Malvaceae

Grewia L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 964 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World to Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Djibouti, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hainan, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Society Is., Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Hawaii, Puerto Rico

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (1999). https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56151718#page/132/mode/1up. epublication.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 1: 242.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Bot. Jahrb. 45: 156–203 (1910).
  • Burret in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 44: 198–238 (1910)
  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 412 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl. 2: 964 (1753)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Burret in E.J. 44: 198–238 (1910)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 412 (1754)
  • Mast. in F.T.A. 1: 242–254 (1868)
  • Sp. Pl.: 964 (1753)
  • in E.J. 45: 156–203 (1910)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 16, 2018 Schodde, R. [2756] Papua New Guinea K001269543 No
Jan 1, 2018 Luino, I. [IL 130] Madagascar K001639999 Yes
Nov 1, 2014 Buchanan-Hamilton, F. [Cat. no. s.n.] India K001132959 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 10, 2006 Middleton, d., et al. [855] Thailand K000223911 No
Jan 1, 1959 Phelps, R.J. [236] Zimbabwe K000285372 No
Jan 1, 1956 Greenway, P.J. [6277] Malawi K000285374 No
Jan 1, 1956 Buchanan, J. [218] Malawi K000975750 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1956 Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi K000975749 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1953 Don. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K000241719 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1939 Welwitsch, F.M.J. [1374] Angola K000975737 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1939 Gossweiler, J. [9708] Angola K000975764 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1938 Pearson, H.H.W. [2385] Angola K000975763 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 30, 1912 Wight [250] Indian Subcontinent K000686740 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 23, 1909 Griffith [621] Burma K001768562 No
Feb 15, 1909 Wallich [1103] Indian Subcontinent K000686741 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rakotonasolo, F.; Beentje, H.; Ralimanana, H.; Rakotoarinivo, M. [RNF 675] Madagascar K001634332 Yes
Bidgood, A.; Abdallah, R.; Vollesen, K. [1337] Tanzania K001581300 Yes
Vu, X.P.; Nguyen, V.D.; Nguyen, T.C.; Do. T.X.; de Kok, R.; Bramely, G.; Challen, G.; Vorontsova, M.; Davis, A. [HNK658] Vietnam K001768574 No
Lakshnakara, M.C. [947] Thailand K001768765 No
Gallatly, G. [942] Thailand K001768762 No
Maiato, F.; Goyder, D.J. [2094] Angola K001622882 Yes
Maiato, F.; Rafael, M.; Camôngua, J. [FM1518] Angola K001622444 Yes
Zandamela, J.; Datizua, C.; Osborne, J.; Langa, C.; Melecuane, B. [118] Mozambique K001346653 No
Manning, S.D. [1440] Cameroon K001516966 Yes
Mildbraed, J. [8852] Cameroon K001516958 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1113] K001112108 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1086] Burma K001110984 Unknown Type Material Yes
Langa, C.; Datizua, C.; Osborne, J.; Zandamela, J.; Melecuane, B. [CL86] Mozambique K001346629 No
Hall; Lock [45813] Ghana K001532681 Yes
Manning, S.D. [1420] Cameroon K001516967 Yes
Osborne, J.; Banze, A.; Datizua, C.; Mamba, A.; Mucaleque, P.; Rachide, T.; Ndala, B. (guide) [JO1727] Mozambique K001346967 No
Leeuwenberg, J.M. [6181] Cameroon K001532651 Yes
Maiato, F.; Camôngua, J. [FM1729] Angola K001622470 Yes
Beusekom, C.F.van.; Phengkhlai, C. [467] Thailand K001768767 No
Poilane, E. [1297] Vietnam K001768761 No
Capuron, R. [28738_SF] Madagascar K001532068 Yes
Capuron, R. [27448_SF] Madagascar K001532059 Yes
Welwitsch, F.M.J. [1369] Angola K000241930 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ash [807] Ethiopia K:SPC-37835.000 No
Etuge, M. [4746] Cameroon K000746361 No
Maiato, F.; Camôngua, J. [1112] Angola K001581901 Yes
Leandri, J.; de Dieu, J. [3823] Madagascar K001560718 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1090] K001112018 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1090] India K001112021 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ash [454] Ethiopia K:SPC-06049.345 No
Rakatoarisoa, S.E.; Andriamahay, M. [RSE510] Madagascar K001870004 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [3209] Sierra Leone K001581270 Yes
Humbert, H.; Cours, G. [32291] Madagascar K001528814 Yes
Helfer [648] Burma K001768563 No
Geesink, R.; Hiepko, P.; Phengklai, C. [7677] Thailand K001768575 No
Parkinson, C.E. [14687] Burma K001768638 No
Maiato, F.; Rafael, M.; Camôngua, J. [FM1459] Angola K001622482 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 7427] K001127327 Unknown Type Material Yes
