Rubiaceae
Leptactina

Leptactina platyphylla (Hiern) Wernham

First published in J. Bot. 51: 278 (1913)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon to South Sudan and S. Tropical Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Neuba, D.F.R., Malan, D.F. & Kouadio, Y.L. (2014). Notes sur le genre Africain Leptactina Hook.f. (Rubiaceae, Pavetteae). Adansonia, sér. 3, 36: 121-153.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Neuba, D.F.R., Malan, D.F. & Kouadio, Y.L. (2014). Notes sur le genre Africain Leptactina Hook.f. (Rubiaceae, Pavetteae). Adansonia, sér. 3, 36: 121-153.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bridson & Troupin in Fl. Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 566, fig. 191 (1982).
  • Bridson, Troupin & Verdc. in Fl. Rwanda 3: 174, fig. 53 (1985).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 450 (1961).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 442 (1952).
  • Vollesen in Op. Bot. 59: 69 (1980).
  • Wernham in Journal of Botany 51: 278 (1913).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Lucas [114] Kenya K000771306 Yes
Bridson, D. [331] Rwanda K:SPC-43915.000 No
Schweinfurth, G. [3626] Zambia K000411784 Unknown Type Material Yes
Magogo, F.; Glover, P. [1145] Kenya K000174518 No
Bally, P.R.O. [8845] Kenya K000771303 Yes
Magogo, F.; Glover, P. [811] Kenya K000771304 Yes
Bridson, D. [331] Rwanda K:SPC-43895.000 No
Gillet, J.B. [18707] Kenya K000174519 Yes
Burrows, J.E.; Burrows S.M. [10204] Mozambique K000823744 No
Graham, R.M. [1771] Kenya K000771301 Yes
Graham, R.M. [1771] Kenya K000771302 Yes
Bridson, D.M. [49] Kenya K000771305 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East 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
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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

  • 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