Primulaceae
Embelia

Embelia schimperi Vatke

First published in Linnaea 40: 206 (1876)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to Caprivi Strip. It is a scrambling shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1960). Flora Zambesiaca 1(1): 1-336. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.
  • Hedberg, I., Edwards, S. & Nemomissa, S. (eds.) (2003). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 4(1): 1-352. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 1-544.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Brenan in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 8: 498 (1954).
  • Mez in Engl. Pflanzenr. 4, 236: 329
  • in Linnaea 40: 206 (1876)

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.
  • Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1960). Flora Zambesiaca 1(1): 1-336. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 655 (1960).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 330 (1961).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 316 (1962).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 368 (1949).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 32 (1963).
  • Mez in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV.236: 329 (1902).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 2: 32 (1947).
  • Taton, Flore d'Afrique Centrale, Myrsinac: 46 (1980).
  • Vatke in Linnaea 40: 206 (1876).
  • 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?
Mar 1, 2005 Kenneth Tah [310] Cameroon K000436554 No
Dec 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [3419] Cameroon K000580425 No
Dec 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [2236] Cameroon K000580453 No
Dec 1, 2000 Gosline, G. [206] Cameroon K000580382 No
May 1, 1999 Cheek, M. [9860] Cameroon K000580387 No
May 1, 1999 Onana, J.-M. [627] Cameroon K000580253 No
Jan 1, 1975 Stolz, A. [1658] Tanzania K000226023 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Stolz, A. [1058] Tanzania K000226018 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 1, 1961 Ujor, E.U. [FHI 30015] Cameroon K000027707 No
Apr 1, 1961 Keay, R.W.J. [FHI 28368] Cameroon K000027710 No
Apr 1, 1961 Ujor, E.U. [FHI 30049] Cameroon K000027711 No
May 1, 1958 Schimper [1493] Ethiopia K000226021 Isosyntype Yes
May 1, 1958 Schimper [1493] Ethiopia K000226022 Type Yes
Schimper [1432] Ethiopia K000226020 Type Yes
Ash [1052] Ethiopia K001765890 Yes
Richards, H.M. [14073] Tanzania K001765892 Yes
Stolz, A. [1658] Tanzania K001765886 Yes
Gillman, H. [617] Tanzania K001765885 Yes
Perdue Jr, R.E. [6495] Ethiopia K001765891 Yes
D. B. F. [F1661] Zambia K001766459 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [2133] Cameroon K000027709 No
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; et al. [6632] Ethiopia K001765884 Yes
Scott, H. [82] Ethiopia K001765887 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [19368] Kenya K001765888 Yes
Thulin, M.; Hunde, A. [3938] Ethiopia K001765889 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [8062] Zimbabwe K001765893 Yes
D. B. F. [F1557] Zambia K001766458 Yes
Daramola, B., O. [FHI 40523] Cameroon K000027708 No
Tessmann, G. [135] Equatorial Guinea Embelia tessmannii K000226024 Type Yes
Welwitsch [4806] Angola Embelia pellucida K000226012 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stolz, A. [472] Tanzania Embelia nyassana K001766460 Yes
Bates, G.L. [1722] Cameroon Embelia batesii K000226027 Type Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [5229] Sierra Leone Embelia gilgii K000974885 Type Yes
Morton; Jarr [SL 1973] Sierra Leone Embelia guineensis K001766465 Yes
Mann [861] Sierra Leone Embelia guineensis K000226030 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mann [861] Sierra Leone Embelia guineensis K000226029 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • 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