Thonningia sanguinea

Thonningia sanguinea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Santalales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Santalales

Familia: Balanophoraceae
Genus: Thonningia
Species: Thonningia sanguinea

Name

Thonningia sanguinea Vahl, Skr. Naturhist.-Selsk. 6: 125 (t. 6). (1810)

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Thonningia angolensis Hemsl. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 151 (1911)
    • Thonningia coccinea Mangenot in Rev. Gén. Bot. 54: 201 (1947), orth. var.
    • Thonningia dubia Hemsl. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 152 (1911)
    • Thonningia elegans Hemsl. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 152 (1911)
    • Thonningia sessilis Lecomte in J. Bot. (Morot) 10: 234 (1896)
    • Thonningia ugandensis Hemsl. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 152 (1911)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
    • West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Rwanda, Zaïre
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia, Sudan
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Zambia

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

illustration from the protologue

References

Primary references

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