Nerophila senegambiensis

Nerophila senegambiensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Melastomataceae
Subfamilia: Melastomatoideae
Tribus: Melastomateae
Genus: Nerophila
Species: Nerophila senegambiensis

Name

Nerophila senegambiensis (Guill. & Perr.) Ver.-Lib. & R.D.Stone, Taxon 69(5): 981. (2020)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Osbeckia senegambiensis Guill. & Perr., Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1: 310.
• Homotypic
  • Antherotoma senegambiensis (Guill. & Perr.) Jacq.-Fél., Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia Sér. 4, 16(2-4): 270. (1995)
  • Dissotis senegambiensis (Guill. & Perr.) Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28(1): 58. (1872)
• Heterotypic
  • Dissotis alpestris Taub. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 295 (1895)
  • Dissotis cincinnata Gilg in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 20 (1898)
  • Dissotis irvingiana f. abyssinica (Gilg) A.Fern. & R.B.Fern. in Garcia de Orta 2: 179 (1954)
  • Dissotis kaessneriana Kraenzl. in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 76: 151 (1931)
  • Dissotis senegambiensis Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 58 (1871 publ. 1872)
  • Dissotis senegambiensis var. alpestris (Taub.) A.Fern. & R.Fern. in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 46: 69 (1972)
  • Osbeckia abyssinica Gilg in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 8 (1898)
  • Osbeckia calotricha Gilg in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 8 (1898)
  • Osbeckia cogniauxiana De Wild. in Pl. Bequaert. 1: 374 (1922)
  • Osbeckia crepiniana Cogn. in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Icon. 1: 23 (1898)
  • Osbeckia saxicola Gilg in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 7 (1898)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa ^* Regional: Western Africa Burkina, Congo, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Togo ^* Regional: Central Africa Chad, Niger, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe ^* Regional: Eastern Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Veranso‐Libalah, M.C., Stone, R.D. & Kadereit, G. 2020. Towards a complete phylogeny of African Melastomateae: Systematics of Dissotis and allies (Melastomataceae). Taxon 69(5): 946–991. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12317 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Nerophila senegambiensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 10. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Nerophila senegambiensis. 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 Aug. 7. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Nerophila senegambiensis. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 7 2021.

Vernacular names

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