Rubiaceae
Oxyanthus

Oxyanthus unilocularis Hiern

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 110 (1877)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Figueiredo, E. (2007). The Rubiaceae of Cabinda (Angola). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 154: 455-495.
  • 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 Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Ntore, S., Lachenaud, O. & Sonké, B. (2023). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), n.s., Rubiaceae Tribu XII. Sherbournieae: 1-76. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv., ed. 2, 3: 286, t. 357
  • F. W. Andr. Fl. Pl. A.-E. Sud. 2: 455.
  • in F.T.A. 3: 110 (1877)

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.
  • Figueiredo, E. (2007). The Rubiaceae of Cabinda (Angola). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 154: 455-495.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Ntore, S., Lachenaud, O. & Sonké, B. (2023). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), n.s., Rubiaceae Tribu XII. Sherbournieae: 1-76. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Aubrév., Fl. For. Côte d’Ivoire, ed. 2, 3: 249, t. 341 (1936).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 455 (1952).
  • Hiern in Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 110 (1877).
  • Keay, Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 129 (1963).
  • N. Hallé, Fl. Gabon, 17, Rubiacées, 2: 193, t. 44 (1970).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 353 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2001 Zapfack, L. [925] Cameroon K000025325 No
Sep 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1485] Cameroon K000025324 No
Sep 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9393] Cameroon K000025320 No
Sep 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [2785] Cameroon K000025321 No
Sep 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [2052] Cameroon K000025323 No
Sep 1, 2001 Ghogue, J.-P. [472] Cameroon K000025322 No
Jan 1, 1995 Cable, S. [1493] Cameroon K000027584 No
Jan 1, 1995 Cable, S. [1493] Cameroon K000027583 No
Jan 1, 1995 Groves, M. [248] Cameroon K000027602 No
Jan 1, 1995 Groves, M. [248] Cameroon K000027601 No
Jan 1, 1994 Cheek, M. [5919] Cameroon K000086461 No
Jan 1, 1994 Cheek, M. [5711] Cameroon K000540969 No
Jan 1, 1992 Jaff, B. [s.n.] Cameroon K000085668 No
Jan 1, 1992 Jaff, B. [s.n.] Cameroon K001392836 No
Jan 1, 1989 Schweinfurth, G. [1734] K000419899 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Schweinfurth, G. [1734] K000419898 Lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Barter, C. [1075] Nigeria K000419812 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Barter, C. [1075] Nigeria K000419813 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Mann [506] Nigeria K000419814 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Mann [506] Nigeria K000419816 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Mann [506] Nigeria K000419815 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jun 25, 1948 Gossweiler, J. [14201] Angola K000191777 No
Sonke, B. (Simo, M.) [5313] Cameroon K001890183 Yes
Letouzey, R. [14835] Cameroon K000050926 No
Meikle, R.D. [1119] Nigeria K:SPC-06282.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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