Apocynaceae
Carissa

Carissa bispinosa (L.) Desf. ex Brenan

First published in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 502 (1954)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Kenya to S. Africa. It is a scrambling shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bruyns, P.V. (2014). The Apocynaceae of Namibia. Strelitzia 34: 1-158. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. 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.
  • Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1998 Blackmore, S.; Kupiche, F.K. [1038] Malawi K000282798 Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Drege [b] South Africa K000233542 Isolectotype No
Jan 1, 1998 Mavi, S. [438] Zimbabwe K000233556 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Mott, P.J. [323] Botswana K000282787 No
Jan 1, 1998 Cooper, T. [1235] South Africa K000233541 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Cooper, T. [1235] South Africa K000233540 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Zeyher [308] South Africa K000233535 Lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Hansen, O.J. [3484] South Africa K000282784 Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000233538 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Wylie, J. [7898] South Africa K000233536 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000233539 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Yalala, A.M. [156] Botswana K000282785 No
Jan 1, 1998 Leach, L.C.; Noel, A.R.A. [258] Botswana K000282786 No
Jan 1, 1998 Harvey [s.n.] South Africa K000233537 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mphamba [95] Mozambique K000614306 No
Harris, T. [152] Mozambique K000613227 No
Timberlake, J. [5052] Mozambique K000613431 No
Timberlake, J. [5110] Mozambique K000613490 No
Timberlake, J. [5454] Mozambique K000614435 No
Dowsett-Lemaire, F. [2547] Mozambique K000614154 No
Harris, T. [670] Mozambique K000614249 No
Harris, T. [595] Mozambique K000614186 No
Harris, T. [503] Malawi K000614579 No
Dowsett-Lemaire, F. [2546] Mozambique K000614153 No
Patel, H. [7372] Mozambique K000613634 No
Apr 27, 2022 Masia, N.; Nkadimeng, F.; Gumede, S.; Balkwil, K. [9310] South Africa Carissa bispinosa subsp. zambesiensis K009001225 No
Harris, T. [357] Mozambique Carissa bispinosa subsp. zambesiensis K000613793 No
Patel, H. [7166] Mozambique Carissa bispinosa subsp. zambesiensis K000545137 No
Timberlake, J. [5212] Mozambique Carissa bispinosa subsp. zambesiensis K000613940 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images