Rhoicissus revoilii Planch.

First published in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 5: 469 (1887)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Dry Tropical & S. Africa, Comoros, Arabian Peninsula. It is a scrambling shrub or liana and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1994). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 1: 1-336. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • 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.
  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1966). Flora Zambesiaca 2(2): 353-653. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) in Thulin, M. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Somalia 2: 1-303. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1993). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Vitaceae: 1-149.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Gilg & Brandt in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 46: 440.
  • in DC. Monogr. Ampelid. 469 (1887)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1994). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 1: 1-336. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • 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.
  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1966). Flora Zambesiaca 2(2): 353-653. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. 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.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1993). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Vitaceae: 1-149.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 347 (1974).
  • Collenette, Fl. Saudi Arabia: 499 (1985).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 505 (1958).
  • Descoings in Fl. Madag. 124: 12, fig. 2/1–6 (1967) (very full description).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 434 (1962).
  • Gilg & Brandt in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 46: 440 (1911).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 341 (1949).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 681 (1958).
  • Planch. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 5: 469 (1887).
  • Reekmans in Fl. Rwanda 2: 356, fig. 114.1 (1983).
  • Suesseng. in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, ed. 2, 20d: 332 (1953).
  • Verdc. in Kew Bulletin 7: 359 (1952)
  • Verdc. in Kew Bulletin 8: 104 (1953).
  • Vollesen in Fl. Ethiopia 3: 401 (1990).
  • Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 62 (1980).
  • Wild & Drummond in Flora Zambesiaca 2: 447 (1966).
  • Willems in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 9: 566, t. 56 (1960).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 28, 2019 Osborne, J.; Darbyshire, I.; Datizua, C.; Langa, C.; Zandamela, J.; Macuacua, A. (guide) [JO1607] Mozambique K001346432 No
Osborne, J.; Rokni, S.; Machuama, B. [JO 1343] Mozambique K001346066 Yes
Bester, S.P. [11153] Mozambique K001612521 Yes
Schlechter [11990] Rhoicissus schlechteri K000322753 Type Yes

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