Dombeya rotundifolia

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Dombeyoideae
Genus: Dombeya
Species: Dombeya rotundifolia

Name[edit]

Dombeya rotundifolia Planch., 1851

Synonyms[edit]

Heterotypic
- Assonia rotundifolia (Hochst.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 76 (1891)
- Xeropetalum rotundifolium Hochst. in Flora 27: 295 (1844)
Heterotypic
- Assonia cuanzensis Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 86 (1896)
- Assonia densiflora (Planch. ex Harv.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 76 (1891)
- Assonia myriantha (K.Schum.) Kuntze in Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 21: 173 (1903)
- Dombeya cerasiflora Exell in J. Bot. 65(Suppl. 1): 40 (1927)
- Dombeya condensiflora De Wild. in Contr. Fl. Katanga, Suppl. 1: 46 (1927)
- Dombeya cuanzensis (Hiern) Welw. ex K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 40 (1900)
- Dombeya damarana K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 36 (1900)
- Dombeya delevoyi De Wild. in Contr. Fl. Katanga, Suppl. 1: 47 (1927)
- Dombeya densiflora Planch. ex Harv. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 2: 589 (1862)
- Dombeya dinteri Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 2: 1005 (1902)
- Dombeya gossweileri Exell in J. Bot. 65(Suppl. 1): 41 (1927)
- Dombeya melanostigma K.Schum. & Engl. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 584 (1907)
- Dombeya myriantha K.Schum. in Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2: 302 (1899)
- Dombeya ringoetii De Wild. in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 24 (1915)
- Dombeya rotundifolia var. velutina I.Verd. in Bothalia 9: 144 (1966)
- Dombeya subdichotoma De Wild. in Contr. Fl. Katanga, Suppl. 1: 53 (1927)

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Angola, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland
- Regional: Eastern Africa
  - Botswana, Burundi, Caprivi Strip, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
- Regional: Central Africa
  - Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

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

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Planchon, J.E. 1850–1851. Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe 6: 395 pp. BHL Reference page. : 225.

Additional references[edit]

Govaerts, R.H.A. 2000. World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141. [unavailable to the public] Reference page.
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) 2003. Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: i–vi, 1–1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 1-919795-99-5. ARK: /t50g8869c PDF (97 MB) Reference page.

Links[edit]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Dombeya rotundifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 16. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2023. Dombeya rotundifolia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Dombeya rotundifolia. Published online. Accessed: September 16 2023.
Tropicos.org 2023. Dombeya rotundifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 September 2023.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Dombeya rotundifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names[edit]

Afrikaans: Drolpeer, Gewone drolpeer
العربية: زيتون
English: Dikbas, South African wild pear, Common wild pear
Sesotho sa Leboa: Mohlabaphala, Mokgoba
Ikinyarwanda: Umukore (rotundifolia)
SiSwati: umBikanyaka, umWane
Kiswahili: Mzaituni, Mzeituni
Setswana: Motubane, Mokgofa, Molobare
Xitsonga: Nsihaphukuma, Xiluvarhi
Tshivenda: Tshiluvhari
isiZulu: iNhliziyonkhulu, iLukuluku (muthi)

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