Phillipson, P.B. [2782] Madagascar K000383283 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1097] Malaysia K001112049 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1104] K001112085 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1095] India K001112046 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1086] India K001110990 Unknown Type Material Yes
Humbert, H.; Cours, G. [32261] Madagascar K001528813 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1095] K001112044 Unknown Type Material Yes
Van Der Maesen, L.J.G. [7395] Uganda K001614070 Yes
Sinsin, B.; Agbani, P.; Yédomonhan, H. [2711] Benin K001562095 Yes
Leandri, J.; de Dieu, J. [3581] Madagascar K001560711 Yes
Tessmann, G. [974] Equatorial Guinea K001577882 Yes
Synnott, T.J. [1100] Uganda K000450839 Yes
Torre, A.R.; Correia, M.F. [13562] Mozambique K000285379 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1113] K001112106 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1104] K001112086 Unknown Type Material Yes
Andrews, P.; Bamford, M.; Njau, E.; Leliyo, G. [EN 655] Tanzania K001769785 No
Griff[illegible] [621] Burma K001768644 No
[illegible] [648] Burma K001768643 No
Maiato, F.; Chisingui, V.; Camôngua, J. [FM1756] Angola K001636043 Yes
Biegel, H.M.; Pope, G.; Russell, E. [4818] Zimbabwe K000285370 No
Holst, C. [2941] Tanzania K000241860 Type Yes
Goyder, D. J.; Gomes, A. [FM1935] Angola K001622458 Yes
Maiato, F.; Rafael, M.; Camôngua, J. [FM1539] Angola K001622461 Yes
Louis, J. [9292] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K001532635 Yes
Louis, J. [9292] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K001532634 Yes
Capuron, R. [24547_SF] Madagascar K001532060 Yes
Sorensen, T.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [2184] Thailand K001768717 No
Adam, J.G. [21488] Liberia K001581318 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [5716] Thailand K001768766 No
Godefroy-Lebeuf, M. [S.n.] Thailand K001768764 No
Awg Enjah; et al [S.68038] Malaysia K001569572 Yes
Mohizah; Yahud [73035] Malaysia K001553178 Yes
Datizua, C.; Darbyshire, I; Langa, C.; Osborne, J.; Zandamela, J.; Macuacua, A. (guide); Neves, A. (guide) [CD13] Mozambique K001346544 No
Mbenkun, T.F. [323] Cameroon K001516963 Yes
Manning, S.D. [2053] Cameroon K001516964 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [2304] Angola K001516950 Yes
Starin, E.D. [24] Gambia, The K001516932 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1103] K001112082 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1086] K001110992 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1113] K001112105 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1095] K001112045 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1087] K001110999 Unknown Type Material Yes
ipsi; Keraudren-Aymonin, M.; Aymonin, G.G. [25842] Madagascar K001560715 Yes
Leandri, J.; Fevrier, R. [301] Madagascar K001560716 Yes
Wilkie, P.; Putthai, T. [PW910] Thailand K001560890 Yes
Capuron, R. [27715-SF] Madagascar K001612685 Yes
Gomes, A.; Goyder, D.J. [644] Angola K001622079 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1086] Burma K001110989 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1086] India K001110996 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1086] K001110995 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mutimushi, J.M. [JMM1613] Zambia K000285367 Yes
Capuron, R. [20468] Madagascar K000894564 Type Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1111] Burma K001112095 Unknown Type Material Yes
Breteler, F.J.; Jongkind, C.; Dibata, J.J. [8935] Gabon K001581288 Yes
S.coll [640] Thailand K001768763 No
Thein Lwin, U. [150] Burma K001768639 No
Chantaranothai, P.; Middleton, D.; Parnell, J.; Simpson, D. [1124] Thailand K001768718 No
Osborne, J.; Darbyshire, I.; Datizua, C.; Langa, C.; Zandamela, J.; Macuacua, A. (guide) [JO1601] Mozambique K001346426 No
Mildbraed, J. [8852] Cameroon K001516957 Yes
Manning, S.D. [1929] Cameroon K001516965 Yes
Peltier, J.; Peltier, M. [5597] Madagascar K001532058 Yes
Osborne, J.; Datizua, C.; Langa, C.; Zandamela, J.; Muthoque, N. (guide) [JO1649] Mozambique K001346473 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6308] India K001123547 Unknown Type Material Yes
Phillipson, P.B. [2566] Madagascar K000383281 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1108] Burma K001112092 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ralimanana, H.; Hoffmann, P.; Smith, P.; Law, S.; Rakotoarisoa, R.; Rajaonarison, R.; Rakotonasolo, F. [699] Madagascar K001634266 Yes
Barbosa, G. [2602] Mozambique K000285380 No
Capuron, R. [3048] Madagascar K000894995 Isotype Yes
Tessmann, G. [214a] Equatorial Guinea K001577883 Yes
Leandri, J.; Jean de Dieu, R. [3562] Madagascar K001560624 Yes
Harris, D.J.; Fay, J.M. [1484] Central African Republic K:SPC-60373.000 No
Thomas, D.W. [8152] Cameroon K000094531 Yes
Rakotoarisoa, S.E.; Andriamahay, M.; Rajaonarison, R. [228] Madagascar K000664728 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1090] K001112017 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1098] K001112062 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1110] K001112094 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 1086] K001110993 Unknown Type Material Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [8775] Philippines K000686792 Unknown Type Material Yes
