Basellaceae
Basella

Basella paniculata Volkens

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 81 (1906)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal. It is a climbing subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Tanzania

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.

Kew Bulletin

  • Volkens, G. (1905). Über eine neue afrikanische Basellaceae, Basella paniculata Vlks. Bot Jahrb. 38: 80 - 82.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Eriksson, R. (2007). A synopsis of Basellaceae. Kew Bulletin 62: 297-320.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. & C.B. Cl. in Flora of Tropical Africa 6 (1): 94 (1909).
  • Peter, Flora von Deutsch-Ostafrika 2: 272 (1938).
  • Verdc. in Kew Bulletin 17: 496 (1964).
  • Volkens in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 38: 81 (1905).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7244] Tanzania K:SPC-28464.000 No

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    • 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