Allophylus decipiens
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID6440086ce5bae122137453 |
| Scientific name | Allophylus decipiens |
| Authority | Radlk. |
| First published in | Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(5): 313 (1895) |
Description Top
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Allophylus decipiens, also known as the bastard taaibos, is a small evergreen tree found in coastal forests, thickets, and wooded areas in South Africa and Mozambique. It can reach up to 4 meters in height and has a pale grey bark and trifoliolate leaves. The tree produces fragrant white flowers in clusters of three and its fruit is bright red and about 6mm in diameter. The wood of this tree is white, close-grained, and hard. There are 219 species in the Allophylus genus.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Rhus spicata | Thunb. | Fl. Cap. 2: 217 (1818) |
| Rhus knysniaca | Schinz | Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 55: 238 (1910) |
| Schmidelia decipiens | Arn. | J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 152 (1840) |
| Schmidelia undulata | Arn. | J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 152 (1840) |
| Allophylus spicatus | (Thunb.) Fourc. | Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 21: 100. 1932 |
| Schmidelia decipens | Sond. |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
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| Afrikaans | valstaaibos |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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South Tropical Africa
- Mozambique
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Southern Africa
- Cape Provinces
- Kwazulu-Natal
- Northern Provinces
- Swaziland
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South Tropical Africa
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
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| World Flora Online | wfo-0000526644 |
| Tropicos | 28600797 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:781744-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-2629314 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 924724 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 992639 |
| IUCN Red List | 141557103 |
| IPNI | 781744-1 |
| iNaturalist | 507335 |
| GBIF | 5577695 |
| EOL | 5626426 |
| Wikipedia | Allophylus_decipiens |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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Scientific Literature Top
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| Canopy plant composition and structure of Cape subtropical dune thicket are predicted by the levels of fire exposure | Strydom T, Kraaij T, Grobler BA, Cowling RM | PeerJ | 08-Nov-2022 |
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| Fire severity effects on resprouting of subtropical dune thicket of the Cape Floristic Region | Strydom T, Kraaij T, Difford M, Cowling RM | PeerJ | 10-Jun-2020 |
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| In public collections | 0 |