Celastraceae
Mystroxylon

Mystroxylon aethiopicum (Thunb.) Loes.

First published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 1: 223 (1897)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, W. indian Ocean. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Aldabra, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Comoros, Ethiopia, Free State, Guinea, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Castle, G.E. (1994). Flore des Seychelles Dicotylédones: 1-663. Orstom Editions.
  • 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].
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) in Thulin, M. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Somalia 2: 1-303. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Exell & Mendonça in Consp. Fl. Angol. 2: 10 (1954).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 129 (1949) (incl. vars.).
  • Loes. & Engl. in A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(2): 234 (1921).
  • Loes. in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, ed. 2, 20b: 178 (1942).
  • Loes., Loes. in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien III. 5, Nachtr. 1: 223 (1897).
  • N. Robson & Sebsebe in Fl. Ethiopia 3: 338, fig. 108.3 (1990).
  • N. Robson & Sousa, Fl. Moçamb. 48: 26 (1969).
  • N. Robson in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 39: 29 (1965)
  • N. Robson in Flora Zambesiaca 2: 376, t. 78 (1966).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 502 (1948).
  • Troupin, Fl. Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 206, fig. 69.1 (1982).
  • Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 2: 330, fig. 105.1 (1983).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 84 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 2005 Bardot-Vaucoulon [1304] Madagascar K000614860 No
Jan 1, 1964 Story, R. [4802] Botswana K000511106 No
Jan 1, 1964 Baron, R. [1938] Madagascar K000035990 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Holst, C. [2960] Kenya K000035984 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Baron, R. [3735] Madagascar K000035987 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Baron, R. [2878] Madagascar K000035989 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Ecklon [975] South Africa K000035995 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Baron, R. [3289] Madagascar K000035992 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Zeyher [309] South Africa K000035997 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000036000 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Baron, R. [3147] Madagascar K000035994 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Ecklon [974] South Africa K000035999 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Story, R. [4802] Botswana K000511105 No
Jan 1, 1964 Schlechter [11944] South Africa K000036002 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Schlechter [11944] South Africa K000036003 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Humblot, L. [39] Comoros K000035986 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Baron, R. [2159] Madagascar K000035991 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Baron, R. [1204] Madagascar K000035988 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Gerrard, W.T. [1381] South Africa K000036001 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Baron, R. [2650] Madagascar K000035993 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Burke [378] South Africa K000035998 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Welwitsch [4615] Angola K000035985 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Ecklon [973] South Africa K000035996 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1952 Gossweiler, J. [144] Angola K001307893 No
Jan 1, 1952 Gossweiler, J. [1721] Angola K001307894 No
Jan 1, 1952 Gossweiler, J. [249] Angola K001307892 No
Timberlake, J. [5338] Malawi K000614683 Yes
Patel, H. [7416] Mozambique K000614033 No
Hemp, A. [4942] Tanzania K001765415 Yes
Masia, N.; Netshituni, R.; Moloto, T.; Van der Merwe, W. [9346] South Africa K009001316 No
Cheek, M. [10096] Cameroon K001222514 Yes
Timberlake, J. [5081] Mozambique K000613461 No
Patel, H. [5241] Mozambique K000613969 No
Jan 1, 2004 Cheek, M. [10479] Cameroon Cassine aethiopica K000746327 No
Apr 1, 1997 Satabie, B. [1067] Cameroon Cassine aethiopica K000337633 No
Aug 1, 1975 Letouzey, R. [14406] Cameroon Cassine aethiopica K000093522 No
Razafindratsima, O.H.; Randrinasolo, M.; Anjaratiana, T. [21] Madagascar Cassine aethiopica K001612530 Yes
Thomas, D.W. [3111] Cameroon Cassine aethiopica K000093524 No
Faulkner, H. [2583] Tanzania Cassine aethiopica K:SPC-06475.000 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [8255] Tanzania Cassine aethiopica K:SPC-26691.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1403] Tanzania Cassine aethiopica K:SPC-24994.000 No
Sep 1, 1996 Smith, P.A. [707] Botswana Mystroxylon aethiopicum subsp. schlechteri K000511104 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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