Rubiaceae
Kohautia

Kohautia coccinea Royle

First published in Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 241 (1839)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, Yemen, Iran to Nepal. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Neupane, S., Dessein, S. & Motley, T.J. (2009). The Hedyotis-Oldenlandia-Kohautia complex (Rubiaceae) in Nepal: A study of fruit, seed and pollen characters and their taxonomic significance. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 66: 371-390.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2022). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 4: 1-522. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bremek. in Verb. K. Nederl. Akad. Wetensch., Afd., Natuurk., sect. 2, 48: 82.
  • Ill. Himal. 241, t. 53, fig. 1 (1839)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux.
  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 398, fig. (1974).
  • Bremek. in Verh. K. Nederl. Akad. Wet., Afd. Natuurk., ser. 2, 48 (2): 82 (1952).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 210 (1963).
  • Royle, Ill. Himal.: 241, t. 53/1 (1835).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1950 Schimper [1902] Ethiopia K000414255 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1950 Carson, A. [107] Zambia K000414364 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1950 Carson, A. [33] Zambia K000414363 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1950 Parkyns, M. [s.n.] Ethiopia K000414256 Unknown Type Material Yes
Merrett, L.; Ginwalla, R. [2622] Zambia K001635127 No
Royle, H.B. [s.n.] India K000031888 Type Yes
Royle, H.B. [s.n.] India K000031889 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000740603 Unknown Type Material Yes

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