Myristicaceae
Pycnanthus

Pycnanthus angolensis (Welw.) Warb.

First published in Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 100 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Angola. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

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.
  • Berhaut, J. (1979). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 6: 1-636. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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].
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). Vasc. Pl. Dzanga-Sangha: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, 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 30: 1-307.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • 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.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1997). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Myristicaceae: 1-10.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berl. 1: 100 (1895).

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.
  • Berhaut, J. (1979). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 6: 1-636. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • 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

  • Exell, Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tomé: 278 (1944).
  • Fouilloy in Fl. Cameroun 18: 91, t. 27 (1974).
  • Fouilloy in Fl. Gabon 10: 87, t. 22 (1965)
  • G.C.C. Gilbert & Troupin in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 2: 391 (1951).
  • Gossw. in Agro. Angol. 7: 397 (1953).
  • Hamilton, Field Guide Uganda For. Trees: 142, fig. 202 (1981).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 367 (1949).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 61 (1954), excl. fig. 15.
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 267 (1952).
  • Warb. in Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahelm 1: 100 (1895).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2007 Harvey, Y.B. [193] Cameroon K000436199 No
Oct 1, 2007 Harvey, Y.B. [193] Cameroon K000338361 Yes
Oct 1, 2005 Cheek, M. [11073] Cameroon K000339227 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Elad, M. [99] Cameroon K000212608 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [2364] Cameroon K000212611 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Cable, S. [3448] Cameroon K000212607 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Akogo, M. [256] Cameroon K000008801 Yes
Cable, S.; Manthi, F.; Kahinju, S.; Ekpe, K.; Iwatt, J. [2073] Cameroon K001418712 Yes
Akogo, M. [121] Cameroon K000374606 Yes
Ewango C.E.N. [EWANGO254] Congo, Republic of the K001577973 Yes
Cable, S.; Hermanns, M.; Laird, J.; Hurst, L.; Fraser [2020] Cameroon K001418710 Yes
Cable, S.; Adamn, G.; Gelan, H.; Paul. [2703] Cameroon K001422789 Yes
Harris, D.J. [3636] Cameroon K000374605 Yes
Struhsaker, T.T. [1] Cameroon K:SPC-31952.000 No
Welwitsch [781] Angola K000350509 Unknown Type Material Yes

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