Clappertonia ficifolia

Clappertonia ficifolia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Grewioideae
Tribus: Apeibeae
Genus: Clappertonia
Species: Clappertonia ficifolia

Name

Clappertonia ficifolia (Willd.) Decne., 1846

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Honckenya ficifolia Willd. in P.Usteri, Delect. Opusc. Bot. 2: 201 (1793)
• Heterotypic
  • Honckenya willdenowii J.F.Gmel. in Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 609 (1791)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa 'Regional:Western Africa Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo 'Regional:Central Africa Central African Repu, Chad, Mali, Zambia, Zaïre 'Regional:Eastern Africa Mozambique Continental: Southern America 'Regional:Central America Panamá, Sudan, Uganda Introduced into: Borneo, Malaya, New Guinea, Sri Lanka References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Decaisne, J., in J. P. B. Delessert, 1846. Icon. Sel. Pl. 5:1, t. 1.

Additional references

• Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Clappertonia ficifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 18. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Clappertonia ficifolia. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Clappertonia ficifolia. Published online. Accessed: September 18 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Clappertonia ficifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 September 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Clappertonia ficifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: bolo bolo
中文: 刺蓟麻

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