): 25 (1905).
  • Brenan in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 9(1): 5 (1954).
  • Heine in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 318 (1963).
  • Riedl in Linzer Biol. Beitr. 17: 303–315 (1985).
  • Taton, Flore du Congo Belge, du Ruanda et du Burundi, Borag.: 22 (1971).
  • Thonn. in Schumach. & Thonn., Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 129 (1827).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [1948] Cameroon K000008633 No
Jul 1, 2003 Zapfack, L. [638] Cameroon K000008634 No
Jan 1, 1955 Holst, C. [9067] Tanzania K000418617 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1955 Zenker, G.A. [2319] Cameroon K000418631 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1955 Roth [430] Ethiopia K000418627 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1955 Kirk, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000418835 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1955 Schimper [1907] Ethiopia K000418626 Unknown Type Material Yes
Le Testu, M. [1131] Gabon K001766291 Yes
Le Testu, M. G. [7218] Gabon K001766293 Yes
Ash [647] Ethiopia K:SPC-51045.000 No
Klaine, R. P. [1538] Gabon K001766292 Yes
Hallie, N. [754] Gabon K001766294 Yes
de Saint; [Aulin]; Jauvier [11.639] Gabon K001766295 Yes
Rosevear, D.R. [Cam 91 /37] Cameroon K000029802 No
Ash [830] Ethiopia K:SPC-51048.000 No
Patel, H. [3] Mozambique K001417367 Yes
Ewango, C. E. N. [EWANGO1153] Congo, Republic of the K001572208 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [5122] Ghana K:SPC-17688.000 No
Ash [1543] Ethiopia K:SPC-35775.000 No
Maitland, T.D. [694] Cameroon K000029801 No
Johnston, H.H. [0 s.n.30] Cameroon K000029800 No
Ash [760] Ethiopia K:SPC-51049.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • 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/

  • 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