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April 17th, 2024

444.0000 Family Icacinaceae Miers; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 8: 174 (1851), nom. cons., s. str.
24 genera, ca. 160 spp. Phylogeny: Byng et al. (2014). Metteniusaceae and Oncothecaceae are frequently included as subfamilies.
Species listed in database: 162
= Icacineae Benth.; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, 7: 215 (1841)
= Icacininae G.King; J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 64: 96 (1895)
= Icacinineae Engl.; Syllabus, ed. 2: 144 (1898)
= Icacinoideae Sond.; W. H. Harvey & O. W. Sonder, Fl. Cap. 1: 235 (1860)
= Iodaceae Tiegh.; Just´s Bot. Jahresber. 25(2): 406 (1900)
= Iodeae Engl.; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III, 5: 242, 252 (1893)
= Mappieae Baill.; Hist. Pl. 5: 288, 328 (1874)
= Phytocrenaceae Arn. ex R.Br.; J. J. Bennett & R. Br., Pl. Jav. Rar.: 244 (1852)
= Phytocrenoideae Valeton; Crit. Overz. Olacin.: 163 (1886)
= Pleurisanthaceae Tiegh.; Just´s Bot. Jahresber. 25(2): 406 (1900)
= Sarcostigmataceae Tiegh.; Just´s Bot. Jahresber. 25(2): 406 (1900)
= Sarcostigmateae Miers; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 9: 223 (1852)
444.0024 Genus Pyrenacantha Wight; Hook. Bot. Misc. 2: 107 (1831)
Distribution: Tropical and South Africa, Madagascar, S-India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Hainan (1), Philippines (1)
Species listed in database: 37
= Adelanthus Baill.; Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris. 1: 554 (1886), nomen
= Cavanilla Thunb.; Nov. Gen. Pl.: 105 (1792), nom. illeg.
= Chlamydocarya Baill.; Adansonia 10: 276 (1872)
= Endacanthus Baill.; Grandidier, Hist. Phys. Madagascar: t. 241 (1892)
= Freeria Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., Bot. 7: 292 (1912)
= Moldenhauera Spreng.; Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 1: 373 (1824), non Moldenhawera.
= Monocephalium S.Moore; J. Bot. 58: 221 (1920)
= Polycephalium Engl.; Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. Nachtr. I. (1897) 227, et in Engl. Jahrb. 24: 484 (1898)
= Sadrum Sol. ex Baill.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 17: 18 (1873)
= Trematosperma Urb.; Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 1: 182 (1883)
species :
Pyrenacantha acuminata Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 483 (1898)
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola
22 IVO LBR SIE 23 CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Chlamydocarya tenuis Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24(4): 486 (1898)
= Platystigma myristiceum R.Br. ex Hook.f.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 18: t. 1707 (1887)
species :
Pyrenacantha ambrensis Labat, El-Achkar & R.Rabev.; Adansonia 28(2): 392 (2006)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Pyrenacantha andapensis Labat, El-Achkar & R.Rabev.; Adansonia 28(2): 394 (2006)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Pyrenacantha anhydathoda (Villiers) Byng & Utteridge; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 176(3): 292 (2014)
Distribution: Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
23 CON GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Chlamydocarya anhydathoda Villiers; Adansonia, n. s. 10: 429 (1970)
= Chlamydocarya trillesiana Pierre
species :
Pyrenacantha capitata H.Perrier; Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, n. s. 18: 307 (1944)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Pyrenacantha chlorantha Baker; J. Linn. Soc. 21: 331 (1884)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Pyrenacantha gabonica F.J.Breteler & Villiers; Adansonia 22(2): 201 (2000)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
species :
Pyrenacantha glabrescens (Engl.) Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 187 (1909)
Distribution: Guinea; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Gabon
22 GUI IVO LBR 23 GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Chlamydocarya glabrescens Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 485 (1898)
= Pyrenacantha mangenotiana J.Miège; Bull. Inst. Franc. Afr. Noire, Ser. A, 17: 8 (1955)
species :
Pyrenacantha gossweileri (Exell) Byng & Utteridge; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 176(3): 292 (2014)
Distribution: Cabinda
23 CAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Chlamydocarya gossweileri Exell; J. Bot. 70: Suppl. 1, 224 (1932)
species :
Pyrenacantha grandiflora Baill.; Adansonia 10: 270 (1872)
Distribution: Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]
26 MOZ 27 SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Adelanthus grandiflorus Harv. ex Baill.; Adansonia 10: 271 (1872)
= Cavanilla grandiflora (Baill.) Kunze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 111 (1891)
species :
Pyrenacantha grandifolia Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 187 (1909)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN CR (Cameroon)
species :
Pyrenacantha humblotii (Baill.) Sleumer; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 15: 254 (1940)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Endacanthus humblotii Baill.; Grandidier, Hist. Phys. Madagascar: t. 241 (1892)
species :
Pyrenacantha kaurabassana Baill.; Adansonia 10: 272 (1872) (sphalm. kamassana)
Distribution: Ethiopia; S-Somalia; Kenya; NE-Tanzania; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZIM 27 SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Cavanilla kamassana (Baill.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 111 (1891)
= Pyrenacantha cordata Thode; J. Bot. 62: 115 (1924)
= Pyrenacantha kamassana Baill.; Adansonia 10: 272 (1872) ex C. H. Wright, Kew Bull. 17, descr. ampl. (1906)
= Pyrenacantha menyhartii Schinz; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 78: 427 (1905)
= Pyrenacantha vitifolia Engl.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C 248 (1895)
species :
Pyrenacantha kirkii Baill.; Adansonia 10: 272 (1872)
Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Zambia; S-Malawi; E-Zimbabwe; C-Mozambique
23 ZAI 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Cavanilla kirkii Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 111 (1891)
species :
Pyrenacantha klaineana Pierre ex Exell & Mendonça; Carrisso, Consp. Fl. Angol. 1: 345 (1951), in adnot.
