Celastraceae
Elaeodendron

Elaeodendron buchananii (Loes.) Loes.

First published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 1: 223 (1897)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919. [Cited as Cassine buchananii.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTROM, Bangui.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • J.-F. Villiers in Fl. Cameroun 19: 7, t. 2 (1975).
  • Loes. & Engl. in A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(2): 233 (1921).
  • Loes. in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien III. 5, Nachtr. 1: 223 (1897).
  • N. Robson in Fl. Ethiopia 3: 344, fig. 108.6 (1990).
  • N. Robson in Flora Zambesiaca 2: 388, t. 82B (1966).
  • Troupin, Fl. Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 200 (1982)
  • Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 2: 324 (1983).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 79 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1964 Buchanan, J. [710] Malawi K000035978 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Warnecke [45] Togo K000035970 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Warnecke [45] Togo K000035971 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Warnecke [45] Togo K000035965 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Gossweiler, J. [14148] Angola K001307896 No
Oct 1, 1930 Gossweiler, J. [1412] Angola K001307895 No
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K.; Bidgood, S. [9645] Zambia K001590188 Yes
Fries, R.E. [1731] Kenya K000035975 Type Yes
Rayner, R.W. [404] Kenya K:SPC-24993.000 No
Fries, R.E. [206] Kenya K000035977 Type Yes
Hughes, J. [222] Tanzania Cassine buchananii K:SPC-15516.000 No

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

  • 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
    • 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