Malvaceae
Grewia

Grewia micrantha Bojer

First published in Procès-Verbaux Soc. Hist. Nat. l'Ile Maurice 1842-1845: 28 (1846)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to Mozambique. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Kenya, Madagascar

Native to:

Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania

Introduced into:

Hawaii

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.) (2012). Records of the Hawaii biological survey for 2011. Part II: plants. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 113: 1-102.
  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1963). Flora Zambesiaca 2(1): 1-351. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Whitehouse, C., Cheek, M., Andrews, S. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Tiliaceae & Muntingiaceae: 1-120.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.) (2012). Records of the Hawaii biological survey for 2011. Part II: plants. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 113: 1-102.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Whitehouse, C., Cheek, M., Andrews, S. & Verdcourt, B. (2001). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Tiliaceae & Muntingiaceae: 1-120.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas p. 155, fig. f8 on 152, map (1994).
  • Bojer in Proc.-Verb. Soc. Hist. Nat. Maurice: 28 (1846).
  • Burret in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 45: 181 (1910).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 566, fig. 103/f8 (1961).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 434 (1962).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 620 (1949).
  • K. Schum. in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 263 (1895).
  • M.L. Green in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1925: 235 (1925).
  • Mast. in Flora of Tropical Africa 1: 244 (1868).
  • Wild & Gonç. in Fl. Moçamb. 28: 22 (1969).
  • Wild in Flora Zambesiaca 2: 53 (1963) pro parte.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1959 Bouton, L. [s.n.] Madagascar K000975809 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1959 Bouton, L. [s.n.] Madagascar K000975807 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1959 Allen, C.E.F. [80] Mozambique K000975808 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1959 Allen, C.E.F. [80] Mozambique K000975810 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/

  • 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