Distribution: Ivory Coast; ?Ghana; Cameroon; Gabon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola
22 IVO 23 CMN GAB ZAI 26 ANG
variant :
var. congolana Boutique; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 29: 428 (1959)
Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 CON ZAI
species :
Pyrenacantha laetevirens Sleumer; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 15: 254 (1940)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Pyrenacantha fissistigma Sleumer; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 15: 254 (1940)
species :
Pyrenacantha lebrunii Boutique; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 29: 426 (1959)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 CMN GAB ZAI
species :
Pyrenacantha lobata (Pierre) Byng & Utteridge; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 176(3): 292 (2014)
Distribution: Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola
23 CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Chlamydocarya lobata Pierre; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 1316 (1896)
= Polycephalium integrum De Wild. & T.Durand; Bull. Herb. Boiss. Ser. 2(1): 744 (1901)
= Polycephalium lobatum (Pierre) Pierre; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 485 (1898)
= Polycephalium mildbraedii Engl.; Wiss. Ergebn. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1910-11), Bot. 2: 33 (1922), nomen
= Polycephalium poggei Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. [Engl. & Prantl] I. 227 (1897)
species :
Pyrenacantha longirostrata Villiers; Adansonia 12(2): 283 (1972)
Distribution: W-Cameroon; Gabon
23 CMN GAB
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
species :
Pyrenacantha macrocarpa (A.Chev.) Byng & Utteridge; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 176(3): 292 (2014)
Distribution: Ivory Coast; Ghana
22 GHA IVO
Synonyms: hidden
= Chlamydocarya macrocarpa A.Chev.; Expl. Bot. Afr. Occ. Franc. 1: 128 (1920) (nomen), et Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 1: 456 (1928). in clavi, Hutch. & Dalziel in Kew Bull. 23 (1929), descr.
species :
Pyrenacantha malvifolia Engl.; Sitz. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 18: 268 (1893)
Distribution: SE-Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya; NE-Tanzania
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Pyrenacantha globosa Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18(1-2): 80 (1893)
= Pyrenacantha ruspolii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 483 (1898)
= Trematosperma cordatum Urb.; Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 1: 182 (1883)
species :
Pyrenacantha manchesteriana Byng & Christenh.; The Global Flora, Special edition, part 1(4): 145 (2018), nom. nov.
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia
22 GUI LBR SIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Chlamydocarya capitata Baill.; Adansonia 10: 277 (1872)
= Polycephalium capitatum (Baill.) Keay; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 26: 184 (1956)
= Pyrenacantha occidentalis Byng & Utteridge; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 176(3): 292 (2014), nom. nov. illeg.
species :
Pyrenacantha perrieri Labat, El-Achkar & R.Rabev.; Adansonia 28(2): 399 (2006)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Pyrenacantha chlorantha f. opulenta H.Perrier; Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 18: 305 (1944)
= Pyrenacantha chlorantha var. sambiranensis H.Perrier; Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 18: 305 (1944)
species :
Pyrenacantha puberula Boutique; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 29: 429 (1959)
Distribution: N-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Pyrenacantha rakotozafyi Labat, El-Achkar & R.Rabev.; Adansonia 28(2): 400 (2006)
Distribution: Madagascar; Comores (Mayotte, etc.)
29 COM MDG
species :
Pyrenacantha repanda Merr.; Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 2: 492 (1923)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon, Samar, Mindanao)
42 PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Freeria repanda Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., Bot. 7: 292 (1912)
= Freeria strongei Elmer ex Merr.; Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 2: 492 (1923), pro syn.
