Rubiaceae
Phyllopentas

Phyllopentas schimperi (Hochst.) Y.D.Zhou & Q.F.Wang

First published in Phytotaxa 435: 252 (2020)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

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.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2010 Osmaston, H.A. [s.n.] Uganda Pentas schimperi K:SPC-04715.000 No
Quartin-Dillon; Petit [126] Ethiopia Pentas schimperi K000394978 Lectotype Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [6954] Kenya Pentas schimperi K000394971 Unknown Type Material Yes
Parkyns, M. [s.n.] Ethiopia Pentas schimperi K000394977 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thomson, J. [s.n.] Kenya Pentas schimperi K000394970 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 1, 2010 Gregory, H. [114] Cameroon Pentas schimperi subsp. occidentalis K:SPC-00905.000 No
Mann [1227] Pentas schimperi subsp. occidentalis K000394987 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mann [s.n.] Equatorial Guinea Pentas schimperi subsp. occidentalis K000394986 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 1, 2004 Pollard, B.J. [663] Cameroon Pentas schimperiana K000746458 Yes
Feb 1, 2004 Ghogue, J.-P. [1077] Cameroon Pentas schimperiana K000746457 Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Sidwell, K. [429] Cameroon Pentas schimperiana K000026326 Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Cable, S. [2907] Cameroon Pentas schimperiana K000026327 Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [7340] Cameroon Pentas schimperiana K000026332 Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [7275] Cameroon Pentas schimperiana K000026329 Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Cable, S. [111] Cameroon Pentas schimperiana K000026331 Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [9457] Cameroon Pentas schimperiana K000026330 Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [4378] Cameroon Pentas schimperiana K000026328 Yes
Jun 1, 2000 Pollard, B.J. [265] Cameroon Pentas schimperiana K000338492 Yes
May 1, 1999 Etuge, M. [3535] Cameroon Pentas schimperiana K000338493 Yes
May 1, 1999 Satabie, B. [1093] Cameroon Pentas schimperiana K000338491 Yes
May 1, 1999 Zapfack, L. [802] Cameroon Pentas schimperiana K000338517 Yes
May 1, 1999 Onana, J.-M. [542 A] Cameroon Pentas schimperiana K000338494 Yes
May 1, 1999 Cable, S. [3025] Cameroon Pentas schimperiana K000338497 Yes
May 1, 1999 Cable, S. [3057] Cameroon Pentas schimperiana K000338471 Yes
May 1, 1999 Etuge, M. [2284] Cameroon Pentas schimperiana K000338496 Yes
Feb 1, 1997 Cheek, M. [8590] Cameroon Pentas schimperiana K000338495 Yes
Feb 1, 1997 Cheek, M. [8530] Cameroon Pentas schimperiana K000338490 Yes
Feb 1, 1997 Pollard, B.J. [25] Cameroon Pentas schimperiana K000338498 Yes
Sanford, W.W. [5503] Cameroon Pentas schimperiana K000027265 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

  • 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