Rhamnaceae
Gouania

Gouania longispicata Engl.

First published in Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 256 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Benin to Ethiopia and S. Tropical Africa. It is a climbing shrub or liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

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.
  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1966). Flora Zambesiaca 2(2): 353-653. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Johnston, M.C. (1972). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Rhamnaceae: 1-40.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • M. L. Green in Kew Bull. 1916: 198
  • Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 256 (1895)
  • Staner in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 15: 421, fig. 60.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. f. in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 40: 45 (1911).
  • Brenan, in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Card. 8: 239 (1953).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 502 (1960).
  • Engl., Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 256 (1895).
  • Evrard in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 9: 449 (1960).
  • Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 5: 407 (1916).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 466 (1949)
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 670 (1958).
  • M.L. Green in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1916: 198 (1916).
  • R.B. Drummond in Flora Zambesiaca 2: 434, t. 88/C (1966).
  • Suesseng. in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien. ed. 2, 20d: 168 (1953).
  • Verdc. in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 27: 359 (1957).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2008 Corcoran, M.R. [9] Cameroon K000580210 No
Jan 1, 2004 Tadjouteu, F. [411] Cameroon K000198491 No
Jul 1, 2002 Barlow, L. [15] Cameroon K000027199 No
Jul 1, 2002 Ghogue, J.-P. [26] Cameroon K000027200 No
Jul 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [9616] Cameroon K000027201 No
Dec 1, 2000 Kamundi, D. [619] Cameroon K000337645 No
Dec 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [3462] Cameroon K000337646 No
Dec 1, 2000 Buzgo, M. [697] Cameroon K000337648 No
Dec 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [2339] Cameroon K000337651 No
Dec 1, 2000 Buzgo, M. [697] Cameroon K000337649 No
Feb 1, 1999 Onana, J.-M. [527 A] Cameroon K000337647 No
Mar 1, 1997 Munyenyembe, P. [806] Cameroon K000337650 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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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