= Tragia luzoniensis Merr.; (1920)
species :
Pyrenacantha rostrata (Bullock) Byng & Utteridge; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 176(3): 292 (2014)
Distribution: Nigeria
22 NGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Chlamydocarya rostrata Bullock; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933, 469 (1933)
species :
Pyrenacantha scandens (Thunb.) Planch. ex Harv.; Thes. Cap. 1: 14. t. 23 (1859)
Distribution: S-Mozambique; South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)
26 MOZ 27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Adelanthus scandens Endl. ex Baill.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 17: 18 (1873)
= Cavanilla scandens Thunb.; Nov. Gen. 105 (1795)
= Moldenhauera scandens (Thunb.) Spreng.; Syst. 1: 489 (1825)
= Sadrum volubile Sol. ex Baill.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 17: 18 (1873)
species :
Pyrenacantha soyauxii (Engl.) Byng & Utteridge; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 176(3): 292 (2014)
Distribution: NW-Gabon
23 GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Chlamydocarya klaineana Pierre; Bull. Soc. Linn. Par. 2: 1317 (1897)
= Chlamydocarya soyauxii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. 22: 73 (1893)
species :
Pyrenacantha staudtii (Engl.) Engl.; Engl. Pflanzenw. Afr. 3: II. (Engl. & Drude, Veg. der Erde, ix.) 262 (1921)
Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; NW-Angola
22 NGA 23 CMN CON GAB ZAI 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Chlamydocarya staudtii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 486 (1898)
= Monocephalium batesii S.Moore; J. Bot. 58: 221 (1920)
= Monocephalium zenkeri S.Moore; J. Bot. 58: 221 (1920)
= Pyrenacantha batesii (S.Moore) Exell; J. Bot. 65(Suppl. 1): 74 (1927)
= Pyrenacantha staudtii (Engl.) Hutch. & Dalziel; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 1: 456 (1928), Hutch. & Dalziel in Kew Bull. 23 (1929)
= Pyrenacantha ugandensis Hutch. & Robyns; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1924, 255 (1924)
= Pyrenacantha zenkeri (S.Moore) Exell; J. Bot. 65(Suppl. 1): 74 (1927)
variant :
var. appressa Boutique; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 29: 430 (1959)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Pyrenacantha sylvestris S.Moore; J. Bot. 58: 223 (1920)
Distribution: Gabon; ?Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; SW-Ethiopia; Uganda; NW-Angola
23 GAB ZAI 24 ETH SSU 25 UGA 26 ANG
species :
Pyrenacantha thomsoniana (Baill.) Byng & Utteridge; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 176(3): 292 (2014)
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; ?Ghana; S-Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
22 IVO LBR NGA SIE 23 CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Chlamydocarya thomsoniana Baill.; Adansonia 10: 276 (1872)
species :
Pyrenacantha tropophila Labat, El-Achkar & R.Rabev.; Adansonia 28(2): 400 (2006)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Pyrenacantha laetevirens var. tropophila H.Perrier; Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 18: 308 (1944)
species :
Pyrenacantha undulata Engl.; Engl. & Drude, Veg. Erde 9(III 2): 262 (1921)
Distribution: Togo
22 TOG
species :
Pyrenacantha villiersii Breteler; Syst. & Geogr. Pl. 78(1): 131 (2008), nom. nov.
Distribution: Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; E-Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea
22 GHA IVO LBR 23 CMN EQG
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
Synonyms: hidden
= Chlamydocarya tessmannii Engl.; Engl. Pflanzenw. Afr. 3: II. (Engl. & Drude, Veg. der Erde, ix.) 263(1921)
= Pyrenacantha cordata Villiers; Adansonia 12(2): 285 (1972), nom. illegit. non Thode
= Pyrenacantha cordicula Villiers; Fl. Cameroon 15: 86 (1973), et in Fl. Gabon 20: 86 (Jan. 30 (1973), nom. nov.
species :
Pyrenacantha vogeliana Baill.; Adansonia 10: 271 (1872)
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; SW-Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; SE-Kenya; NE-Tanzania
22 GHA IVO LBR NGA SIE 23 CAF CMN GAB ZAI 25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Cavanilla vogeliana (Baill.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 111 (1891)
= Pyrenacantha canaliculata Pierre; Bull. Soc. Linn. Par. 2: 1317 (1897)
= Pyrenacantha dinklagei Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43(1-2): 186 (1909)
species :
Pyrenacantha volubilis Wight; Hook. Bot. Misc. 2: 107 (1831)
Distribution: China (Hainan); S-India (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam
36 CHI 40 IND SRL 41 CBD LAO THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Cavanilla volubilis (Wight) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 111 (1891)
= Pyrenacantha volubilis var. elliptica Pierre; Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 1318 (1897)
= Pyrenacantha volubilis var. oblonga Pierre; Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 1318 (1897)
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