Ochna afzelii

Ochna afzelii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Ochnaceae
Subfamilia: Ochnoideae
Tribus: Ochneae
Subtribus: Ochninae
Genus: Ochna
Species: Ochna afzelii

Name

Ochna afzelii R.Br. ex Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 319. 1868. (as O. Afzelii)

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Diporidium afzelii (R.Br. ex Oliv.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 105. 1891. (as Diporidium Afzelii ?)
  • Ochnella afzelii (R.Br. ex Oliv.) Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 8, 16(3–6): 345. 1902. (as O. Afzelii)
• Heterotypic
  • Diporidium mechowianum (O.Hoffm.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 105 (1891)
  • Ochna afzelii subsp. congoensis (Tiegh.) N.Robson in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 36: 33 (1962)
  • Ochna afzelii subsp. mechowiana (O.Hoffm.) N.Robson in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 36: 34 (1962)
  • Ochna barteri (Tiegh.) Hutch. & Dalziel in Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 1: 190 (1927)
  • Ochna congoensis (Tiegh.) Gilg in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 239 (1903)
  • Ochna congoensis var. microphylla Gilg in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 239 (1903)
  • Ochna gilletiana Gilg in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 239 (1903)
  • Ochna ituriensis De Wild. in Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 7(Suppl. Bot.): 35 (1919)
  • Ochna mechowiana O.Hoffm. in Linnaea 43: 123 (1881)
  • Ochna rhodesica R.E.Fr. in Wiss. Erg. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exp. 1911-1912, 1: 149 (1914)
  • Ochna welwitschii Rolfe in Bol. Soc. Brot. 11: 84 (1893)
  • Ochnella barteri Tiegh. in J. Bot. (Morot) 16: 122 (1902)
  • Ochnella buechneri Tiegh. in J. Bot. (Morot) 16: 122 (1902)
  • Ochnella capitata Tiegh. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 5: 173 (1907)
  • Ochnella mechowiana Tiegh. in J. Bot. (Morot) 16: 122 (1902)
  • Ochnella welwitschii (Rolfe) Tiegh. in J. Bot. (Morot) 16: 122 (1902)
  • Polyochnella barteri (Tiegh.) Tiegh. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 8, 16: 348 (1902)
  • Polyochnella buechneri Tiegh. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 8, 16: 348 (1902)
  • Polyochnella congoensis Tiegh. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 8, 16: 349 (1902)
  • Polyochnella gilletiana (Gilg) Tiegh. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 8, 18: 40 (1903)
  • Polyochnella welwitschii (Rolfe) Tiegh. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 8, 16: 348 (1902)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Rwanda, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Sudan. East Tropical Africa Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Zambia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Oliver, D. 1868. Order XXXV. Ochnaceae. Pp. 315–322 in Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol. 1, Ranunculaceae to Connaraceae. L. Reeve and Co., London. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars I. Pp. I–CLV, 1–374. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.] BHL Reference page. 
• Tieghem, P. van. 1902. Sur les Ochnacées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, série 8, 16: 161–416. BHL Reference page. 
• Andrews, F.W. 1950. 62. Ochnaceae. Pp. 184–188 in The flowering plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Vol. 1, Cycadaceae–Tiliaceae. T. Buncle & Co. Ltd., Arbroath, Scotland. PDF Reference page. 
• Berhaut J. 1967. Flore du Sénégal. 2^e éd. 485 pp. Éditions Clairafrique, Dakar. Reference page. 
• Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. 1954. 63. Ochnaceae. Pp. 221–232 in Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol. 1(1), 2^nd ed. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London. Reference page. 
• Robson, N.K.B. 1963. 44. Ochnaceae. Pp. 224–262 in Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.), Flora Zambesiaca, Vol. 2, part 1. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London. Online Reference page. 
• Verdcourt, B. 2005. Ochnaceae. In Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.), Flora of Tropical East Africa. 60 pp. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, United Kingdom. Online Reference page. 
• Yédomonhan, H. 2006. Ochnaceae DC. Pp. 828–832 in Akoègninou, A., Van der Burg, W.J. & Van der Maesen, L.J.G. (chief eds.), Flore analytique du Bénin. Backhuys Publishers, Cotonou & Wageningen. ISBN 90-5782-181-8. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Ochna afzelii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Ochna afzelii. Published online. Accessed: 15 August 2019.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ochna afzelii.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Ochna afzelii. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 August 15. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 22800575. 15. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: August 2019 22800575.
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Ochna afzelii. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 15 August 2019.
• IUCN: Ochna afzelii  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

العربية: أوكنة أفزلية

For more multimedia, look at Ochna afzelii on Wikimedia Commons.