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292.0000 Family Capparaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 242 (1789), nom. cons.
33 genera, ca. 430 spp.
Species listed in database: 448
292.0123 Genus Ritchiea R.Br. ex G.Don; Gen. Hist. 1: 276 (1831)
Distribution: Tropical Africa
Species listed in database: 22
species :
Ritchiea afzelii Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 212 (1903)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone
22 GUI SIE
species :
Ritchiea agelaeifolia Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 207 (1903)
Distribution: Angola
26 ANG
species :
Ritchiea albersii Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 208 (1903)
Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon; E-D. R. Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania; NE-Zambia; Zimbabwe
22 NGA 23 CMN ZAI 24 ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN 26 ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Ritchiea apiculata Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 177 (1915)
= Ritchiea balbi Chiov.; Racc. Bot. 5 (1935)
= Ritchiea chlorantha Gilg; Wiss. Ergebn. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1907-1908), Bot. 2: 215 (1911)
= Ritchiea macrocarpa Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33(2): 211 (1903)
= Ritchiea mildbraedii Gilg; Wiss. Ergebn. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1907-1908), Bot. 2: 216 (1911)
= Ritchiea stella-aethiopica Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 620 (1907)
= Ritchiea steudneri Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 208 (1903)
species :
Ritchiea aprevaliana (De Wild. & T.Durand) R.Wilczek; Fl. Congo Belge 2: 477 (1951)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Uganda
23 CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 25 UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Maerua aprevaliana De Wild. & T.Durand; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 2, 1(1): 5 (1899)
species :
Ritchiea capparoides (Andrews) Britten; J. Bot. 55: 279 (1917)
Distribution: ?Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; S-Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Kenya; Tanzania; Zanzibar; Angola; Zambia; N-Mozambique
22 BEN BKN GAM GNB GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE TOG 23 CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MOZ ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Crateva capparoides Andrews; Bot. Repos. 3: t. 176 (1801)
= Crateva fragrans Sims; Bot. Mag. 16: t. 596 (1802), nom. superfl.
= Crateva moschata Banks ex Sims; Bot. Mag. 16: t. 596 (1802)
= Maerua insignis Pax ex Engl.; Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 30 (1894), et in Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C 187 (1895)
= Ritchiea boukokoensis Tisser. & Sillans; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 100: 8 (1953)
= Ritchiea bussei Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 209 (1903)
= Ritchiea capparoides var. longipedicellata (Gilg) DeWolf; Kirkia 1: 96 (1961)
= Ritchiea ealaensis De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 2: 248 (1908)
= Ritchiea engleriana Buscal. & Muschl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 466 (1913)
= Ritchiea fragariodora Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 207 (1903)
= Ritchiea fragariodora var. plurinervis R.Wilczek; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 20: 181 (1950)
= Ritchiea fragrans (Sims) G.Don; Gen. Hist. 1: 277 (1831)
= Ritchiea immersa De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 2: 248 (1908)
= Ritchiea insculpta Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 179 (1915)
= Ritchiea insignis (Pax) Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 209 (1903)
= Ritchiea laurentii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 2: 250 (1908)
= Ritchiea leucantha Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 176 (1915)
= Ritchiea longipedicellata Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 211 (1903)
= Ritchiea pynaertii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 2: 247 (1908)
= Ritchiea thouretiae Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 177 (1915)
= Ritchiea werthiana Gilg; Veg. Sansibar [Werth] 49 (1901)
species :
Ritchiea carrissoi Exell & Mendonça; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 11: 47 (1936)
Distribution: NE-Angola
26 ANG
Remarks: only known from type collected before 1937
species :
Ritchiea erecta Hook.f.; Icon. Pl. 4: t. 769 (1848)
Distribution: Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D. R. Congo [Zaire]
22 BEN NGA 23 BIO CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Ritchiea brachypoda Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 213 (1903)
= Ritchiea glossopetala Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33(2): 210 (1903)
= Ritchiea heterophylla Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33(2): 212 (1903)
= Ritchiea obanensis Hutch. & Dalziel; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 1: 86 (1927)
= Ritchiea oreophila Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 181 (1915)
= Ritchiea pentaphylla Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 180 (1915)
= Ritchiea polypetala Hook. ex Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. 88: t. 5344 (1862)
species :
Ritchiea gossweileri Exell & Mendonça; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 25: 102 (1951)
Distribution: E-Angola; W-Zambia
26 ANG ZAM
species :
Ritchiea jansii R.Wilczek; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 20: 185 (1950)
Distribution: W-D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
Remarks: only known from type collected 1947
species :
Ritchiea littoralis R.Wilczek; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 20: 182 (1950)
Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]; W-D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 CON ZAI
species :
Ritchiea macrantha Pax & Gilg ex Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 210 (1903)
Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon
22 NGA 23 CMN GAB
Conservation Status: IUCN VU (Cameroon)
species :
Ritchiea mayumbensis Exell; J. Bot. 64: Suppl. 17 (1926)
Distribution: Cabinda
23 CAB
Remarks: only known from the type
species :
Ritchiea noldeae Exell & Mendonça; J. Bot. 74: 17, 140 (1936)
Distribution: Angola
26 ANG
Remarks: only known from the type
species :
Ritchiea ovata R.Wilczek; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 20: 181 (1950)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
Remarks: only known from the type collected 1948
species :
Ritchiea pygmaea (Gilg) DeWolf; Kirkia 1: 94 (1961)
Distribution: SE-D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; N-Mozambique
23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 MOZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Maerua pygmaea Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 228 (1903), et Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 502 (1935), descr. emend.
species :
Ritchiea quarrei R.Wilczek; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 20: 184 (1950)
Distribution: SE-D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Ritchiea reflexa (Thonn. & Schum.) Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 183 (1915)
Distribution: Guinea; SW-Burkina Faso; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Gabon
22 BEN BKN GHA GUI TOG 23 GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Capparis reflexa Thonn. & Schumach.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Naturvidensk. Math. Afh. 4: 11 (1828)
= Maerua grandiflora Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14: 302 (1891)
= Ritchiea grandiflora (Pax) Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 213 (1903)
species :
Ritchiea simplicifolia Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 1: 100 (1868)
Distribution: Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Central African Republic
23 CAF CMN EQG GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Ritchiea tessmannii Gilg ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(1): 231 (1915), in obs.
variant :
var. caloneura (Gilg) Kers; Fl. Cameroun 29: 102 (1986)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon
23 CMN GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Ritchiea caloneura Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 210 (1903)
species :
Ritchiea spragueana Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 177 (1915)
Distribution: Cabinda
23 CAB
Remarks: only known from the type collected in 1959
species :
Ritchiea wilczekiana Bamps; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 30: 463 (1960)
Distribution: E-D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Ritchiea wittei R.Wilczek; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 20: 183 (1950)
Distribution: SE-D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Ritchiea youngii Exell; J. Bot. 73: 227 (1935)
Distribution: SE-D. R. Congo [Zaire]; NE-Angola
23 ZAI 26 ANG
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