Capparaceae

Ritchiea R.Br. ex G.Don

First published in Gen. Hist. 1: 276 (1831)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, 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: 173 (1915).
  • —F.T.A. 1: 100

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Syst. 1: 276 (1831) ("Richiea").

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gen. Syst. 1: 276 (1831), as Richiea
  • Pax & K. Hoffm. in E. & P. Pf., ed. 2, 17B: 167 (1936)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2008 Baker, W.J. [291] Cameroon K000436856 No
Ekema, S.N. [765] Cameroon K001383845 Yes
Ekema, S.N. [764] Cameroon K001383843 Yes
Thomas, D.W. [10284] Cameroon K001383610 Yes
Cheek, M. [5696] Cameroon K000436953 No
Faulkner, H. [790] Tanzania K:SPC-23698.000 No
Cheek, M. [7665] Cameroon K000380442 No
Thomas, D.W. [4495] Cameroon K000105795 No
Frimondt-Molle, C.; et al. [NG 104] Tanzania K:SPC-64098.000 No
K:SPC-70000.306 No
Hunt, L., V. [63] Cameroon K000437086 No

Sources

  • 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

  • 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