Urticaceae
Elatostema

Elatostema welwitschii Engl.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 124 (1902)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Nigeria to Uganda and N. Malawi. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Gulf of Guinea Is., Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Friis, I. (1989). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Urticaceae: 1-64.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • Launert, E. & Cope, G.V. (eds.) (1991). Flora Zambesiaca 9(6): 1-135. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Engl. Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 1: 60, fig. 37, A–B
  • Hauman in Fl. Congo Belge 1: 206.
  • —F.T.A. 6, 2: 278 (incl. var. cameroonense Rendle)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Engl. in EJ. 33:144 (1902).
  • Hauman in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 1: 206 (1948).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2,1: 620 (1958).
  • Letouzey in Fl. Cameroun 8: 151 (1968).
  • Rendle in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(2): 278 (1917).
  • Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 1: 160 (1978).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 6, 2019 Osborne, J. [JO1455] Mozambique K000569810 Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Mwangoka, M.A.; Malekela, A. [5165] Tanzania K000662170 Yes
Sep 1, 2008 Tchiengue, B. [1961] Cameroon K000580006 No
Mar 1, 2005 Tchiengue, B. [1960] Cameroon K000580019 No
Jan 1, 2004 Sidwell, K. [363 b] Cameroon K000198526 No
Jan 1, 2004 Mackinder, B. [334] Cameroon K000198527 No
Mar 1, 1997 Pollard, B.J. [40] Cameroon K000746988 No
Jul 1, 1996 Cable, S. [780] Cameroon K000027254 No
Jul 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [7311] Cameroon K000011592 No
Jan 1, 1995 Sonké, B. [731] Cameroon K000615015 No
Jan 1, 1993 Tekwe, C. [329] Cameroon K000011591 No
Dec 1, 1976 Letouzey, R. [241] Cameroon K000181392 No
May 1, 1967 Staudt, A. [839] Cameroon K000181393 No
Mbatchou, G.T. [425] Cameroon K001891145 No
Breteler, F.J. [253] Cameroon K000181389 No
Breteler, F.J. [217] Cameroon K000181390 No
Mbatchou, G.T. [425] Cameroon K001641022 No
Thomas, D.W. [9498] Cameroon K001891129 No
Thomas, D.W. [9498] Cameroon K001641021 No
Breteler, F.J. [217] Cameroon K000181391 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [9344c] Cameroon K000181394 No

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  • 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/
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  • 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