Lamiaceae
Platostoma

Platostoma africanum P.Beauv.

First published in Fl. Oware 2: 61 (1818)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, S. India to Bangladesh, Lesser Sunda Islands (Sumba). It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • 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. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • 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.
  • Morales, R. (2011). Les Labiadas (Lamiaceae) de Guinea Ecuatorial. Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 68: 199-223.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R., Harvey, Y., Iwarsson, M., Willis, F., Phillipson, P., Balkwill, K., Lukhoba, C., Otiend, D & Harley (2009). Lamiaceae (Labiatae). Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-430.
  • Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R.M., Harvey, Y.B., Iwarsson, M., Otieno, D., Balkwill, K., Phillipson, P.B., Harley, R.M. & Willis, F. (2013). Flora Zambesiaca 8(8): 1-346. 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.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2022). Flore du Gabon 58: 1-150. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Bot. 513.
  • F.T.A. 5: 349
  • Fl. Oware 2: 61, t. 95, fig. 2 (1818)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Baker in F.T.A. 5: 349 (1900).
  • Figueiredo & Smith, Pl. Angola: 108 (2008).
  • Morton in F.W.T.A., ed.2 2: 453 (1963).
  • P. Beauv., Fl. Oware 2: 61, t.95 (1818).

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.
  • 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.
  • Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Morales, R. (2011). Les Labiadas (Lamiaceae) de Guinea Ecuatorial. Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 68: 199-223.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R., Harvey, Y., Iwarsson, M., Willis, F., Phillipson, P., Balkwill, K., Lukhoba, C., Otiend, D & Harley (2009). Lamiaceae (Labiatae). Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-430.
  • 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

  • F.T.A. 5: 349 (1900)
  • F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 2: 453 (1963)
  • Fl. Eth. 5: 567 (2006).
  • Fl. Owar. 2: 61, t. 95 (1818)
  • K.B. 52: 277 (1997)
  • U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 295 (1994)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2022 Rieder, C.; Camara, M. [380] Guinea K000010757 No
Jan 1, 2008 Bingham, M.G. [12896] Zambia K000248337 No
Aug 15, 2006 Katende, T. [2267] Uganda K000194747 No
Oct 1, 2005 Etuge, M. [5120] Cameroon K000338343 No
May 1, 2005 Harvey, Y.B. [104] Cameroon K000199968 No
May 18, 2001 Vogel [10] Nigeria K000405658 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 18, 2001 Burton [s.n.] Ghana K000405660 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 18, 2001 Ansell [s.n.] Liberia K000405661 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [2725] Cameroon K000050896 No
May 1, 2001 Johnston, H.H. [0 s.n.31] Cameroon K000029926 No
May 1, 2001 Keay, R.W.J. [FHI 28543] Cameroon K000029924 No
May 1, 2001 Pollard, B.J. [90] Cameroon K000050895 No
May 1, 2001 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [8200] Cameroon K000050879 No
May 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1606] Cameroon K000050897 No
May 1, 2001 Pollard, B.J. [92] Cameroon K000050898 No
May 1, 2001 Gillett, S. [9] Cameroon K000029921 No
Jan 1, 2001 Hutchinson, J.; Metcalfe, C.R. [123] Cameroon K000029923 No
Jan 1, 2001 Migeod, F. [0s.n.1] Cameroon K000029918 No
Jan 1, 1998 Mambo, P. [220] Cameroon K000029928 No
Jan 1, 1996 Gentry, A.H. [52817] Cameroon K000029930 No
Jan 1, 1996 Etuge, M. [1289] Cameroon K000093826 No
Jan 1, 1996 Gentry, A.H. [52817] Cameroon K000029931 No
Jan 1, 1995 Manning, S.D. [560] Cameroon K000029933 No
Jan 1, 1995 Thomas, D.W. [9675] Cameroon K001400153 No
Jan 1, 1995 Thomas, D.W. [8164] Cameroon K000029932 No
Jan 1, 1995 Etuge, M. [376] Cameroon K000029934 No
Jan 1, 1995 Büttner, R. [449] K000405656 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jun 1, 1991 Welwitsch [5534] Angola K000405650 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jun 1, 1991 Welwitsch [5536] Angola K000405653 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jun 1, 1991 Welwitsch [5581] Sierra Leone K000405652 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1960 Migeod, F. [274] Cameroon K000029917 No
Jan 1, 1960 Morton, J.K. [957] Cameroon K000029920 No
Pollard, B.J.; Johnston; Ghogue; Gosline [499] Cameroon K001422657 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9661] Tanzania K:SPC-27370.000 No
Brunt, M.A. [904] Cameroon K000029919 No
van Proosdij, A.S.J. [51] Gabon K001418983 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5421] Tanzania K000190651 No
Welwitsch [5485] Angola K001008939 Yes
Sidwell, K. [3] Cameroon K001518198 Yes
Morton, J.K. [6742] Cameroon K000029925 No
Ansell [s.n.] Nigeria K000405659 Unknown Type Material Yes
Welwitsch [5535] Angola K000405651 Unknown Type Material Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7758] Tanzania K:SPC-25415.000 No
Chancellor, R.J. [305] Uganda K:SPC-02768.000 No
Monteiro; Monteiro [s.n.] Angola K001008941 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [4151] Angola K001008940 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuio [11,934] Tanzania K:SPC-31684.000 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/

  • 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