Capparaceae
Boscia

Boscia matabelensis Pestal.

First published in Bull. Herb. Boissier 6(App. 3): 115 (1898)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical Africa to Botswana. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Flora Zambesiaca 3(1): 1-153. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1960). Flora Zambesiaca 1(1): 1-336. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Flora Zambesiaca 3(1): 1-153. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1960). Flora Zambesiaca 1(1): 1-336. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1966). Flora Zambesiaca 2(2): 353-653. 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, 1957 Pole-Evans, I.B. [341] Botswana K000282741 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1957 Plowes, D.C.H. [1969] Zimbabwe K000282733 No
Jan 1, 1957 Pole-Evans, I.B. [3326] Botswana K000282738 No
Smith, P. [73] Botswana K000282739 Yes
Tircley, D. [1] Botswana K000282744 No
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2130] Botswana K001590880 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2603] Botswana K001604135 Yes
Watmough, R.H. [563] Zimbabwe K000282732 No
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2122] Botswana K001590879 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2614] Botswana K001604273 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F5221] Zambia K000282736 No
Angus, A. [1672] Zambia K000282735 No
Holub, E. [1265] Zimbabwe K000282742 Type Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F8879] Zambia K000282737 Yes
s.coll. [743] Zimbabwe K000282743 Type Yes
Grosvenor, R.K. [126] Zimbabwe K000282734 No

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

  • 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

  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/