Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. africana Brenan & Brummitt

First published in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 39: 77 (1965)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Africa, Arabian Peninsula. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Comoros, Cuba, Egypt, Florida, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Pakistan, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Barger, T.W. & al. (2012). New and noteworthy records for the flora of Alabama. Castanea 77: 257-269.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Flora Zambesiaca 3(1): 1-153. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman. volume 2. Crassulaceae - Apiaceae. Scripta Botanica Belgica 36: 1-220.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Reekmans, M. [9986] Burundi K003045205 Yes
Verschueren [825] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003045192 Yes
Reekmans, M. [11092] Burundi K003045188 Yes
Bredo [2582] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003045194 Yes
[illegible] [16] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003045201 Yes
de Witte, G.F. [6884] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003045204 Yes
Donis, C. [1595] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003045195 Yes
Letouzey, R. [7312] Cameroon K003045191 Yes
s.coll. [5319] Rwanda K003045196 Yes
Reekmans, M. [11092] Burundi K003045189 Yes
s.coll. [4167] Rwanda K003045198 Yes
Christiaensen, A.R. [795] Rwanda K003045199 Yes
Saxer, A. [543] Cameroon K003045190 Yes
{Albert de Craene} [352] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003045200 Yes
[illegible] [321] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003045202 Yes
[illegible] [3923] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003045203 Yes
Reekmans, M. [8342] Burundi K003045187 Yes
s.coll. [5103] Rwanda K003045197 Yes
Guillaumet, J.-L. [2919] Ethiopia Dichrostachys glomerata K001890756 No
Wright, C. [2387] Cuba Dichrostachys glomerata K000535290 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tanner, R.E.S. [495] Tanzania Dichrostachys glomerata K:SPC-11462.000 No

Sources

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • 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