Malvaceae
Dombeya

Dombeya acutangula Cav.

First published in Diss. 3: 123 (1787)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to S. Tropical Africa, W. Indian Ocean. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rodrigues, Réunion, Tanzania, Zambia

Introduced into:

Haiti, Laos, Thailand

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bosser, J. & al. (eds.) (1987). Flore des Mascareignes 51-62: 1. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Cheek, M. & Dorr, L. (2007). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Sterculiaceae: 1-134.
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Diss. Bot. 3: 123, t. 38, f. 2 (1787)
  • Dombeya in Africa: 59 (1991).
  • Seyani, Dombeya: 84 (1982)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2011 Mwangoka, M.A.; Seng'ando, W. [4299] Tanzania K000545848 No
Aug 1, 1982 Holst, C. [2204] K000240989 Type Yes
Aug 1, 1982 illegible [898] K000240992 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Commerson [s.n.] Madagascar K000241183 Unknown Type Material Yes
Boivin, M. [1353] Madagascar K000241184 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1158] Dombeya angulata K001112259 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1158] Dombeya angulata K001112258 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1158] Dombeya angulata K001112261 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1158] Dombeya angulata K001112260 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baron, R. [5223] Madagascar Dombeya greveana K000241162 Unknown Type Material Yes
Greve, M. [137] Madagascar Dombeya greveana K000241163 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baron, R. [5223] Madagascar Dombeya greveana K000241161 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1159] Dombeya palmata K001112263 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1159] India Dombeya palmata K000639526 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1159] Dombeya palmata K001112262 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1956 Humbert, H. [I3340] Madagascar Dombeya triumfettifolia K000241164 Unknown Type Material Yes
Boutin [s.n.] Madagascar Dombeya triumfettifolia K000241165 Unknown Type Material Yes

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 Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East 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