Violaceae
Rinorea

Rinorea ilicifolia (Welw. ex Oliv.) Kuntze

First published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 42 (1891)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Comoros, Madagascar. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Comoros, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1960). Flora Zambesiaca 1(1): 1-336. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Grey-Wilson, C. (1986). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Violaceae: 1-38.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • van Velzen, R. & al. (2015). Phylogenetics of African Rinorea (Violaceae): Elucidating infrageneric relationships using placid and nuclear DNA sequences. Systematic Botany 40: 174-184.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Fl. Viv. 1: 231.
  • De Wild. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 6: 166
  • Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 42 (1891)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1960). Flora Zambesiaca 1(1): 1-336. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Grey-Wilson, C. (1986). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Violaceae: 1-38.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • van Velzen, R. & al. (2015). Phylogenetics of African Rinorea (Violaceae): Elucidating infrageneric relationships using placid and nuclear DNA sequences. Systematic Botany 40: 174-184.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(2): 549 (1921).
  • Brandt in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 50, Suppl.: 412 (1914).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 599 (1961).
  • Exell & Mendonça, Consp. Fl. Angol. 1: 70 (1937).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1: 63 (1950).
  • Grey-Wilson in Kew Bulletin 36: 116, fig. 6A–D (1981).
  • Hamilton, Ug. For. Trees: 130 (1981).
  • Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 1: 35 (1896).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 645 (1949).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 99, 101 (1954).
  • Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 42 (1891).
  • N. Robson in Flora Zambesiaca 1: 250 (1960).
  • Reiche & Taub. in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien III. 6: 329 (1895).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 628 (1948).
  • Taton in Flore du Congo Belge, du Ruanda et du Burundi, Violaceae: 9, fig. 1 (1969).
  • Tennant in Kew Bulletin 16: 409 (1963).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 448 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2007 Longdon, T.C.E. [352] Tanzania K000771528 Yes
Jan 1, 1960 Gossweiler [9759] Angola K000231217 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1960 Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1452] Tanzania K000771531 Yes
Jan 1, 1960 Richard [357] Madagascar K000231206 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1960 Ford, J. [316] Tanzania K000771529 Yes
Jongkind, C.; Diabate, M.; Bilivogui, D. [11630] Guinea K001561095 Yes
Massunde, J. [JM715] Mozambique K001346323 Yes
Smith, S.F.; Bell, D.A.; Bourobou Bourobou, H.; Mayombo, F.J.; Nzabi, T. [1841] Gabon K001561564 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Kabuye, C.; Festo, L.; Ntore, S.; Bayona W. [17917] Tanzania K001612503 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Sitoni, D.; Vollesen, K.; Whitehouse, C. [4325] Tanzania K000771530 Yes
Richard [210] Madagascar K000231205 Type Yes
Boivin, M. [2122/2] Madagascar K000231204 Type Yes
Thomas, D.W. [3982] Tanzania K000771532 Yes
Goetze, W. [117] Tanzania K000231036 Type Yes

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