Apocynaceae
Tabernaemontana

Tabernaemontana crassa Benth.

First published in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 447 (1849)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Angola. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Fl. Nigrit. 447 (1849).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Jongkind, C.C.H. (2022). Flore du Gabon 59: 1-276. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2006 Cheek, M. [11995] Cameroon K000339987 No
Jun 1, 2006 Onana, J.-M. [2891] Cameroon K000339984 No
Nov 1, 2003 Cable, S. [2802] Cameroon K000198047 No
Nov 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [2430] Cameroon K000198046 No
Nov 1, 2003 Ryan, P. [249] Cameroon K000198048 No
Nov 1, 2003 Cable, S. [3692] Cameroon K000198049 No
Nov 1, 2003 Cable, S. [3490] Cameroon K000198045 No
Nov 1, 2003 Ryan, P. [249] Cameroon K000198092 No
Nov 1, 2003 Cable, S. [2802] Cameroon K000198094 No
Nov 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [2430] Cameroon K000198095 No
Jan 1, 1995 Cable, S. [1367] Cameroon K000436078 No
Jan 1, 1994 von Rege, I. [86] Cameroon K000540797 No
Jan 1, 1992 Sunderland, T.C.H. [1314] Cameroon K000086222 No
Jan 1, 1986 Vogel [21] Liberia K000233743 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Smith, C. [s.n.] K000233729 Type No
Jan 1, 1985 Jolly [168] Cote d'Ivoire K000233744 Type No
Jan 1, 1985 Soyaux, H. [172] Gabon K000233728 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Gossweiler, J. [680] Angola K001030052 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Gossweiler, J. [13.694] Angola K000508504 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [12316] Cote d'Ivoire K001297774 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [12056] Cote d'Ivoire K001562634 Yes
Pollard, B.J.; Etuge, N. [573] Cameroon K001310564 Yes
Fraser, P. [1032] Cameroon K001401734 Yes
Wieringa, J.J.; Haegens, R.M.A.P. [2323] Cameroon K001297844 No
Cheek, M. [3584] Cameroon K000011096 No
Binuyo, A. [35172] Cameroon K000028133 No
K:SPC-66016.000 No
Ghana K:SPC-70000.376 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images