Vitex ferruginea

Vitex ferruginea

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 ferruginea

Name

Vitex ferruginea Schumach. & Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 288 (1827).

Homonyms

• Vitex ferruginea Bojer ex Schauer = Vitex bojeri Schauer in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 694 (1847).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Vitex rufescens Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 169 (1893), nom. illeg.
  • Vitex welwitschii Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 166 (1893).
  • Vitex amboniensis Gürke in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 340 (1895).
  • Vitex tangensis Gürke in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 339 (1895).
  • Vitex guerkeana Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 835 (1900).
  • Vitex laevigata Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 330 (1900), nom. illeg.
  • Vitex polyantha Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 321 (1900).
  • Vitex guerkeana H.Pearson in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5: 217 (1901), nom. illeg.
  • Vitex fosteri C.H.Wright, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 437 (1908).
  • Vitex laurentii De Wild., Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 3: 129 (1909).
  • Vitex dryadum S.Moore, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 169 (1911).
  • Vitex swynnertonii S.Moore, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 168 (1911).
  • Vitex bracteosa Mildbr., Wiss. Erg. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 62 (1922), nom. nud.
  • Vitex lomiensis Mildbr., Wiss. Erg. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 80 (1922), nom. nud.
  • Vitex amboniensis var. amaniensis W.Piep., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 141: 60 (1928).
  • Vitex amboniensis var. schlechteri W.Piep., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 141: 69 (1928).
  • Vitex pearsonii W.Piep., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 141: 75 (1928).
  • Vitex welwitschii var. laurentii (De Wild.) W.Piep., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 141: 69 (1928).
  • Vitex oxycuspis var. mossambicensis Moldenke, Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 40: 122 (1966).
  • Vitex ferruginea var. amaniensis (W.Piep.) Verdc., Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Verbenac.: 67 (1992).
  • Vitex ferruginea subsp. amboniensis (Gürke) Verdc., Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Verbenac.: 66 (1992).
  • Vitex ferruginea var. amboniensis (Gürke) Verdc., Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Verbenac.: 66 (1992).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schumacher, F.C. & Thonning, P. 1827. Beskrivelse af Guineeiske planter: som ere fundne af danske botanikere, især af etatsråd Thonning ved F.C. Schumacher. Kjöbenhavn [Copenhagen]: F. Popp. pp.1–466. BHL (Danish, Latin) Reference page. : 288.

Additional references

• Fernandes, R. & Diniz, M.A. (2005). Avicenniaceae, Nesogenaceae, Verbenaceae and Lamiaceae (subfams, Viticoideae and Ajugoideae) Flora Zambesiaca 8(7): 1-161. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Vitex ferruginea 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 ferruginea. 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 ferruginea. Published online. Accessed: June 08 2022.

Vernacular names

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