Thonningia

Thonningia sanguinea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Santalales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Santalales

Familia: Balanophoraceae
Genus: Thonningia
Species: T. alba – T. malagasica – T. sanguinea

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Thonningia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 21. Reference page.

Name

Thonningia Vahl, Skr. Naturhist.-Selsk. 6: 124. (1810)

• Type species: Thonningia sanguinea Vahl.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Haematostrobus Endl., Gen. Pl.: 76, in adnot. (1836)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Rwanda, Zaïre Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Sudan East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda South Tropical Africa Angola, Zambia Western Indian Ocean Madagascar References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Vahl, M. 1810. Beskrivelse over nye Planteslægter. Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet 6: 84–129. BHL Reference page. 
• Endlicher, S.L. 1836–1840. Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita. (pp I–LX, 1–1484). Vindobonae (Vienna). BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Cardoso, L.J.T. & Braga, J.M.A. 2024. Thonningia alba (Balanophoraceae), a new root holoparasitic species from Madagascar. Kew Bulletin 79(1): 75–82. DOI: 10.1007/s12225-023-10156-2 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Thonningia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 21. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Thonningia. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Thonningia. Published online. Accessed: 21. Nov. 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Thonningia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Nov. 2024.

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