Apocynaceae
Secamone

Secamone schweinfurthii K.Schum.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 143 (1893)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to S. Africa. It is a climber and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • 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. [Cited as Secamone parvifolia.]
  • Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 7(3): 1-375. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Secamone parvifolia.]
  • Goyder, S., Harris, T., Masinde, S., Meve, U. & Venter, J. (2012). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Apocynaceae(2): 1-530. [Cited as Secamone parvifolia.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Goyder, S., Harris, T., Masinde, S., Meve, U. & Venter, J. (2012). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Apocynaceae(2): 1-530.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2007 Festo, L.; Luke, Q. [2367] Kenya Secamone parvifolia K000469046 No
Jan 1, 1990 Scott Elliot, G.F. [2803] Malawi Secamone parvifolia K000234278 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Wild, H. [2772] Zimbabwe Secamone parvifolia K:SPC-04054.000 No
Jan 1, 1990 Rehmann, A. [5410] South Africa Secamone parvifolia K000614540 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Schlechter [11669] Mozambique Secamone parvifolia K000234277 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Schweinfurth, G. [2232] Sudan Secamone parvifolia K000234295 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Hildebrandt, J.M. [1979] Tanzania Secamone parvifolia K000234284 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Holst, C. [3555] Tanzania Secamone parvifolia K000234286 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Kirk [s.n.] Tanzania Secamone parvifolia K000234285 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Tanzania Secamone parvifolia K000234287 Type Yes
Luke, W. R. Q.; Kabuye, C.; Festo, L.; Ntore, S. [17718] Uganda Secamone parvifolia K001600943 Yes
Osborne, J. [JO 1387] Mozambique Secamone parvifolia K001346109 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13225] Kenya Secamone parvifolia K:SPC-44394.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [613] Kenya Secamone parvifolia K:SPC-03443.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images