Capparaceae
Maerua
Maerua juncea

Maerua juncea subsp. crustata (Wild) Wild

First published in Fl. Zambes. 1: 219 (1960)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is S. Tropical & S. Africa. It is a scrambling shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 6, 1987 Mutimushi, J.M. [JMM3770] Zambia K000282782 No
Sep 30, 1967 Leach, L.C.; Bayliss, R.D. [12507] Botswana K000282773 Yes
Jan 1, 1958 Rogers, F.A. [6651] Botswana K000282771 No
Jan 1, 1958 Lugard, E.J. [s.n.] Botswana K000282772 No
Jan 1, 1958 Harbor, C.C. [640] Botswana K000282770 No
Mott, P.J. [348] Botswana K000282780 No
Takaindisa, H.M. [3] Zimbabwe K000282769 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1097] Botswana K000282781 No

Sources

  • 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