Malpighiaceae
Acridocarpus

Acridocarpus prasinus Exell

First published in J. Bot. 65(Suppl. 1): 51 (1927)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Central Tropical Africa to Uganda and N. Angola. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cabinda, Gabon, Uganda, Zaïre

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Launert, E. (1968). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Malpighiaceae: 1-26.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Launert, E. (1968). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Malpighiaceae: 1-26.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Exell & Mendonça in Consp. Fl. Angol. 1: 253 (1951).
  • Exell in Journal of Botany 65, Suppl. Polypet.: 51 (1927).
  • Gossweiler & Mendonça in Cart. Fitogeogr. Angola: 145 (1939).
  • Niedenzu in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 141: 278 (1928).
  • Wilczek in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 7: 232 (1958).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2002 Gossweiler, J. [9115] Congo, Republic of the K001096563 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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