Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Ochna jabotapita var. β. L., Sp. Pl. 1: 513. 1753.
  • Ochna squarrosa var. β. L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2., 1: (731–)732. 1762.
  • Diporidium atropurpureum (DC.) H.L.Wendl. in Bartl. & H.L.Wendl., Beitr. Bot. 2: 24(–26). 1825.

• Heterotypic
  • Ochna mossambicensis Klotzsch in Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 88, t. 16. 1861. (as Ochna Mossambicensis)
  • Diporidium mossambicense (Klotzsch) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 105. 1891.
  • Ochna fischeri Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17(1–2): 78. 1893. (as O. Fischeri)
  • Ochna purpureocostata Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C(2–3): 273. 1895. (as O. purpureo-costata)
  • Discladium mossambicense (Klotzsch) Tiegh., J. Bot. (Morot) 16(4): 125. 1902.
  • Diporidium purpureocostatum (Engl.) Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 8, 16(3–6): 356. 1902.
  • Polythecium fischeri (Engl.) Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 8, 16(3–6): 368. 1902. (as P. Fischeri)

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1811. Monographie des Ochnacées et des Simaroubées. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 17: 398–425. BHL Reference page. 

• Engler, A. 1893. Ochnaceae africanae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 17: 75–82. BHL Reference page. 

• Engler, A. 1895. Fam.: Ochnaceae. Pp. 272–274 in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theil C, Verzeichniss der bis jetzt aus Ost-Afrika bekannt gewordenen Pflanzen. Dietrich Reimer, Berlin. BHL Reference page. 

• Klotzsch, F. (†). 1861. Terebinthineae, Endlicher. Pp. 86–91 in Peters, W.C.H. (ed.), Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt von Wilhelm C. H. Peters, Botanik, I. Abteilung. Georg Reimer, Berlin. BHL Reference page. 

• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars I. Pp. I–CLV, 1–374. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.] BHL Reference page. 

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 

• Linnaeus, C. 1762. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I, Ed. 2. Pp. [I–XVI], 1–784. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. 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. 

• Wendland, H.L. 1825. Descriptiones plantarum novarum vel minus cognitarum. Pp. 1–34 in Bartling, F.G. & Wendland, H.L., Beiträge zur Botanik, 2. Heft. Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, Göttingen. Internet Archive Reference page. 

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Ochnaceae. In Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 614–615. BHL Reference page.  (as Ochna mossambicensis, cultivated species)

• Cuccuini, P. 1993. 59. Ochnaceae. Pp. 241–243 in Thulin, M. (ed.), Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1, Pteridophyta; Gymnospermae; Angiospermae (Annonaceae–Fabaceae). Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. ISBN 0-947643-55-9. Reference page.  (as Ochna mossambicensis)

• Du Toit, P.C.V. 1975. The identity of Ochna atropurpurea. Bothalia 11: 517. DOI: 10.4102/abc.v11i4.1495 PDF Reference page. 

• 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.  (as Ochna mossambicensis)

• Verdcourt, B. 2005. Ochnaceae. In Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.), Flora of Tropical East Africa. 60 pp. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, United Kingdom. Online Reference page.  (as Ochna mossambicensis)

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Ochna atropurpurea. Published online. Accessed 15 August 2019.

• GBIF

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ochna atropurpurea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 2019-08-15.

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ochna mossambicensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 2019-08-15.

• Hassler, M. 2019. Ochna atropurpurea. 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 August 15.

• Tropicos.org 2019. Ochna atropurpurea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 15 August 2019.

• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Ochna atropurpurea. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 15 August 2019.