Euphorbiaceae
Maprounea

Maprounea membranacea Pax & K.Hoffm.

First published in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, V: 178 (1912)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 6, 1: 1002
  • Kennedy For. Fl. S. Nig. 82.
  • in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euph. 5: 178, fig. 33 (1912)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 1978 Lowe J. [3685] Cameroon K000181224 Yes
May 1, 1975 Letouzey, R. [13548] Cameroon K000181223 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E.; Arends, J.C.; Louis, A.M.; Wieringa, J.J. [9972] Gabon K001581185 Yes
Cameroon Observations.; van der Burgt, X.; Alvarez, M.; Pickering, H.; Tchiengue, B.; Ngansop, E. [117] Cameroon K001310195 Yes
Zenker, G.A. [3003] Cameroon K000425764 Unknown Type Material Yes
Zenker, G.A. [2086] Cameroon K000425761 Unknown Type Material Yes
Zenker, G.A. [2557] Cameroon K000425763 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tessmann, G. [670] Equatorial Guinea K000425778 Unknown Type Material Yes
Onochie, C. [15536] Nigeria K:SPC-02642.000 No
Zenker, G.A. [2712] Cameroon K000425762 Unknown Type Material Yes
Zenker, G.A. [3436] Cameroon K000425765 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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/

  • 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