Phyllanthaceae
Cleistanthus

Cleistanthus polystachyus Hook.f. ex Planch.

First published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 8: t. 779 (1848)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Breteler, F.J. (2012). Flore du Gabon 43: 1-107. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • 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. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv. 2: 54, t. 133, 7–9.
  • Jablonszky in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euph. 8: 47 (1915)
  • —F.T.A. 6, 1: 624

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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].
  • 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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(2): 40 (1921).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 195 (1962).
  • Hutch. in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1): 624 (1912).
  • J. Léon. in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 30(4): 430 (1960)
  • J. Léon. in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 8(1): 26 (1962).
  • Jabl. in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147(8): 47 (1915).
  • Keay, Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 371 (1958).
  • Muell. Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 504 (1866).
  • Planch. in Hook., Ic. Pl. 8, t. 779 (1848).
  • Troupin, Fl. Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 251, t. 87. 1 (1982)
  • Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 2: 211, t. 64/1 (1983).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 118 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 4, 2023 M'Boungou, R. ; van der Burgt, X.M. ; Mpandzou, A. ; Mivouya, A. [378] Congo, Republic of the K000678653 Yes
Aug 1, 1960 Welwitsch [353] Angola K000406056 Type Yes
Aug 1, 1960 Whitfield [s.n.] Sierra Leone K000406076 Holotype Yes
Marshall, A.R.; Magembe, F. [1389] Tanzania K001611012 Yes
Marshall, A.R.; Nguye, L. [1064] Tanzania K001611007 Yes
Marshall, A.R.; Mwakisoma, R. [1531] Tanzania K001611040 Yes
de Kruif, A.P.M. [400] Cote d'Ivoire K001562253 Yes
Marshall, A.R.; Magembe, F. [1632] Tanzania K001611009 Yes
Luke, W. R. Q.; Kabuye, C.; Festo, L.; Ntore, S. [17690] Uganda K001600934 Yes
Marshall, A.R.; Mwakisoma, R. [1126] Tanzania K001611011 Yes
Xanthus, M.; Ekane.; Malenoh. [243] Cameroon K001310200 Yes
Marshall, A.R.; Nguye. L. [1488] Tanzania K001611041 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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