African Plant Database


Dombeya acutangula Cav.
Family : Sterculiaceae
Family (APGIII) : MALVACEAE
Protologue : Diss. 3, Tertia Diss. Bot. 123. t. 38. f. 2 (1787)
Information on the genus : Dombeya
 
 
Status
Status for MA : accepted (present)
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Dombeya acutangula Cav. subsp. acutangula
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Dombeya acutangula var. tiliifolia (Cav.) Arènes
=Dombeya cincinnata K. Schum. (1895)
=Dombeya leucorrhoea K. Schum. (1902)
=Dombeya stuhlmannii K. Schum. (1899)
=Dombeya rubifolia Baill. (1885)
=Dombeya quinquecostata Arènes (1958)
=Dombeya triumfettifolia Bojer (1841)
=Dombeya palmata Cav. (1787)
=Dombeya acutangula var. palmata (Cav.) Arènes (1959)
 
Taxon infra-specific
Dombeya acutangula Cav. subsp. acutangula
 
Ecology and distribution
Trop. Afr.
Biology : Tree to 8 m, sometimes flowering as a shrub.
Ecology : Various types of woodland, bushland and thicket; sometimes on stream banks or in rocky places; mostly <1200 m alt. (see Seyani in Opera Bot. Belg. 2: 137 for details). Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius, Rodigues Isl.

Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
  • Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Sterculiaceae : 62 (2007).
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under chg
see under The International Plant Name Index
see under Catalogue de Madagascar
see under Flora of Mozambique
see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden
 
Map
carte afrique num 120357
 
Record n°120357 modified 2009-09-02
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