Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Ochnella pygmaea (Hiern) Tiegh., J. Bot. (Morot) 16(4): 122. 1902.

• Heterotypic
  • Ochna gracilipes Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1(1): 121(–122). 1896.
  • Ochnella gracilipes (Hiern) Tiegh., J. Bot. (Morot) 16(4): 122. 1902.
  • Ochna dekindtiana Engl. & Gilg, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32(1): 135. 1902. (as Ochna Dekindtiana)
  • Ochnella dekindtiana (Engl. & Gilg) Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 8, 16(3–6): 345. 1902. (as O. Dekindtiana)
  • Polyochnella gracilipes (Hiern) Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 8, 16(3–6): 348. 1902.
  • Ochna hoepfneri Engl. & Gilg ex Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 8, 16(3–6): 357. 1902, nom. inval. pro syn. (as Ochna Hœpfneri)
  • Diporidium hoepfneri Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 8, 16(3–6): (357–)358. 1902. (as D. Hœpfneri)
  • Proboscella hoepfneri (Tiegh.) Tiegh., J. Bot. (Morot) 17(1): (1–)4. 1903. (as Proboscella Hœpfneri)
  • Proboscella emarginata Tiegh., J. Bot. (Morot) 17(1): (4–)5. 1903.
  • Ochna hoepfneri (Tiegh.) Engl. & Gilg in Warb., Kunene-Sambesi-Exped.: 303(–304). 1903. (as Ochna Hoepfneri)
  • Ochna homblei De Wild., Rev. Zool. Africaines 7(2), Suppl. Bot.: B 34. 1919. (as Ochna Homblei)

Primary references

• De Wildeman, E. 1919. Notes sur quelques espèces congolaises du genre Ochna Schreb. Revue Zoologique Africaine 7, Supplément Botanique: B 29–B 40. BHL Reference page. 

• Engler, A. & Gilg, E. 1902. Ochna Dekindtiana. P. 135 in Plantae benguellenses Antunesianae et Dekindtianae a botanicis Musei Regii Berolinensis descriptae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 32: 128–152. BHL Reference page. 

• Engler, A. & Gilg, E. 1903. Ochnaceae. Pp. 302–306 in Warburg, O. (ed.), Kunene-Sambesi-Expedition. Kolonial-Wirtschaftliches Komitee, Berlin. BHL Reference page. 

• Hiern, W.P. 1896. Catalogue of the African plants collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853–61. [Vol. I.] Dicotyledons, Part I. Pp. I–XXVI, 1–336. London. BHL Reference page. 

• Tieghem, P. van. 1902. Subdivision du genre Ochne et constitution actuelle de la tribu des Ochnées. Journal de Botanique (Morot) 16: 113–128. BHL Reference page. 

• Tieghem, P. van. 1902. Sur les Ochnacées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, série 8, 16: 161–416. BHL Reference page. 

• Tieghem, P. van. 1903. Proboscelle, genre nouveau d'Ochnacées. Journal de Botanique (Morot) 17: 1–5. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Exell, A.W. & Mendonça, F.A. 1951. 46 — Ochnaceae. Pp. 283–297 in Conspectus Florae Angolensis, Vol. 1, Fasc. 2, Malvaceae–Aquifoliaceae. Ministério do Ultramar, Lisboa. Online Reference page.  (as Ochna gracilipes)

• Robson, N.K.B. 1963. 44. Ochnaceae. Pp. 224–262 in Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.), Flora Zambesiaca, Vol. 2, part 1. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London. Online Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Ochna pygmaea. Published online. Accessed 07 September 2019.

• GBIF

• Hassler, M. 2019. Ochna pygmaea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 September 07.

• Tropicos.org 2019. Ochna pygmaea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 07 September 2019.

• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Ochna pygmaea. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 07 September 2019.