Phyllanthaceae
Bridelia

Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.) Baill.

First published in Adansonia 3: 164 (1863)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Mascarenes. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Breteler, F.J. (2012). Flore du Gabon 43: 1-107. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.
  • 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.
  • Velayos, M., Barberá, P., Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Fero, M. & Aedo, C. (2014). Checklist of the vascular plants of Annobón (Equatorial Guinea). Phytotaxa 171: 1-78.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv. 2: 36, t. 132
  • Chev. Bot. 554
  • Fl. For. Soud.-Guin. 179–182.
  • —F.T.A. 6, 1: 620

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(2): 43 (1921).
  • Baill., Adansonia 3: 164 (1862–3).
  • Battiscombe & Dale, Trees and Shrubs of Kenya Colony p. 47 (1936).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 187 (1961).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 56 (1952).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 194 (1962).
  • Hutch. in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1): 620 (1912).
  • J. Léon. in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 8(1): 46 (1962).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 201 (1949).
  • Jabl. in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147 (8): 78 (1915).
  • Keay, Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 370 (1958).
  • Muell. Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 498 (1866).
  • Pax in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 237 (1895).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 447 (1948).
  • Troupin, Fl. Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 251, t. 86.1 (1982)
  • Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 2: 210, t. 63/1 (1983).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 117 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2010 Etuge, M. [5290] Cameroon K000678387 No
Jun 1, 2009 Pollard, B.J.; Tah; Cheso; Ingram; Corcoran; Nana; Sale [1393] Cameroon K000581898 Yes
Mar 1, 2008 Harvey, Y.B. [313] Cameroon K000541145 No
Mar 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13421] Cameroon K000541144 No
Apr 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [2738] Cameroon K000026533 No
Apr 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [1924] Cameroon K000026532 No
Apr 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [8861] Cameroon K000026537 No
Apr 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [1394] Cameroon K000026534 No
Apr 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [10304] Cameroon K000026535 No
Apr 1, 2002 Lane, P. [509] Cameroon K000026536 No
Jan 1, 1994 Cheek, M. [5891] Cameroon K000540109 No
Jan 1, 1994 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [814] Cameroon K000540005 No
Jan 1, 1993 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [121] Cameroon K000085147 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Nkeng, P. [24] Cameroon K000085109 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [452] Cameroon K000085115 Yes
Sep 1, 1955 Krauss [133] South Africa K000406077 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 1, 1955 Krauss [133] South Africa K000406079 Isotype Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E.; Sosef, M.S.M. & van Nek, F.I. [10127] Gabon K001567822 Yes
Friis, I.; Harris, T.; Assefa Hailu; Ermias Getachew [14649] Ethiopia K001553629 Yes
Marshall, A.R.; Rajabu, I. [1334] Tanzania K001611046 Yes
Starin, E.D. [2] K:SPC-40495.000 No
Maitland, T.D. [248] Cameroon K000180569 No
Timberlake, J. [5160] Mozambique K000613540 No
Brunt, M.A. [191] Cameroon K000180579 No
Sieber [s.n.] Senegal K000406037 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thompson, S.A. [1734] Cameroon K000180594 No
Heudelot [38] Senegal K000406036 Unknown Type Material Yes
Goyder, D.J.; Maiato, F.; Luis, J.C. [8705] Angola K001589626 Yes
Goyder, D.J.; Maiato, F.; Luis, J.C. [8665] Angola K001589655 Yes
Welwitsch [371] Angola K000406086 Unknown Type Material Yes
Goyder, D.J.; Maiato, F.; Luis, J.C. [8664] Angola K001589660 Yes
Fenton, E.; Mpako.; Olaf. [312] Cameroon K001310212 Yes
Jansen, P.C.M. [2373] Ethiopia K001562041 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8679] Tanzania K:SPC-24431.000 No
Barberá, P.; Fero, M.; Velayos, M. [11640] Equatorial Guinea K001581661 Yes
Ghogue; Achoundong; Cheek; Gosline; Onana; Ghogue; Tadjouteu; Kalindula; Kambale; Amponsah; Kimaro; Etuge; Talla; Ndi [399] Cameroon K001562166 Yes
Marshall, A.R.; Mwakisoma, R. [1001] Tanzania K001611047 Yes
Mann [883] Sierra Leone K000406034 Type Yes
Mann [883] Sierra Leone K000406035 Type Yes
Darbyshire, I.; Agostenho, M.; Fansdeo, G.; Matimele, H.; Mucaleque, P.; Osborne, J.; Tanleque, C. [1143] Mozambique K001295807 No
unknown [617] Cameroon K000180575 No
Maitland, T.D. [903] Cameroon K000180570 No
Timberlake, J. [5053] Mozambique K000613432 No
Roberty, G. [17124] Mali K000385807 No
Hildebrandt, J.M. [1182] Tanzania K000406098 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, J.M. [1146] South Africa K000406080 Unknown Type Material Yes
Binuyo, A. [35593] Cameroon K000180578 No
Adebusuyi, J.K. [44006] Cameroon K000180580 No
Wood, J.M. [1334] South Africa K000406078 Unknown Type Material Yes
Deistel, H. [615] Cameroon K000180572 No
Thomas, D.W. [3270] Cameroon K000180582 No
Dawkins, H.C. [868] Uganda K:SPC-02102.000 No
Thomas, D.W. [3062] Cameroon K000180584 No
Harris, T. [113] Mozambique K000545096 No
Hutchinson, J.; Metcalfe, C.R. [43] Cameroon K000180577 No
Ash [1547] Ethiopia K:SPC-35779.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8811] Tanzania K:SPC-24429.000 No

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