Salicaceae
Homalium

Homalium africanum (Hook.f.) Benth.

First published in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 4: 35 (1859)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Aké Assi, L. (2001). Flore de la Côte-d'Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. I. Boissiera 57: 1-396.
  • Applequist, W.L. (2013). A nomenclator for Homalium (Salicaceae). Skvortsovia 1: 12-74.
  • Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1960). Flora Zambesiaca 1(1): 1-336. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Streliztia 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.
  • Kimpouni, V., Apani, E. & Motom, M. (2013). Analyse phytoécologique de la flore ligneuse de la Haute Sangha (République du Congo). Adansonia, sér. 3, 35: 107-134.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sleumer, H. & Bamps, P. (1976). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Flacourtiaceae (2): 1-45. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.
  • Sleumer, H. (1975). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Flacourtiaceae: 1-68.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Bot. 283.
  • —F.T.A. 2: 497, partly

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.
  • Applequist, W.L. (2013). A nomenclator for Homalium (Salicaceae). Skvortsovia 1: 12-74.
  • Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1960). Flora Zambesiaca 1(1): 1-336. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Exell, A.W. (1973). Angiosperms of the islands of the gulf of Guinea (Fernando Po, Príncipe, S.Tomé, and Annobon). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Botany 4: 325-411.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Streliztia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). Vasc. Pl. Dzanga-Sangha: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Kimpouni, V., Apani, E. & Motom, M. (2013). Analyse phytoécologique de la flore ligneuse de la Haute Sangha (République du Congo). Adansonia, sér. 3, 35: 107-134.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Sleumer, H. & Bamps, P. (1976). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Flacourtiaceae (2): 1-45. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Benth. in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 4: 35 (1859).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 266 (1962).
  • Mast. in Flora of Tropical Africa 2: 497 (1871), pro parte.
  • Sleumer in Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 43: 281 (1973).
  • Wild in Flora Zambesiaca 1: 290 (1960).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 2005 Tadjouteu, F. [571] Cameroon K000199917 Yes
May 1, 2005 Cheek, M. [11524] Cameroon K000199915 No
Oct 1, 2003 Lane, P. [405] Cameroon K000008970 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Gosline, G. [224] Cameroon K000008971 No
Nov 27, 2000 Cheek, M. [C10621] Cameroon K001422661 Yes
Jul 1, 1999 Cheek, M. [8848] Cameroon K000936069 Yes
Mar 1, 1989 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [9579] Cameroon K000105768 No
Jan 1, 1984 Thomas, D.W. [2331] Cameroon K000105770 No
Jan 1, 1970 Gossweiler, J. [1736] Angola K000231510 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Wellman, F.L. [1809] Angola K000231511 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Zenker, G.A. [2849] Cameroon K000231528 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Gossweiler, J. [13731] Angola K000191824 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Tiku, D.A. [FHI 29412] Cameroon K000105771 No
Jan 1, 1970 Zenker, G.A. [1055] Cameroon K000231529 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Pynaert, C. [209] K000231522 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Zenker, G.A. [1537] Cameroon K000231525 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Olorunfemi, J. [FHI 30653] Cameroon K000105769 No
Jan 1, 1970 Mildbraed [7989] Cameroon K000231523 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Whyte, A. [s.n.] Liberia K000231339 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Whyte, A. [s.n.] Liberia K000231341 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Whyte, A. [s.n.] Liberia K000231340 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Mann [881] Sierra Leone K000231342 Lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Mann [881] Sierra Leone K000231343 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Zenker, G.A. [2226] Cameroon K000231527 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Zenker, G.A. [3087] Cameroon K000231526 Type Yes
Tchiengue, B.; Oben, B.; Abwe, E.E. [2516] Cameroon K001310477 Yes
Le Testu, M.G. [7004] Gabon K001890948 No
Etuge, M.; Veronica; Bandi; Koopman; Biesi [1883] Cameroon K001310780 Yes
Cheek, M. [7759] Cameroon K001518261 Yes
Mambo, P. [37] Cameroon K000105763 No
Thomas, D.W. [4489] Cameroon K000105766 No
Mambo, P. [37] Cameroon K000105762 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [2524] Zambia K:SPC-38476.000 No
Thomas, D.W. [410] Cameroon K000105761 No
Jun 1, 1976 Letouzey, R. [15160] Cameroon Homalium molle K000105744 No
Jun 1, 1975 Letouzey, R. [13796] Cameroon Homalium molle K000105745 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [8125] Zambia Homalium molle K:SPC-03176.000 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [9087] Nigeria Homalium molle K:SPC-15418.000 No
Jan 1, 1970 Zenker, G.A. [1661] Cameroon Homalium buchholzii K000231524 Syntype Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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