Rubiaceae
Parapentas

Parapentas battiscombei Verdc.

First published in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 23: 54 (1953)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Kenya. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 398 (1974).
  • Verdc. in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 23: 54 (1953).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 25, 2005 Bytebier, B. [1219] Kenya K000173140 No
Nov 1, 1971 Rob; E; Fries, T.C.E. [1906] Kenya K000316854 No
Nov 1, 1971 Bally, P.R.O. [138706] Kenya K000316857 No
Nov 1, 1971 Dale, I.R. [3049] Kenya K000316856 No
Nov 1, 1971 Battiscombe, E. [695] Tanzania K000311692 Type Yes
Nov 1, 1971 Bally, P.R.O. [8768] Kenya K000316860 No
Lewis, W.H. [5914] Kenya K000316853 No
Polhill, R.M.; Verdcourt, B. [283] Kenya K000316859 Yes
Christenhusz, M.J.M.,, Kamau, P., Mbale, M.; Chase, M.W. [6662] Kenya K000696644 No
Lavranos, J.J. [17257] Kenya K000316855 No
Davis, D. [24] Kenya K000316858 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

  • 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