Plantago palmata Hook.f.

First published in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 19 (1861)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Bioko to Ethiopia and Zimbabwe. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the montane tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Classification

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Publications

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 5: 504
  • Pilger in Engl. Pflanzenr. 4, 269, Plantaginac.: 77 (1937).
  • in J. Linn Soc. 6: 19 (1861)

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • 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.
  • 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 5: 504 (1900).
  • Engl., Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 374 (1895).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 306, fig. 271 (1963).
  • Hook. f. in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 6: 19 (1861)
  • Hook. f. in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 7: 213 (1864).
  • Pilg. in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 269: 77 (1937).
  • Thonner, Blütenpfl. Afr., t. 143 (1908)
  • Verdc. in Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 24 (108): 60 (1964).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2002 Biye, E. [2] Cameroon K000027217 Yes
Jul 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [9449] Cameroon K000027216 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [328] Cameroon K000542300 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Etuge, M. [359] Cameroon K000029882 Yes
Aug 1, 1975 Letouzey, R. [14403] Cameroon K000029880 Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [9639] Cameroon K000029881 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [8409] Cameroon K000029879 Yes
Hedberg, O. [4865] Kenya K001569044 No
Darbyshire, I.; Etuge.; Stone.; Vennard. [73] Cameroon K001495421 Yes
Thomas, D.W. [3118] Cameroon K000029878 Yes
Mann [611] Equatorial Guinea K000243827 Type Yes
Mann [611] Equatorial Guinea K000243829 Type Yes
Mann [611] Equatorial Guinea K000243830 Type Yes
Sanford, W.W. [5492] Cameroon K000029884 Yes
Bamps, P. [1560] Cameroon K000029883 Yes

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