Voacanga africana

Voacanga africana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Euasterids I Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Rauvolfioideae
Tribus: Tabernaemontaneae
Subtribus: Tabernaemontaninae
Genus: Voacanga
Species: Voacanga africana

Name

Voacanga africana Stapf ex Scott-Elliot, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 87. 1894.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Voacanga schweinfurthii Stapf, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 21. 1894.
- Voacanga angustifolia K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 317. 1895.
- Voacanga boehmii K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 317. 1895.
- Voacanga glabra K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 149. 1895.
- Voacanga puberula K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 149. 1895.
- Voacanga schweinfurthii var. parviflora K.Schum., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 226. 1896.
- Voacanga angolensis Stapf ex Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 668. 1898.
- Voacanga klainii Pierre ex Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 156. 1902.
- Voacanga lutescens Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 157. 1902.
- Voacanga spectabilis Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 155. 1902.
- Voacanga magnifolia Wernham in A.B.Rendle & al., Cat. Pl. Oban: 62. 1913.
- Voacanga eketensis Wernham, J. Bot. 52: 25. 1914.
- Voacanga glaberrima Wernham, J. Bot. 52: 25. 1914.
- Voacanga bequaertii De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 1: 402. 1922.
- Voacanga lemosii Philipson in A.W.Exell, Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tomé: 241. 1944.
- Voacanga africana var. auriculata Pichon, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 19: 412. 1947.
- Voacanga africana var. glabra (K.Schum.) Pichon, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 19: 412. 1947.
- Voacanga africana var. lutescens (Stapf) Pichon, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 19: 412. 1947.
- Voacanga schweinfurthii var. puberula (K.Schum.) Pichon, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 19: 410. 1948.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Burkina, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Cabinda, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaïre.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Voacanga africana in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 21.

Hassler, M. 2018. Voacanga africana. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 21.

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Voacanga africana. Published online. Accessed Oct. 21 2018.

The Plant List 2013. Voacanga africana in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 21.

Tropicos.org 2018. Voacanga africana . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 21.

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Voacanga africana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

русский: Воаканга африканская

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