Verbenaceae
Chascanum

Chascanum pinnatifidum (L.f.) E.Mey.

First published in Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 277 (1838)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical & S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Fernandes, R.B. (2006). Contribução para o conhecimento das Avicenniaceae e Verbenaceae da Flora de Angola. Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17(2): 5-68.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • 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 Zambesiaca

  • F.C. 5 , 1: 205 (1901), excl. Rehmann 5311.
  • Fifth. Summ. Verbenaceae: 858 (Taxon. Index, 1971).
  • Merxmüller, Prodr. Fl. SW. Afrika, fam. 122: 3 (1967).
  • Murray, Syst. Veg., ed. 14: 572 (1784).
  • Persoon, Syn. Pl. 2 : 149 (1807).
  • Phytologia 4 : 448 (1953)
  • Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 45 : 303 (1938), excl. specim. Eyles 1142
  • Résumé Verbenaceae: 446 (1959)
  • Thunberg, Prodr. Fl. Cap. part 2: 100 (1800).
  • Walpers, Repert. Bot. Syst. 4 : 39 (1845).
  • op. cit. 31 : 234 (1975)
  • op. cit. 7 , 7: 373 (1961)
  • van der Schijff, Check List Vasc. Pl. Kruger Nat. Park: 81 (1969).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Fernandes, R. & Diniz, M.A. (2005). Avicenniaceae, Nesogenaceae, Verbenaceae and Lamiaceae (subfams, Viticoideae and Ajugoideae). Flora Zambesiaca 8(7): 1-161. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 1936 Shaur, John [s.n] K004865416 No
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2201] Botswana K001590096 No
s.coll [s.n] Bouchea pinnatifida K004865415 No

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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

  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/