Didymodoxa caffra

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Urticaceae
Tribus: Forsskaoleae
Genus: Didymodoxa
Species: Didymodoxa caffra

Name

Didymodoxa caffra (Thunb.) Friis & Wilmot-Dear, Bol. Soc. Brot. sér. 2, 58: 210. (1985)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Urtica caffra Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 31. (1794)
    • Type locality: South Africa.
    • Lectotype: (designated by Brown 1913: 80.): Thunberg, C.P. #s.n. "Urtica caffra beta". UPS-THUNB.
    • Syntype: Caput bonae Spei. LD LD1260325.

• Homotypic
  • Australina caffra (Thunb.) Prain, Ann. Bot. (U.K.) 27: 388. (1913).
• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
  • Australina acuminata Wedd., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 1: 212. (1854)
    • Type locality: South Africa. Natal, Yellowood River.
    • Lectotype: (designated by Friis 1985: 210.): Drège #s.n., specimen marked "Parietaria cuneata E. M. a". P; Isolectotype: K.
  • Didymodoxa acuminata (Wedd.) Wedd., Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 8: 549. (1855-56)
  • Droguetia umbricola Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C 164. (1895)
    • Type locality: Tanzania, Kilimandscharo, Marangu.
    • Holotype: Volkens #1700. B (destroyed); Isotypes: BM, G, K.
  • Pouzolzia erythraeae Schweinf., Bull. Herb. Boissier 4(App. 2): 146. (1896)
    • Type locality: Ethiopia. Lava valley.
    • Holotype: Schweinfurth #1658. B (destroyed).
  • Pouzolzia piscicelliana Buscal. & Muschl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49(3-4): 465. (1913)
    • Type locality: Zambia /Zaire. Buana Mukuba – Sekontui, 1200 m.
    • Holotype: Hélène d'Aosta #512. B (destroyed).
• (+ ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Didymodoxa cuneata Wedd., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 16(1): 235(61). (1869), nom. illeg. superfl., based on Australina acuminata.
  • Parietaria cuneata E.Mey. ex Wedd., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 1: 212 (1854), nom. inval. in syn. (non Parietaria cuneata Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Krauss, Flora 28: 88. 1845)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Zaïre Northeast Tropical Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania South Tropical Africa Zambia Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Friis, I. 1986 ["1985"]. Two new taxa and a new combination in the Urticaceae for the Flora Zambesiaca. Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana, sér. 2, 58: 201–214. Online. Reference page. : 210.
• Thunberg, C.P. 1794. Prodromus Plantarum Capensium, quas in promontorio Bonae Spei Africes, annis 1772–1775, collegit Carol. Pet. Thunberg. Pars prior pp. [i–xii, 1]–83 [84 err.]. Uppsala, J. Edman. BHL Reference page. : 31

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Didymodoxa caffra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Nov. 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Didymodoxa 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Nov. 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Didymodoxa caffra. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 25 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Didymodoxa caffra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Nov. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Didymodoxa caffra in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.