Taxon:
Heteromorpha arborescens (Spreng.) Cham. & Schltdl.
Summary
Place of publication:
Linnaea 1:385. 1826
Verified:
11/22/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Pimenov, M. G. & M. V. Leonov. 1993. The genera of the Umbelliferae: a nomenclator
- van Wyck, B. E. 2012. Review of Apiaceae Southern Africa data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
- Winter, P. J. D. & B.-E. Van Wyk. 1996. A revision of the genus Heteromorpha (Apiaceae). Kew Bull. 51:238.
- Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist. URL: http://posa.sanbi.org/searchspp.php Note: recognizes four varieties: abyssinica, arborescens, collina, and frutescens
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | s. |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | s.w. |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Lesotho | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Burundi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | | e. |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Rwanda | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Africa
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Sudan (s.)
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (e.), Rwanda
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola (s.w.), Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, South Africa
Asia-Temperate
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | van Wyck, B. E. 2012. Review of Apiaceae Southern Africa data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. |
Medicines | folklore | | van Wyck, B. E. 2012. Review of Apiaceae Southern Africa data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. |