Malvaceae
Grewia

Grewia villosa Willd.

First published in Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 4: 205 (1803)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa to Indian Subcontinent. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gulf States, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulos, L. (2000). Flora of Egypt 2: 1-352. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 3: 1-89. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Browicz, K. (1981). Flora Iranica 148: 1-15. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • 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.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1963). Flora Zambesiaca 2(1): 1-351. 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. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) in Thulin, M. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Somalia 2: 1-303. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Whitehouse, C., Cheek, M., Andrews, S. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Tiliaceae & Muntingiaceae: 1-120.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For. Soud.-Guin. 154, t. 25, 5
  • Burret in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 45: 198
  • Burret in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berl. 9: 721
  • Ic. Pl. Afr. t. 5.
  • —F.T.A. 1: 249

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 3: 1-89. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Audru et al., Pl. Vasc. Rép. Djibouti 2: 223, t. on p. 224, fig. 82 (1994).
  • Battiscombe & Dale, Trees and Shrubs of Kenya Colony p. 40 (1936).
  • Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas p. 159, fig. b, b1 on 152, map (1994).
  • Blundell, Wild Flow. E. Afr.: 69, fig. 418 (1987).
  • Burret in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 45: 198 (1910).
  • Burtt-Davy, Check-lists For. Trees & Shrubs Brit. Emp. 1, Uganda: 117 (1935).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 571, fig. 103/b & b1 (1961).
  • Excell & Mendonça in Consp. Fl. Angol. 1: 223 (1951).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1: 220, fig. 119 (1950).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 614 (1949).
  • K. Schum. in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 264 (1895).
  • K.M. Matthew in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 113: 364, 376 (1993).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 304, fig. 114 (1958).
  • Kokwaro, Medic. Pl. E. Afr.: 214 (1976).
  • Mast. in Flora of Tropical Africa 1: 249 (1868).
  • R. Wilczek in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 10: 30 (1963).
  • Sebsebe in Fl. Eth. 2(2): 152, fig. 79.3 (1995).
  • Wild & Gonç. in Fl. Moçamb. 28: 35 (1969).
  • Wild in Flora Zambesiaca 2: 62 (1963).
  • Wild in Flora of Southern Africa 21: 4 (1984).
  • Willd. in Ges. Nat. Fr. Berlin, Neue Schr. 4: 205 (1803).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 16, 2008 Crawford, F. [28] Namibia K000450330 No
Sep 16, 2008 Crawford, F. [11] Namibia K000450347 No
Sep 16, 2008 Crawford, F. [04] Namibia K000450346 No
Feb 23, 1909 Kotschy [386] Ethiopia K000241767 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 23, 1909 Kotschy [386] Ethiopia K000241764 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 23, 1909 Hooker, J.D. [173] Cabo Verde K001134258 Yes
Feb 23, 1909 Hooker, J.D. [173] Cabo Verde K001134259 Yes
Feb 8, 1909 Heyne, B. [s.n.] India K001129830 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 8, 1909 Heyne, B. [s.n.] India K001129831 Yes
Feb 8, 1909 anon. [s.n.] India K001129784 Type Yes
Guillaumet, J.L. [2866] Ethiopia K001639445 Yes
[Periottel], D. [s.n.] Senegal K000241811 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6306] K001123543 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy [381] Sudan K000241768 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper [878] Ethiopia K000241766 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6306] India K001123544 Unknown Type Material Yes

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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