Phyllanthaceae

Hymenocardia Wall. ex Lindl.

First published in Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 441 (1836)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa, Tropical Asia.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Pax & K. Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euph. 15: 72–78 (1922).
  • —F.T.A. 6, 1: 648

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Fl. Afr. Cent. (Hymenocardiaceae): 2 (1985), nom. conserv.
  • J. Léonard in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 90: 15 (1957)
  • Müller Argoviensis in De Candolle, Prodr. 15, 2: 476 (1866).
  • Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2, 441 (1836).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Endl., Gen. 1: 288 (1837)
  • G.P. 3: 285 (1883)
  • Hutch. in F.T.A. 6(1): 648 (1912)
  • Muell. Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 476 (1866)
  • Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 441 (1836)
  • Pax & K. Hoffm. in E.P. IV. 147 (15): 72 (1922)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 21, 1954 Dubois, R. [797] Mali K000385790 No
Cheek, M. [18150] Guinea K001519014 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3549] K001119696 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3549] K001119695 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heudelot [838] Guinea K000406550 Type Yes
Sihuonen, J. [191] Burkina Faso K000385789 No

Sources

  • 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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