Stilbaceae
Nuxia

Nuxia oppositifolia (Hochst.) Benth.

First published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 435 (1846)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to S. Africa, Madagascar, SW. Arabian Peninsula. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. (1975). The Loganiaceae of Africa XIV. A revision of Nuxia Lam.. Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool te Wageningen 75-8: 1-80.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. (1975). The Loganiaceae of Africa XIV. A revision of Nuxia Lam.. Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool te Wageningen 75-8: 1-80.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Benth. in DC., Prodr. 10: 435 (1846).
  • Prain & Cummins in Fl. Cap. 4 (1): 1040 (1909).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1971 Decary, M.R. [8871] Madagascar K000426736 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Schimper [1714] Ethiopia K000426757 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Rusillon, H. [64] Madagascar K000426739 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Perrier de la Bâthie, J.M.H.A. [16696] Madagascar K000426738 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Schlechter [11738] South Africa K000426723 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Baum, H. [29] Angola K000426744 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Schimper [1714] Ethiopia K000426756 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Humbert, H. [11.348] Madagascar K000426737 Type Yes
Timberlake, J. [6003] Malawi K000614813 No
Ash [1541] Ethiopia K:SPC-35721.000 No
Fanshawe, D.B. [F.4544] Zambia K001008568 Yes
Welwitsch [5766] Angola K001008566 Yes
de Menezes, A.; Henriques, C. [53] Angola K001008569 Yes
White, F. [2628] Zambia K001008567 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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