Phillipson, P.B. [2537] Madagascar K000383284 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1109] Burma K001112093 Unknown Type Material Yes
Coetzee, B.J. [933] South Africa K000285381 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1086] Burma K001110985 Unknown Type Material Yes
Groenendijk, E.N.C.; Koning, J., de; Dungo, J. [1005] Mozambique K000285377 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1084] K001110978 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1111] Burma K001112097 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1084] Malaysia K001110976 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jacobsen, W. [2429] Zimbabwe K000285369 No
Chapman, J.D. [339] Malawi K000285376 No
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 1113] Burma K001112104 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 7427] K001127328 Unknown Type Material Yes
Morat, P. [4681] Madagascar K000895006 Unknown Type Material Yes
Talbot, W.A. [263] India K000686735 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1086] K001110994 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1098] K001112061 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nemba, J.; Thomas, D.W. [128] Cameroon K000094533 Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000975751 Unknown Type Material Yes
Capuron, R. [24488] Madagascar K000894562 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1105] Nepal K001112089 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1103] K001112081 Unknown Type Material Yes
Torre, A.R. [2065] Mozambique K000285378 No
Germishuizen, G. [976] South Africa K000285383 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1103] K001112080 Unknown Type Material Yes
Etuge, M. [187] Cameroon K000094536 No
Richards, H.M. [21334] Tanzania K:SPC-34731.000 No
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 1104] K001112084 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1097] K001112052 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1086] K001110988 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy [390] Western Asia K000686767 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1086] Nepal K001110983 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1084] K001110977 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1115] K001112111 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1110] K001112488 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1086] K001110987 Unknown Type Material Yes
Robson, N.K.B. [705] Zambia K000285368 No
Pervillé, A. [627] Madagascar K000975795 Type Yes
Ash [917] Ethiopia K:SPC-37251.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1090] Nepal K001112020 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1096] Burma K001112047 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1086] Burma K001110986 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thomas, D.W. [8087] Cameroon K000094529 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1090] K001111000 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1097] K001112050 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wang, C.W. [79889] China K000686755 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1097] K001112051 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pawek, J. [8201] Malawi K000285373 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1103] K001112079 Unknown Type Material Yes
Noton, E. [Cat. no. 1087] India K001110997 Unknown Type Material Yes
Capuron, R.; Chauvet, F. [20861] Madagascar K000894563 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1104] K001112087 Unknown Type Material Yes
Huntley, B.J. [1954] South Africa K000285382 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1086] India K001110991 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1098] K001112063 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1111] K001112096 Unknown Type Material Yes
Salubeni, A.J. [587] Malawi K000285375 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1113] India K001112107 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chase, N.C. [5904] Zimbabwe K000285371 No
Etuge, M. [387] Cameroon K000094532 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1097] Malaysia K001112048 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1103] K001112083 Unknown Type Material Yes
Talbot, W.A. [s.n.] India K000686734 Unknown Type Material Yes
Phillipson, P.B. [2500] Madagascar K000383285 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1099] Malaysia K001112064 Unknown Type Material Yes
Phillipson, P.B. [2782] Madagascar K000383282 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1087] K001110998 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper [1278] Ethiopia K000241765 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1090] K001112019 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1107] Burma K001112091 Unknown Type Material Yes

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