Warburgia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Magnoliids
Ordo: Canellales

Familia: Canellaceae
Genus: Warburgia
Species: W. elongata – W. salutaris – W. stuhlmannii – W. ugandensis
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Warburgia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 08. Reference page.

Name

Warburgia Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 276 (1895).

Type species: Warburgia stuhlmannii Engl.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Chibaca G.Bertol. in D.A.Rosenthal, Syn. Pl. Diaph.: 238 (1861).
Dawea Sprague ex Dawe, Rep. Bot. Miss. Uganda Protect: 37 (1906).

References

Engler, A. (ed.) 1895. Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete. Theil C: Verzeichniss der bis jetzt aus Ost-Afrika bekannt gewordenen Pflanzen. III+433+40 pp., 45 tt. Dietrich Reimer, Berlin. BHL Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Warburgia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 08. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Warburgia. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 08 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Warburgia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Aug. 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Warburgia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
русский: Варбургия
中文: 十數樟屬

Warburgia is a genus of plant in family Canellaceae described as a genus in 1895.[2] It was named for the German botanist Otto Warburg.[3] It is native to eastern and southern Africa.[1]

All four species have medicinal uses.[4] Extracts of Warburgia ugandensis have been reported to show some antimalarial properties in animal models.[5][6]

Species[1]

Warburgia elongata Verdc. - Tanzania
Warburgia salutaris (Bertol.f.) Chiov. - Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal
Warburgia stuhlmannii Engl. - Tanzania, Kenya
Warburgia ugandensis Sprague - Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zaire, Ethiopia to Malawi

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf. 1895. Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas C: 276
PlantZAfrica.com: Warburgia salutaris
Muchugi, A.; et al. (2008). "Genetic structuring of important medicinal species of genus Warburgia as revealed by AFLP analysis" (PDF). Tree Genetics & Genomes. 4 (4): 787–795. doi:10.1007/s11295-008-0151-3. S2CID 19621449.
Were, PS; Kinyanjui, P; Gicheru, MM; Mwangi, E; Ozwara, HS (2010). "Prophylactic and curative activities of extracts from Warburgia ugandensis Sprague (Canellaceae) and Zanthoxylum usambarense (Engl.) Kokwaro (Rutaceae) against Plasmodium knowlesi and Plasmodium berghei". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 130 (1): 158–62. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2010.04.034. PMID 20435133.
Medicinal plants on verge of extinction - environment - 10 January 2009 - New Scientist