Phyllanthaceae
Heywoodia

Heywoodia lucens Sim

First published in Forest Fl. Cape: 326 (1907)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to S. Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(2): 36 (1921).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 204 (1961).
  • Hutch. in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1922: 115 (1922), descr. emend. et ampl.
  • Hutch. in Fl. Cap. 5(2): 385 (1920).
  • Pax in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147(15): 280 (1922).
  • Sim, For. Fl. Cape Col.: 326, t. 140, fig. 1 (1907).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
van Rensburg, A.V. South Africa K:SPC-15811.000 No
Fay, M.F. [s.n.] K001069451 Yes
Dale, I.R. [K. 470] Kenya K:SPC-02626.000 No
Luckhoff, H.A. [2] South Africa K:SPC-04155.000 No
Kenya K:SPC-02627.000 No
Luckhoff, H.A. [3] South Africa K:SPC-05237.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [B. 7373A] Kenya K:SPC-04156.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [B 5133] Kenya K:SPC-16764.000 No
Luckhoff, H.A. [1] South Africa K:SPC-05235.000 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

  • 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