Bersama

Bersama lucens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geraniales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Geraniales

Familia: Francoaceae
Genus: Bersama
Species: B. abyssinica – B. lucens – B. palustris – B. swinnyi – B. swynnertonii – B. tysoniana – B. yangambiensis

Unresolved species names: B. engleriana – B. usambarica

Name

Bersama Fresen., Mus. Senckenberg. 2: 280. (1837)

• Type species: Bersama abyssinica Fresen. Mus. Senckenberg. 2: 281. (1837)

Synonyms

• Natalia Hochst., Flora, 24: II. 663 (1841)
• Rhaganus E.Mey., Drège, Zwei Pfl. Docum. 216 (1843)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fresenius, J.B.G.W. (1837) Museum Senckenbergianum. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Beschreibenden Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main 2: 280.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 1996. World Checklist of Seed Plants, volume 2. MIM, Deurne. 492pp. In two parts. ISBN 90-572-0006-6. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Bersama in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Bersama. Published online. Accessed: Jul 07 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Bersama. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Jul 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Bersama. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 07. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Bersama. Accessed: 07 Jul 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Bersama in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

العربية: Witessenhoute
English: White Ashes
മലയാളം: ബെർസമ

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