Rubiaceae
Oxyanthus

Oxyanthus gracilis Hiern

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 109 (1877)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nigeria to W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. (2007). The Rubiaceae of Cabinda (Angola). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 154: 455-495.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. 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.
  • Ntore, S., Lachenaud, O. & Sonké, B. (2023). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), n.s., Rubiaceae Tribu XII. Sherbournieae: 1-76. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in F.T.A. 3: 109 (1877).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Ntore, S., Lachenaud, O. & Sonké, B. (2023). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), n.s., Rubiaceae Tribu XII. Sherbournieae: 1-76. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2007 Tchiengue, B. [2831] Cameroon K000518639 Yes
Dec 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [4767] Cameroon K000746506 Yes
Sep 1, 2001 Cable, S. [789 b] Cameroon K000025344 Yes
Sep 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [7682] Cameroon K000025346 Yes
Sep 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [7733] Cameroon K000025347 Yes
Sep 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [7073] Cameroon K000025345 Yes
Dec 1, 1994 Cheek, M. [5095] Cameroon K000085342 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Wheatley, J.I. [840] Cameroon K000086454 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Cheek, M. [5017] Cameroon K000086455 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Cheek, M. [5499] Cameroon K000086448 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [443] Cameroon K000086446 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Faucher, P. [10] Cameroon K000086452 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Cheek, M. [4998] Cameroon K000086449 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Akogo, M. [84] Cameroon K000086447 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Watts, J. [550] Cameroon K000086450 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Watts, J. [950] Cameroon K000086451 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Watts, J. [503] Cameroon K000086453 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Gossweiler, J. [7622] Angola K000412574 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Mann [389] Equatorial Guinea K000419805 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thomas, D.W. [1144] Cameroon K001518787 No
Davis, A.P. [3025] Cameroon K:SPC-70356.000 No
Watts, J. [987] Cameroon K000085614 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/

  • 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