Rhamnaceae
Gouania

Gouania longipetala Hemsl.

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 383 (1868)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to N. Angola. It is a liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zaïre

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.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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].
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Bot. 138
  • M. L. Green in Kew Bull. 1916: 198
  • Staner in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 15: 419, figs. 58, 59.
  • in F.T.A. 1: 383 (1868), partly (excl. Kirk spec.)

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.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13534] Cameroon K000580151 No
Dec 1, 2004 Harvey, Y.B. [149] Cameroon K000338977 No
Dec 1, 2004 Cheek, M. [11481 a] Cameroon K000338976 No
Jul 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [7469] Cameroon K000027203 No
Jan 1, 1994 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [791] Cameroon K000437263 No
Jan 1, 1987 Maitland, T.D. [114] Cameroon K000093355 No
Jan 1, 1987 Maitland, T.D. [114] Cameroon K000093354 No
Jan 1, 1987 Nemba, J. [300] Cameroon K000027202 No
Jan 1, 1987 Maitland, T.D. [379] Cameroon K000093356 No
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [12238] Cote d'Ivoire K001562645 Yes
Mann, G. [17] Equatorial Guinea K000430079 Unknown Type Material Yes
Troupin, G. [3406] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-11540.000 No
Leeuwenberg A.J.M. [12326] Cote d'Ivoire K001297791 Yes
Cheek, M.; Mackinder; Pollard; Fomba; Nguti; Okon; Myanzi; Chesso [10645] Cameroon K001422628 Yes
Cheek, M.; Cable; Groves; Ndam [6002] Cameroon K001297992 Yes
Mann, G. [1813] K000430078 Unknown Type Material 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