Achariaceae
Caloncoba

Caloncoba welwitschii (Oliv.) Gilg

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 462 (1908)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nigeria to Tanzania and S. Tropical Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Gulf of Guinea Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bamps, P. (1968). Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi, Flacourtiaceae (1): 1-61. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles.
  • Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1960). Flora Zambesiaca 1(1): 1-336. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Exell, A.W. (1973). Angiosperms of the islands of the gulf of Guinea (Fernando Po, Príncipe, S.Tomé, and Annobon). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Botany 4: 325-411.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sleumer, H. (1975). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Flacourtiaceae: 1-68.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Burkill, H.M. (1994). The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa, Volume 2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • The Plant List (2010). Caloncoba welwitschii.
  • Wild, H. (1960). Flacourtiaceae. In: Flora Zambesiaca, Volume 1, Part 1, ed. A.W. Exell & H. Wild. A.A. Balkema, Leiden.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 40: 462 (1908).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Exell, A.W. (1973). Angiosperms of the islands of the gulf of Guinea (Fernando Po, Príncipe, S.Tomé, and Annobon). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Botany 4: 325-411.
  • 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): 568 (1921).
  • Gilg in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 40: 462 (1908).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 230 (1949).
  • Sleumer in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 94: 124 (1974).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 14, 2004 Valkenburg, J.L.C.H., van; Wieringa, J.J.; Niangadouma, R.; Mabicka, A.J. [2556] Gabon K000370312 No
Jan 1, 1973 Welwitsch [537] Angola K000231150 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1973 unknown K000231149 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1973 Carlos, D. Tanzania K000231152 Type Yes
Harris, T. [583] Mozambique K000614174 Yes
Fenton, E. [198] Cameroon K001310157 Yes
Timberlake, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000614495 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7602A] Tanzania K:SPC-15413.000 No
Harris, T. [655] Mozambique K000614235 Yes
May 1, 2011 Nana felicite [25] Cameroon Oncoba welwitschii K000746003 Yes
May 1, 2011 Nana felicite [25] Cameroon Oncoba welwitschii K000746002 Yes
May 1, 2005 Darbyshire, I. [202] Cameroon Oncoba welwitschii K000199912 No
May 1, 2005 Etuge, M. [5179] Cameroon Oncoba welwitschii K000199913 Yes
Jun 1, 2003 Preuss, P.R. [36] Cameroon Oncoba welwitschii K000105988 Yes
Jun 1, 2003 Nemba, J. [37] Cameroon Oncoba welwitschii K000105987 Yes
Jun 1, 2003 Thomas, D.W. [2502] Cameroon Oncoba welwitschii K000105990 Yes
Jun 1, 2003 Preuss, P.R. [36] Cameroon Oncoba welwitschii K000105989 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Sunderland, T.C.H. [1250] Cameroon Oncoba welwitschii K000086779 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Wheatley, J.I. [309] Cameroon Oncoba welwitschii K000086777 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Sunderland, T.C.H. [1317] Cameroon Oncoba welwitschii K000086778 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Sunderland, T.C.H. [1226] Cameroon Oncoba welwitschii K000086776 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Wheatley, J.I. [167] Cameroon Oncoba welwitschii K000086775 Yes

Sources

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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