Ochna leptoclada

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Ochnaceae
Subfamilia: Ochnoideae
Tribus: Ochneae
Subtribus: Ochninae
Genus: Ochna
Species: Ochna leptoclada

Name

Ochna leptoclada Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 318. 1868.

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Diporidium leptocladum (Oliv.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 105. 1891.
  • Ochnella leptoclada (Oliv.) Tiegh., J. Bot. (Morot) 16(4): 122. (Apr) 1902. – Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 8(3): 214. (Apr) 1902.

• Heterotypic
  • Ochna debeerstii De Wild., Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. sér. 4, 1(3): 88(–89). (Jan) 1903. (as Ochna Debeerstii)
  • Ochna debeerstii De Wild. ex Gilg, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33(2): 237. (13 Mar) 1903, isonym (as O. Debeerstii)
  • Ochna fruticulosa Gilg, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33(2): 238(–239). 1903, nom. illeg. hom. – non Ochna fruticulosa Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 41(4): 295. 1872.
  • Ochnella debeerstii (De Wild.) Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 8, 18(1–3): 40. 1903. (as O. Debeerstii)
  • Polyochnella fruticulosa Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 8, 18(1–3): 40. 1903.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Congo, Rwanda, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Sudan. East Tropical Africa Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Wildeman, É. 1903. Études sur la flore du Katanga. Fascicule III et dernier. Annales du Museé du Congo (Belge). Botanique, série 4, 1: I–XII, 81–241, tt. 29–46. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Gilg, E. 1903. Ochnaceae africanae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 33: 231–275. 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. 
• Oliver, D. 1868. Order XXXV. Ochnaceae. Pp. 315–322 in Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol. 1, Ranunculaceae to Connaraceae. L. Reeve and Co., London. 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. L'embryon des Ochnacées et son emploi dans la définition des genres. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle 8: 208–218. BHL Reference page. 
• Tieghem, P. van. 1903. Nouvelles observations sur les Ochnacées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, série 8, 18: 1–60. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 
• 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. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Ochna leptoclada. Published online. Accessed: 07 September 2019.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ochna leptoclada.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ochna leptoclada in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2019-09-07.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Ochna leptoclada. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 September 07. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2019. Ochna leptoclada. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 September 2019.
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Ochna leptoclada. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 07 September 2019.

Note:

The name Ochna leptoclada has also been applied to Ochna confusa.