Apocynaceae
Baissea

Baissea myrtifolia (Benth.) Pichon

First published in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 20: 196 (1948)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Congo to Zambia, SE. Kenya to Tanzania. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas p. 477, ill., map (1994).
  • Pichon in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, ser. 2 (20): 196 (1948).
  • de Kruif in Flora Zambesiaca 7 (2): 497 (1985).
  • van Dilst in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 64: 136, t. 21 (1995).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1993 Holst, C. [2217] Tanzania K000233986 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Schulmann [6344] K000233993 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Kirk [s.n.] Tanzania K000233985 Type Yes
Faulkner, H. [K.539] Tanzania Zygodia melanocephala K:SPC-15282.000 No
Jan 1, 1993 Gossweiler, J. [4427] Angola Baissea urceolata K001030186 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Gossweiler, J. [660] Angola Baissea urceolata K001030185 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Gossweiler, J. [597] Angola Baissea urceolata K001030180 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Gossweiler, J. [4876] Angola Baissea urceolata K001030184 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Gossweiler, J. [1686] Angola Baissea urceolata K001030181 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Welwitsch [5961] Angola Baissea urceolata K000233980 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Smith, C. [s.n.] Baissea urceolata K000233991 Holotype No
Jan 1, 1993 Gossweiler, J. [4779] Angola Baissea urceolata K001030179 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Gossweiler, J. [4831] Angola Baissea urceolata K001030182 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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