8351.000 Vangueria Comm. ex Juss.

ANCYLANTHOS Desf.

LAGYNIAS E. Mey. ex Robyns

PACHYSTIGMA Hochst.

TAPIPHYLLUM Robyns

Lantz, H. & Bremer, B. (2005) Phylogeny of the complex Vanguerieae (Rubiaceae) genera Fadogia, Rytigynia, and Vangueria with close relatives and a new circumscription of Vangueria Plant Systematics and Evolution 253 159-183

Description of the genus

Shrubs or small trees. Leaves in pairs. Stipules produced into a narrow appendage at the apex. Inflorescences consisting of axillary cymes on opposite sides of the nodes. Calyx with 5 short, triangular, linear or oblong lobes. Corolla usually yellow, green, or greenish-yellow, densely hairy at throat; lobes 5, usually reflexed, sometimes with distinct narrow appendage at apex. Ovary 5-locular; ovule solitary in each loculus, pendulous. Fruit indehiscent, fleshy, ± spherical, glabrous.

Comment: In a new circumscription of this genus after phylogenetic research the species formerly in the separate genera Ancylanthos, Lagynias, Pachystigma and Tapiphyllum have all been included under Vangueria (Lantz, H. & Bremer, B., 2005).

Worldwide: 58 species in Subsaharan Africa and Madagascar.

Zambia: 24 taxa.

The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
Hypolycaena philippus (Purple-brown hairstreak)
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SpeciesFZ divisionsProvincesContent
albosetulosa (Verdc.) Lantz[DD]BW
apiculata K. Schum.N,WNw,NDescription, Image
burnettii (Tennant) LantzNMc
cinerascens (Welw. ex Hiern) Lantz var. cinerascens [DD]N,W,C,ENw,N,E,C
cinerascens (Welw. ex Hiern) Lantz var. inaequalis (Robyns) LantzN,W,CMc,C
cinerascens (Welw. ex Hiern) Lantz var. laeta (Robyns) Lantz[LR-lc]N,EN
cinerascens (Welw. ex Hiern) Lantz var. A WNw
cinerascens (Welw. ex Hiern) Lantz var. richardsiae (Robyns) Lantz[LR-lc]NN
cistifolia (Welw. ex Hiern) Lantz var. latifolia (Verdc.) Lantz[DD]WNw
cyanescens Robyns B,WCb,WDescription, Image
discolor (De Wild.) LantzB,W,C,SCb,C,Lk,S,WImage
dryadum S. MooreEEDescription, Image
ferruginea (Welw.) ined.B,N,W,SNw,N,S,WDescription, Image
infausta Burch. subsp. infausta N,W,C,ECb,Lp,E,C,LkDescription, Image
infausta Burch. subsp. rotundata (Robyns) Verdc. var. rotundata NN
infausta Burch. subsp. rotundata (Robyns) Verdc. var. campanulata (Robyns) Verdc. EMc
micropyren (Verdc.) Lantz [NrEnd]WCb,WDescription, Image
mollis (Robyns) Lantz[LR-lc]BNw,W
proschii Briq.B,C,E,SNw,N,E,C,S,WDescription, Image
pygmaea Schltr.N,W,SCb,N,SDescription, Image
randii S. Moore subsp. randii B,C,SCb,N,Lk,S,WDescription, Image
rhodesiaca (Tennant) Lantz[LR-lc]N,CN,C,LkDescription
vestita (Robyns) ined.N,C,SLp,Lk,SDescription, Image
volkensii K.Schum. var. kyimbilensis (Robyns) Verdc. [DD]EMc

Other sources of information about Vangueria:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Vangueria
Flora of Caprivi: Vangueria
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Vangueria
Flora of Malawi: Vangueria
Flora of Mozambique: Vangueria
Flora of Zimbabwe: Vangueria

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Vangueria
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Vangueria
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Vangueria
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iNaturalist: Vangueria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Vangueria
JSTOR Plant Science: Vangueria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Vangueria
Plants of the World Online: Vangueria
Tropicos: Vangueria
Wikipedia: Vangueria

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Vangueria.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1394, retrieved 18 April 2024

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