Maerua crassifolia

Maerua crassifolia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Capparaceae
Genus: Maerua
Species: Maerua crassifolia

Name

Maerua crassifolia Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: cxiii (1775)

• Typus: P. Forsskål s.n. (holotypus: C-C10002562; isotypus: S-G-8930); see Elffers, Graham & Dewolf (1964).
• Type locality: Arabia, Yemen.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Maerua uniflora Vahl, Symb. Bot. 1: 36 (1790), nom. illeg. superfl.; not accepted by Nasir & Ali (1970–1995) and Boulos (1999) [cited as Maerua crassifolia]
  • Wiegmannia arabica Hochst. & Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 787 (1841), nom. nov. pro Maerua uniflora
• Heterotypic
  • Maerua arabica J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis]: 827 (1791); not accepted by Boulos (1999) [cited as Maerua crassifolia]
  • Maerua rigida R.Br., Narr. Travels Africa, App. 22: 226 (1826); not accepted by Edwards & al. (2000) [cited as Maerua crassifolia]
  • Maerua meyeri-johannis Gilg, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 225 (1914); as 'Maerua Meyeri Johannis'; not accepted by Elffers, Graham & Dewolf (1964) and Edwards & al. (2000) [cited as Maerua crassifolia]
    • Typus: R. Houy in Collect. Hans Meyer 1142 (in flower, November-December 1911; holotypus: B 10 0153598; isotypus: JE 00004420).
    • Type locality: [Tanzania.] Ostafricanisches Gebirgsland zwischen Ruaha, Rufiji und Ruwa: Ussagara: Bezirk Kilossa, im Dornbusch.
  • Maerua uguenensis Gilg ex Gilg & Gilg-Ben., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53(1–2): 251 (1915); not accepted by Elffers, Graham & Dewolf (1964) [cited as Maerua crassifolia]
    • Typus: A. Engler 1654 (in flower, October; syntypus: B 10 0153599) and Uhlig 294 (in fruit, September; syntypus: B 10 0153600).
    • Type locality: Kilimandscharo-Gebiet[Tanzania]:
      • Engler: Am Fuß des Pare- und Ugueno-Gebirges in der Dornbuschsteppe zwischen Sadani und Kwagogo, 700 m ü. M.
      • Uhlig: beim Lager am unteren Peninj.
  • Maerua hirtella Chiov., Fl. Somala 1: 83 (1929); not accepted by Elffers, Graham & Dewolf (1964) and Edwards & al. (2000) [cited as Maerua crassifolia]
    • Typus: N. Puccioni & G. Stefanini 474 (holotypus: FT 001174^(image)).
    • Type locality: Somali Republic (S.). Between Obbia and Uarandi, Magghiole.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continenta: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Western Sahara Regional: West Tropical Africa Burkina, The Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal Regional: West-Central Africca Cameroon Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Iran, Palestine, Sinai Regional: Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Pakistan References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Forsskål, P. (†). 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica. Sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabiam felicem detexit, illustravit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex officina Mölleri, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41 BHL Reference page. 
• Vahl, M. 1790. Symbolae botanicae, sive plantarum, tam earum, quas in itinere, imprimis orientali, collegit Petrus Forskål, quam aliarum, recentius detectarum, exactiores descriptiones, nec non observationes circa quasdam plantas dudum cognitas. Pars 1. 85 pp., tt. 1–25. Nicolaus Möller & fil., Hauniae [Copenhagen]. BHL Reference page. 
• Gmelin, J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis. Tomus II, Pars I. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. - pp. i–xl, 1–884. Lipsiae. (G.E. Beer). DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.545 BHL Reference page. 
• Steudel, E. 1840. Nomenclator botanicus. Seu: synonymia plantarum universalis, enumerans ordine alphabetico nomina atque synonyma, tum generica tum specifica, et a Linnaeo et a recentioribus de re botanica scriptoribus plantis phanerogamis imposita. Editio secunda ex nova elaborata et aucta. Pars II: Lit. L–Z. 810 pp. Typis et sumptibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgartiae [Stuttgart] et Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Reference page. 
• Chiovenda, E. 1929. Flora Somala. Vol. 1. 436 pp., 50 pl. Roma: Sindicato italiano arti grafiche (a cura del Ministero delle colonie). Google Books. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Elffers, J., Graham, R.A. & Dewolf, G.P. 1964. Flora of Tropical East Africa: Capparidaceae. London: Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations. 88 pp. ISBN 978-1-84246-243-0. Reference page.  JSTOR Global Plants.
• Nasir, E. & Ali, S.I. (eds.) 1970–1995. Flora of West Pakistan 1-131.
• Beentje, H.J. 1994. Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. 762 p. Online. ISBN 9966-9861-0-3. Reference page. 
• Boulos, L. 1999. Flora of Egypt. Volume 1 (Azollaceae – Oxalidaceae). xv + 419 pp., Cairo: Al Hadara Publishing, ISBN 977-5429-14-5. Internet Archive (Lending Library) Reference page. 
• Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) 2000. Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1–532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Maerua crassifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 July 13. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Maerua crassifolia. 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 July 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Maerua crassifolia. Published online. Accessed: 13 July 2021.
• IUCN: Maerua crassifolia Forssk. (Least Concern)
• Tropicos.org 2021. Maerua crassifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 July 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Maerua crassifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 13 July 2021.

Vernacular names

Oromoo: Kalka-Domaio