Spirostachys africana

Spirostachys africana
Spirostachys africana

Taxonavigation edit

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: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Euphorbioideae
Tribus: Hippomaneae
Subtribus: Hippomaninae
Genus: Spirostachys
Species: Spirostachys africana

Name edit

Spirostachys africana Sond., 1850

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Excoecaria africana (Sond.) Müll.Arg., Linnaea 32: 123 (1863).
    • Stillingia africana (Sond.) Baill., Adansonia 3: 163 (1863).
    • Sapium africanum (Sond.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 293 (1898).
  • Heterotypic
    • Excoecaria synandra Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 223 (1909).
    • Spirostachys synandra (Pax) Pax in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, V: 155 (1912).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
 
Spirostachys africana
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • Angola; Botswana; Cape Provinces; KwaZulu-Natal; Namibia; Northern Provinces; Swaziland; Zimbabwe
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • Kenya; Mozambique; Tanzania

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names edit

English: tamboti
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