Capparaceae

Maerua Forssk.

First published in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 104 (1775)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Africa, Sinai to Indo-China.

Distribution

Native to:

Aldabra, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf States, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Gilg & Benedict in Engl. Bot Jahrb. 53: 232 (1915).
  • —F.T.A. 1: 83

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Fl. Aegypt.–Arab.: CXIII, 104 (1775).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin & L. E. Kers [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 104 (1775)
  • Pax & K. Hoffm. in E. & P. Pf., ed. 2, 17B: 195 (1936)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2012 Congdon, T.C.E. [778] Tanzania K000787994 No
Jan 1, 1988 Mungai, G.M. [83/36] Kenya K000230724 Isotype Yes
Jun 1, 1958 Michelmore, A.P.G. [768] Tanzania K000230722 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gillet, J.B. [14148] Kenya K000231030 Holotype Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [8200] Tanzania K000230733 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thulin, M.; Warfa, A.M. [4555] Somalia K000230751 Holotype Yes
Kassner [150] Kenya K000230743 Syntype Yes
Dawe, M.T. [340] Uganda K000230732 Unknown Type Material Yes
van der Maesen, L.J.G. [6014] Burkina Faso K001519361 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; Greenway, P.J. [7738] Zambia K:SPC-21802.000 No
Lavranos, J.; Mies; et al. [31398] Yemen K001870937 No
Hutchinson, E. K000230736 Type Yes
Holst, C. [8889] Tanzania K000230739 Unknown Type Material Yes
Robyns, W. [1627] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000230758 Type Yes
Greenway, P.J. [807] Tanzania K000231028 Holotype Yes
Greenway, P.J. [807] Tanzania K000231029 Holotype Yes
McWhirter, J. [155] Madagascar K:SPC-31883.000 No
Volkens, G. [2149] Tanzania K000230738 Type Yes
Ellis, P.E. [105A] Ethiopia K:SPC-21805.000 No
Goetze, W. [897] Tanzania K000230737 Type Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images