Eriocoelum kerstingii Gilg ex Engl.

First published in H.G.A.Engler & C.G.O.Drude, Veg. Erde 9(III 2): 282 (1921)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to NW. Uganda. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • 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.
  • Davies, F.G. & Verdcourt, B. (1998). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Dodonaea: 1-108.
  • 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.
  • 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].
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév Fl. For. Soud.-Guin. 386
  • Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv. 2: 186
  • Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 2: 282, fig. 136 (1921)
  • Radlk. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Sapindac. 1153, fig. 34
  • not of Kennedy For. Fl. S. Nig. 184

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Davies, F.G. & Verdcourt, B. (1998). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Dodonaea: 1-108.
  • 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.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • El Amin, Trees & Shrubs Sudan: 329 (1990).
  • Engl., Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 1: 786, fig. 663 (1910), nom. nud.
  • Engl., Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(2): 282, fig. 136 (1921)
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 340 (1952).
  • Fouilloy & Hallé in Fl. Cameroun 16: 174, t. 41/1–5 (1973)
  • Fouilloy & Hallé in Fl. Gabon 23: 174, t. 41/1–5 (1973).
  • Hauman in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 9: 324 (1960).
  • Hutch. & Dalz., Flora of West Tropical Africa 1: 502 (1928).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 724 (1958).
  • Radlk. in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV, 165: 1153, fig. 34 (1933).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 379 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2022 Rieder, C.; Camara, M. [150] Guinea K000010572 No
Jan 1, 2022 Rieder, C.; Camara, M. [333] Guinea K000010782 No
Balde, A. [1005] Guinea K001187889 Yes
Konomou, G.; Guilavogui, K.; Camara, M. [851] Guinea K001310544 Yes
Osborne, J. [104] Cameroon K000341306 Yes
Kersting [a.518.] Togo K000426386 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kersting [A257] Togo K000426385 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thomas, D.W. [3365] Cameroon K000093389 Yes
Konomou, G.; Guilavogui, K. [859] Guinea K001187807 Yes
Konomou, G.; Balde, A. [728] Guinea K001310537 Yes
Verheyen; De Witte [3778] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000426372 Type Yes

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