Bersama abyssinica

Bersama abyssinica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geraniales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Geraniales

Familia: Francoaceae
Genus: Bersama
Species: Bersama abyssinica
Subspecies: B. a. subsp. abyssinica – B. a. subsp. paullinioides – B. a. subsp. rosea

Name

Bersama abyssinica Fresen. Mus. Senckenberg. 2: 281. (1837)

Synonyms

• Bersama chloroleuca Brehmer
• Bersama coriacea Baker f.
• Bersama engleri Gürke ex Engl.
• Bersama erythrocarpa Brehmer
• Bersama gallensis Brehmer
• Bersama giuliarellii Chiov.
• Bersama goetzei Gürke
• Bersama gracilipes Mildbr.
• Bersama hebecalyx Gilg & Brehmer
• Bersama holstii Gürke
• Bersama integrifolia A.Rich.
• Bersama jaegeri Gilg & Brehmer
• Bersama kandtii Gilg & Brehmer
• Bersama magnifica A.Chev.
• Bersama ninagongensis Gürke
• Bersama serrata A.Rich.
• Bersama suffruticosa Brehmer
• Bersama ussanguensis Brehmer
• Bersama volkensii Gürke

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Bersama abyssinica Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical America Angola, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fresenius, J.B.G.W. {1837) Museum Senckenbergianum. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Beschreibenden Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main 2: 281.

Additional references

• 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.
• Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Bersama abyssinica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Bersama abyssinica. Published online. Accessed: Jul 07 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Bersama abyssinica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Jul 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Bersama abyssinica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 07. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Bersama abyssinica. Accessed: 07 May 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Winged bersama

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