439.0000
Family
Metteniusaceae H.Karst. ex Schnizl.; Iconogr. Fam. Regn. Veg. 2: ad t. 142 (1860-1870)
11 genera, ca. 65 spp. Often included in Icacinaceae s. l. Phylogeny: Byng et al. (2014)
Species listed in database: 66
= Emmotaceae Tiegh.; Just´s Bot. Jahresber. 25(2): 406 (1900)
439.3003
Genus
Rhaphiostylis Planch. ex Benth.; Niger Fl. [W.J.Hooker] 259 (1849)
Distribution: Tropical W- and E-Africa
Species listed in database: 13
= Chelonecarya Pierre; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 1260 (1896)
species :
Rhaphiostylis beninensis
(Hook.f. ex Planch.) Planch. ex Benth.; Niger Fl. [W.J.Hooker] 259 (1849)
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; SW-Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; W-Ethiopia; Uganda; SE-Kenya; Tanzania; N-Angola; N-Zambia; E-Zimbabwe; NE-Mozambique
22 BEN BKN GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE TOG 23 CAF CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 24 ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MOZ ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Apodytes beninensis Hook.f. ex Planch.; Icon. Pl. 8: t. 778 (1848)
= Ptychopetalum cuspidatum R.E.Fr.; Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exped. 1911-1912 1: 23 (1914) (Olacaceae)
= Rhaphiostylis heudelotii Planch. ex Miers; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 2, 9: 391 (1852)
= Rhaphiostylis jollyana Pierre; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 1325 (1897) et ex Engl., Engl. Jahrb. 43: 181 (1909)
= Rhaphiostylis latifolia Pierre; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 1325 (1897)
= Rhaphiostylis scandens Engl.; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 3: 84 (1900), nomen, et Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43(1-2): 183 (1909)
= Rhaphiostylis stuhlmannii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 72 (1893)
= Rhaphiostylis zenkeri Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 183 (1909)
species :
Rhaphiostylis cordifolia
Hutch. & Dalziel; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 1: 455 (1928), Kew Bull. 23 (1929)
Distribution: Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Congo [Brazzaville]
22 GHA IVO LBR 23 CON
species :
Rhaphiostylis cuneatus
Engl.
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN CR (Cameroon)
species :
Rhaphiostylis elegans
Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 184 (1909)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Remarks: status uncertain, known only from type
Conservation Status: IUCN CR (Cameroon)
species :
Rhaphiostylis ferruginea
Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 181 (1909)
Distribution: Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
22 GHA IVO NGA 23 BIO CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI
variant :
var. villosa
(Pellegr.) Villiers; Fl. Cameroun 15: 40 (1973), et in Fl. Gabon 20: 40 (1973)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
23 CMN CON GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Rhaphiostylis fusca var. villosa Pellegr.
species :
Rhaphiostylis fusca
(Pierre) Pierre; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 1324 (1897)
Distribution: W-Gabon; W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Chelonecarya fusca Pierre; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 1261 (1896)
= Rhaphiostylis fusca var. vanderystii Boutique; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 26: 348 (1956)
species :
Rhaphiostylis madagascariensis
Capuron; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 10: 510 (1971)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Rhaphiostylis minima
Jongkind; Eur. J. Taxon. 138: 3 (2015)
Distribution: Liberia; Ivory Coast
22 IVO LBR
species :
Rhaphiostylis ovatifolia
Engl. ex Sleumer; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 244 (1940), descr.
Distribution: Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]
23 CMN CON
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
Synonyms: hidden
= Rhaphiostylis ovatifolia Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 256 (1921)
species :
Rhaphiostylis parvifolia
(S.Moore) Exell; J. Bot. 65(Suppl. 1): 73 (1927)
Distribution: Cabinda
23 CAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Rhaphiostylis ferruginea var. parvifolia S.Moore; J. Bot. 58: 223 (1920)
species :
Rhaphiostylis poggei
Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 73 (1893)
Distribution: W-Cameroon; E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 CMN ZAI
Conservation Status: IUCN CR (Cameroon)
species :
Rhaphiostylis preussii
Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 72 (1893)
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Cameroon; Gabon
22 GHA IVO LBR SIE 23 CMN GAB
species :
Rhaphiostylis subsessilifolia
Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 184 (1909)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
