Saba comorensis

Saba comorensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Rauvolfioideae
Tribus: Willughbeieae
Subtribus: Landolphiinae
Genus: Saba
Species: Saba comorensis

Name

Saba comorensis (Bojer ex A.DC.) Pichon, 1953

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Vahea comorensis Bojer ex A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 328 (1844).
• Homotypic
  • Landolphia comorensis (Bojer ex A.DC.) K.Schum., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 402 (1892).
  • Landolphia florida var. comorensis (Bojer ex A.DC.) A.Chev., Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 28: 395 (1948).
  • Pacouria comorensis (Bojer ex A.DC.) Roberty, Bull. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 15: 1427 (1953).
• Heterotypic
  • Landolphia florida Benth. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 444 (1849).
  • Willughbeia cordata Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(1): 283 (1861).
  • Landolphia florida var. leiantha Oliv., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 107 (1875).
  • Vahea florida (Benth.) F.Muell., Extra-trop. Pl. Indian ed.: 344 (1880).
  • Landolphia comorensis var. florida (Benth.) K.Schum., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 404 (1892).
  • Landolphia cordata (Klotzsch) K.Schum., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 406 (1892).
  • Pacouria florida (Benth.) Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 662 (1898).
  • Landolphia mayottensis Pierre ex Poiss., Rech. Fl. Mérid. Madagascar: 162 (1912).
  • Landolphia dubia Lassia, Mascarenhasia Landolph. Madagascar: 76 (1927).
  • Pacouria dubia (Lassia) Pichon, Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24: 144 (1948).
  • Saba comorensis var. florida (Benth.) Pichon, Mém. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 35: 309 (1953).
  • Saba florida (Benth.) Bullock, Kew Bull. 13: 391 (1958 publ. 1959).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo (Brazzaville), Gabon, D.R. Congo (Zaire), Chad, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola (incl. Cabinda), Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Comores (Mayotte, etc.), Madagascar References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Pichon, M., 1953. Mém. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 35: 303

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Saba comorensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 24. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Saba comorensis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Saba comorensis. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 24 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Saba comorensis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 24.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Saba comorensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Oct. 2018.

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