Vitex doniana

Vitex doniana

Vitex doniana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Viticoideae
Genus: Vitex
Species Vitex doniana

Name

Vitex doniana Sweet, 1826

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Vitex umbrosa G.Don ex Sabine, Trans. Hort. Soc. London 5: 455 (1824), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Vitex cuneata Thonn. & Schumach. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 289 (1827).
  • Vitex cienkowskii Kotschy & Peyr., Pl. Tinn.: 27, 42 (1867).
  • Vitex paludosa Vatke, Linnaea 43: 534 (1882).
  • Vitex lundensis Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 168 (1893).
  • Vitex poggei Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 168 (1893).
  • Vitex dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt. Rend. 38: 133 (1899).
  • Vitex pachyphylla Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 328 (1900).
  • Vitex puberula Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 330 (1900), nom. illeg.
  • Vitex chariensis A.Chev., Études Fl. Afr. Centr. Franç. 1: 243 (1913).
  • Vitex homblei De Wild., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 142 (1914).
  • Vitex hornei Hemsl., J. Bot. 55: 285 (1917).
  • Vitex cuneata var. parvifolia Engl. ex W.Piep., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 141: 73 (1928).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar Introduced into: Cuba, Seychelles References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sweet, R. 1826. Hortus Britannicus: or a catalogue of plants cultivated in the gardens of Great Britain, arranged in natural orders. 492 pp. in 2 parts, London: J. Ridgway. Part I (pp. 1–240) Part II (pp. 241–492) Reference page. : ed. 1:323.

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Vitex doniana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 08. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Vitex doniana. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Vitex doniana. Published online. Accessed: June 08 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Vitex doniana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022 June 08.

Vernacular names

eʋegbe: Fongni
English: Black plum
Fulfulde: Ngalbiihi
français: Prunier noir
Sängö: Bûlûngû

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