Apocynaceae
Ancylobothrys

Ancylobothrys petersiana (Klotzsch) Pierre

First published in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris, n.s., 1: 91 (1898)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Somalia to S. Tropical Africa, Comoros, Madagascar. It is a scrambling shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Chad, Comoros, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Tanzania, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Mauritius

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1995 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [709] Cameroon K000540788 No
Jan 1, 1993 Gomes e Sousa, A. [4856] Mozambique K000233589 Type No
Jan 1, 1992 Buchanan, J. [437] Malawi K000233585 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Kirk [s.n.] Tanzania K000233591 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Holst, C. [2220] Tanzania K000233594 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Kirk, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000233588 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Kirk, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000233586 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Monteiro, J.J. [37] Mozambique K000233584 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Kirk [s.n.] K000233593 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Kirk [s.n.] K000233592 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Kirk, J. [27] Malawi K000233587 Type Yes
Tanzania K:SPC-66045.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3848] Kenya K:SPC-15268.000 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 Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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