Cordia afra

Cordia afra
Cordia afra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Boraginales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Boraginales

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Cordioideae
Genus: Cordia
Species: Cordia afra

Name

Cordia afra Sond., 1850, as 'caffra'

  • Note: The specific epithet amended by Art. 61.6, ICN (Madrid).

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Lithocardium afrum (Sond.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 976 (1891), as 'caffrum'
    • Gerascanthus afra (Sond.) Borhidi, Acta Bot. Hung. 34(3–4): 403 (1988), as 'caffra'
  • Heterotypic
    • Cordia erosa Sond.
    • Cordia natalensis Sond.
    • Cordia zeyheri Sond.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Mozambique.
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana, Cape Provinces (Eastern Cape Province), Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces (Mpumalanga, Northern Province).
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Sonder, O.W., 1850. Linnaea. Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 23: 81

Additional references

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Septeeboom
English: Septee saucer-berry
Tshivenda: Mududa
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