Rubiaceae

Empogona Hook.f.

First published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 11: t. 1091 (1871)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa to Madagascar.

Distribution

Native to:

Aldabra, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Tricalysia.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Chase [3229] Zimbabwe K000987236 Type Yes
Datizua, C.; Osborne, J.; Zandamela, J.; Melecuane, B. (driver); Chilosse, E.P. (guide) [CD57] Mozambique K001346588 No
Osborne, J.; Darbyshire, I.; Datizua, C.; Langa, C.; Zandamela, J.; Macuacua, A. (guide); Neves, A. (guide) [JO1573] Mozambique K001346398 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0