Apocynaceae
Saba

Saba comorensis (Bojer ex A.DC.) Pichon

First published in Mém. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 35: 303 (1953)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, Comoros, Madagascar. It is a liana and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • 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.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Jongkind, C.C.H. (2022). Flore du Gabon 59: 1-276. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • 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.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.

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.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 171, ill. (1994).
  • Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas p. 484, ill., map (1994).
  • Blundell, Wild Flow. E. Afr.: 143, t. 70 (1987).
  • Kupicha in Flora Zambesiaca 7 (2): 427 (1985).
  • Leeuwenberg & van Dilst in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 59: 190, t. 1–3 (1989).
  • Pichon in Mém. I.F.A.N. 35: 303 (1953).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2006 Etuge, M. [5186] Cameroon K000339953 No
Jan 1, 1986 Staudt, A. [487] Cameroon K000028062 No
Jan 1, 1986 Vogel [101] Nigeria K000233575 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Vogel [101] Nigeria K000233574 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Vogel [101] Nigeria K000233573 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Chevalier, A. [7343] K000233570 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Chevalier, A. [2000] Mali K000386748 No
Jan 1, 1986 Hepper, F.N. [1470] Nigeria K000233576 Holotype No
Jan 1, 1986 Hepper, F.N. [1470] Nigeria K000233577 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Hepper, F.N. [1470] Nigeria K000233578 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Hepper, F.N. [1470] Nigeria K000233579 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Keay, R.W.J. [28529] Cameroon K000028064 No
Jan 1, 1986 Bojer [s.n.] Comoros K000233567 Isotype No
Jan 1, 1986 Speke; Grant [707] K000233569 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Keay, R.W.J. [28529] Cameroon K000028063 No
Jan 1, 1985 Ash [1496] Ethiopia K:SPC-35678.000 No
Jan 1, 1985 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [12248] Cote d'Ivoire K001562236 Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Thomas, D.W. [4418] Cameroon K000028061 No
Jan 1, 1980 Ash [974] Ethiopia K:SPC-73506.000 No
Jan 1, 1974 Comoros K000233568 Unknown Type Material No
Goyder, D.J.; Paton, A.J.; Tawakali, E.J. [3615] Malawi K:SPC-62892.000 No
Leauthaud, C.; Luke, Q.; Hamerlynck, O. [149] Kenya K001574510 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [12262] Cote d'Ivoire K001562674 No
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [12244] Cote d'Ivoire K001562640 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [747] Nigeria K:SPC-15267.000 No
Andrews, F.W. [1819] Sudan K:SPC-14772.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3256] Tanzania K:SPC-22085.000 No
Meikle, R.D. [747] Nigeria K:SPC-03630.000 No
Timberlake, J. [5369] Mozambique K000614367 No
Congo, Republic of the Saba florida K:SPC-80105.000 No
Peter, A. [57031] Tanzania Landolphia florida K001604248 Yes

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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