Stephania abyssinica

Stephania abyssinica var. tomentella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ranunculales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Menispermaceae
Subfamilia: Menispermoideae
Tribus: Cissampelideae
Genus: Stephania
Species: Stephania abyssinica
Varietates: S. a. var. abyssinica – S. a. var. tomentella

Name

Stephania abyssinica (Quart.-Dill. & A.Rich.) Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 1(1): 96. 1842.

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Clypea abyssinica Quart.-Dill. & A.Rich., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 2, 14: 263. 1840.

• Homotypic
  • Stenaphia abyssinica (Quart.-Dill. & A.Rich.) A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 9. 1847, sphalm.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Western Africa Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Nigeria Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces, Swaziland Regional: Central Africa Central African Repu, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional: Eastern Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania Continental: Asia´temperate Regional: Peninsular Arabia Yemen References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Walp., 1840. Repert. Bot. Syst. 1(1): 96.

Additional references

• Richard, A. 1847–1848. Tentamen Florae Abyssinicae seu enumeratio plantarum hucusque in plerisque Abyssiniae provinciis detectarum et praecipue a beatis doctoribus Richard Quartin Dillon et Antonio Petit (annis 1838 – 1843) lectarum. Vol. 1. XI+472 pp. Arthus Bertrand, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
• Walpers, G.G. 1842–1843. Repertorium Botanices Systematicae. Tomus I. 947 pp. Sumtibus Friderici Hofmeister, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. BHL Reference page. 
• Andrews, F.W. 1950. 12. Menispermaceae. Pp. 15–19 in The flowering plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Vol. 1, Cycadaceae–Tiliaceae. T. Buncle & Co. Ltd., Arbroath, Scotland. PDF Reference page. 
• De Wet, H., Struwig , M. & Van Wyk, B.-E. 2014. Taxonomic notes on the genus Stephania (Menispermaceae) in southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 95: 146–151. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2014.09.006 PDFReference page. 
• Exell, A.W. & Mendonça, F.A. 1937. 4 — Menispermaceae. Pp. 32–45 in Conspectus Florae Angolensis, Vol. 1, Fasc. 1, Ranunculaceae–Malvaceae. Ministério do Ultramar, Lisboa. Online Reference page. 
• Hul, S., Dary, C., Jacques, F., Ollivier, E., Bun, S.-S., Cheng, S.K., Kim, S., Peou, Y. & Jabbour, F. 2017. The world checklist of Stephania (Menispermaceae), with notes on types. Phytotaxa 298: 101–118. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.298.2.1 Reference page. 
• Troupin, G. 1951. 34. Menispermaceae. Pp. 202–255 in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, Vol. 2. Institut National pour l'Étude Agronomique du Congo Belge, Bruxelles [Brussels]. Reference page. 
• Troupin, G. 1956. Menispermaceae. In Turrill, W.B. & Milne-Redhead, E. (eds.), Flora of Tropical East Africa. 32 pp. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London. ISBN 978-1-84246-286-7 Online Reference page. 
• Troupin, G. 1960. 7. Menispermaceae. Pp. 150–171 in Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.), Flora Zambesiaca, Vol. 1, part 1. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London. Online Reference page. 
• Troupin, G. 1962. Monographie des Menispermaceae africaines. 313 pp. (Mémoires in-8vo, Nouv. sér., Tome XIII, fasc. 2.) Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer, Classe des Sciences Naturelles et Médicales, Bruxelles. PDF (20 MB) Reference page. 
• Troupin, G. & Keay, R.W.J. 1954. 12. Menispermaceae. Pp. 66–77 in Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J., Flora of West Tropical Africa, 2nd ed., Vol. 1(1). Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London. Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Stephania abyssinica. Published online. Accessed: 03 January 2020.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Stephania abyssinica.
• Hassler, M. 2020. Stephania 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 January 03. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2020. Stephania abyssinica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 January 2020.
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Stephania abyssinica. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 03 January 2020.

Note:

The name Stephania abyssinica has also been applied to Stephania dinklagei.

Vernacular names

አማርኛ: እንጎችት
azərbaycanca: Abissin stefaniyası
Yorùbá: Gbejedi
isiZulu: umThombo, umTambane

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