Thonningia sanguinea

Taxonavigation

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

Thonningia sanguinea Vahl, Skr. Naturhist.-Selsk. 6: 125 (t. 6). (1810)

Heterotypic
- Thonningia angolensis Hemsl. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 151 (1911)
- Thonningia coccinea Mangenot in Rev. Gén. Bot. 54: 201 (1947), orth. var.
- Thonningia dubia Hemsl. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 152 (1911)
- Thonningia elegans Hemsl. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 152 (1911)
- Thonningia sessilis Lecomte in J. Bot. (Morot) 10: 234 (1896)
- Thonningia ugandensis Hemsl. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 152 (1911)

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

illustration from the protologue

Vahl, M. 1810. Beskrivelse over nye Planteslægter. Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet 6: 84–129. BHL Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Thonningia sanguinea 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 sanguinea. 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 sanguinea. Published online. Accessed: 21. Nov. 2024.