Rapanea melanophloeos (L.) Mez

First published in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 236: 375 (1902)
This name is a synonym of Myrsine melanophloeos

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • 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. [Cited as Myrsine melanophloeos.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • 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. [Cited as Rapanea melanophloeos.]
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [Cited as Rapanea melanophloeos.]
  • Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia, A Journal of Botanical Research 41: 41-82. [Cited as Rapanea melanophloeos.]
  • 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. [Cited as Rapanea melanophloeos.]
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Rapanea melanophloeos.]
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville. [Cited as Rapanea melanophloeos.]
  • Taton, A. (1980). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Myrsinaceae: 1-62. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique. [Cited as Rapanea melanophloeos.]
  • 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. [Cited as Rapanea melanophloeos.]
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1985). Flora du Rwanda 3: 1-729. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale. [Cited as Rapanea melanophloeos.]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Dyer in Flora of Southern Africa 26: 8, fig. 2/1a-c. (1963).
  • Mez in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV.236: 375 (1902).
  • Taton, Flore d'Afrique Centrale, Myrsinaceae: 55, t. 10 (1980).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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/
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