Primulaceae
Embelia

Embelia nilotica Oliv.

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 105 (1873)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Mali

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia

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.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • Halliday, P. (1984). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Myrsinaceae: 1-21.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 3: 496 (1877)
  • Mez in Engl. Pflanzenr. 4, 236: 318.
  • in Trans. Linn. Soc. 29: 105, t. 71 (1875)

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • 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.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 1-544.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. in Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 496 (1877).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 32 (1963).
  • Mez in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV.236: 318 (1902).
  • Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 29: 105, t. 71 (1875).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 269 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Speke; Grant [695] K000226019 Holotype Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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 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

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • 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