Thymelaeaceae
Gnidia

Gnidia involucrata Steud. ex A.Rich.

First published in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 234 (1850)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a tuberous subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • 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.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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 Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • Peterson, B. (1978). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Thymelaeaceae: 1-37.
  • Pope, G.V., Polhill, R.M. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2006). Flora Zambesiaca 9(3): 1-277. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Engler, Pflanzenw. Afrikas [Veg. Erde 9] 1, 1: 161, fig. 132b (1910).
  • F.T.A. 6, 1: 221 (1910).
  • F.T.E.A., Thymelaeaceae: 25, fig. 6/7a–c (1978).
  • Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 234 (1850).
  • Webbia 24: 347, t. 3, fig. 6/B (1969).
  • de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 589 (1857).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 234 (1850).
  • Engl. in A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 1(1), fig. 132/b (1910).
  • Gastaldo in Webbia 24: 347, fig. 3, 6/B (1969).
  • H.H.W. Pearson in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1): 221 (1910).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Maiato, F.; Camôngua, J. [FM1923] Angola K001614749 Yes
Baum, H. [253] Angola K000322609 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2790] K000322635 Type Yes
Schimper [770] Ethiopia K000322632 Type Yes
Maiato, F.; Rafael, M.; Camôngua, J. [FM1433] Angola K001614759 Yes
Buchanan, J. [125] K000322608 Type Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [114] K000322636 Type Yes
Wellby, M.S. Ethiopia K000322633 Holotype Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2856] K000322634 Unknown Type Material Yes
Buchanan, J.,, C.M.G. [179] K000322607 Type Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2826] K000322637 Type Yes
Schweinfurth [2851] Gnidia schweinfurthii K000322629 Type Yes
Schweinfurth [2851] Gnidia schweinfurthii K000322628 Lectotype 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

  • 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/

  • 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