Cordia afra

Cordia afra

Cordia afra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Boraginales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Boraginales

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Cordioideae
Genus: Cordia
Species: Cordia afra

Name

Cordia afra Sond., 1850, as 'caffra'

• Note: The specific epithet amended by Art. 61.6, ICN (Madrid).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Lithocardium afrum (Sond.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 976 (1891), as 'caffrum'
  • Gerascanthus afra (Sond.) Borhidi, Acta Bot. Hung. 34(3–4): 403 (1988), as 'caffra'
• Heterotypic
  • Cordia erosa Sond.
  • Cordia natalensis Sond.
  • Cordia zeyheri Sond.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa South Tropical Africa Mozambique. Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces (Eastern Cape Province), Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces (Mpumalanga, Northern Province). Western Indian Ocean Madagascar. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Sonder, O.W., 1850. Linnaea. Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 23: 81

Additional references

• Borhidi, A., Gondár, E. & Orosz-Kovács, Z. 1988. The reconsideration of the genus Cordia L. Acta Botanica Hungarica 34(3–4): 375–423. Arcanum Digitheca EurekaMag 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 II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. 
• Retief, E. 2003. Boraginaceae. In: Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.), Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 313–320. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 1-919795-99-5. ARK: /t50g8869c PDF (97 MB) Reference page.  [see page 314]

Links

• Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group, 2021. Cordia afra. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T146302878A208442391.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Cordia afra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 September 19. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Cordia caffra. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 September 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Cordia afra. Published online. Accessed: 19 September 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Cordia caffra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 September 2024.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Septeeboom
English: Septee saucer-berry
Tshivenda: Mududa

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