Rhamnaceae
Rhamnus

Rhamnus prinoides L'Hér.

First published in Sert. Angl.: 6, t. 9 (1789)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mountains from Cameroon to Eritrea and S. Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the montane tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1966). Flora Zambesiaca 2(2): 353-653. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. 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.
  • Johnston, M.C. (1972). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Rhamnaceae: 1-40.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Engl. Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 2: 311
  • F.T.A. 1: 382
  • Sert. Angl. 6, t. 9 (1788)
  • Staner in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 15: 403, fig. 48.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1966). Flora Zambesiaca 2(2): 353-653. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Brenan in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 8: 191–256 (1953).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 501 (1960).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 391 (1961).
  • Engl. in A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas: 311 (1921).
  • Engl. in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 255 (1895).
  • Engl. in Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908, 2 (Botanik) p. 489 (1914)
  • Evrard in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 9: 433 (1960).
  • Exell & Mendonça, Consp. Fl. Angol. 2: 31 (1956).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 227 (1962).
  • Fiori in Rev. Agric. Subtrop. & Tropic. 5, Suppl. 12: 14 (1912).
  • Hemsl. in Flora of Tropical Africa 1: 382 (1868).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 468 (1949).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa. ed. 2. 1: 670 (1958).
  • L’Hérit., Sert. Angl.: 6, t. 9 (1788).
  • R.B. Drummond in Flora Zambesiaca 2: 427, fig. 89/B (1966).
  • Staner in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 15: 403 (1939).
  • Verdc. in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 27: 358 (1957).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 325 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 2022 Osborne, J. [JO1515] Mozambique K001346221 Yes
Gumede, S.; Ndlovu, B.; Khuzwayo, P. [10502] South Africa K009000866 No
Andrews, F.W. [1979] Sudan K:SPC-09805.000 No
Ash [1060] Ethiopia K:SPC-35519.000 No
Andrews, F.W. [1881] Sudan K:SPC-09804.000 No

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