Vitex doniana
Vitex doniana

Taxonavigation edit

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 edit

Vitex doniana Sweet, 1826

Synonyms edit

  • 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 edit

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 edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

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

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Vernacular names edit

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