Sterculia tragacantha Lindl.

Meerts, Pierre, 2016, An annotated checklist to the trees and shrubs of the Upper Katanga (D. R. Congo), Phytotaxa 258 (3), pp. 201-250 : 233-234

Sterculia tragacantha Lindl.

Habitat: dry evergreen forests; Guineo-Congolian linking.

Thespesia garckeana F.Hoffm. var. garckeana

Habitat: miombo woodlands (Termitophilous); Zambezian-Eastern linking.

MELASTOMATACEAE

Memecylon flavovirens Bak.

Habitat: miombo woodlands; Zambezian; Meerts & Hasson 124 (BRLU).

Warneckea sansibarica (Taub.) Jacq. -Fél.

Habitat: dry evergreen forests; Eastern. Note: New to D. R. Congo ; Lubemba (territ. Kasenga), muhulu, S10°53’ E28°28’, May 2014, Meerts & Hasson 454 ( BRLU) .

Warneckea sapinii (De Wild.) Jacq. -Fél.

Habitat: dry evergreen forests; Guineo-Congolian-Zambezian linking; Duvigneaud 2317 (BRLU).

MELIACEAE

Ekebergia benguelensis Welw. ex DC.

Habitat: miombo woodlands; Zambezian.

Ekebergia capensis Sparrm.

Habitat: Afromontane vegetation; African linking.

Entandrophragma delevoyi De Wild.

Habitat: dry evergreen forests; Zambezian.

Khaya anthotheca (Welw.) C.DC.

Habitat: riverine and swamp forests; Guineo-Congolian-Zambezian linking; IUCN conservation status: VU A1cd. Lovoa trichilioides Harms

Habitat: dry evergreen forests; Guineo-Congolian linking. Note: not mentioned for Upper Katanga by FAC; Duvigneaud & Timperman 2475L (BRLU).

Trichilia dregeana Sond.

Habitat: riverine and swamp forests; Guineo-Congolian-Afromontane linking.

Trichilia emetica Vahl. subsp. emetica

Habitat: riverine and swamp forests; African linking.

Trichilia prieuriana Juss. subsp. orientalis J.De Wilde

Habitat: riverine and swamp forests; Sudano-Zambezian.

Turraea holstii Gürke

Habitat: riverine and swamp forests; Afromontane. Note: not mentioned in Upper Katanga by FAC; Lisowski, Malaisse & Symoens 10058 (BR).

Turraea floribunda Hochst.

Habitat: riverine and swamp forests; Eastern.

Turraea nilotica Kotschy & Peyr.

Habitat: riverine and swamp forests; Sudano-Zambezian. Note: known from 1 collection ( Bredo 3169 (BR)), identified by F. White as “intermediate between T. nilotica and T. robusta ”.

Turraea vogelii Hook.f.

Habitat: disturbed; African linking.

MELIANTHACEAE

Bersama abyssinica Fresen. subsp. abyssinica

Habitat: miombo woodlands; Afromontane.

MONIMIACEAE

Xymalos monospora (Harv.) Baill.

Habitat: riverine and swamp forests; Afromontane. Note: not mentioned for Upper Katanga by FAC; Lisowski, Malaisse & Symoens 6436 (BR).

MORACEAE

Ficus abutilifolia (Miq.) Miq.

Habitat: wooded grasslands (rocks); Sudano-Zambezian. Note: new to D. R. Congo ; sur les rochers, env. 1, 5 km NW du centre commercial de Pweto, 8 September 1970, Bulaimu 78 ( BR) .

Ficus ardisioides subsp. camptoneura (Mildbr.) C.C. Berg

Habitat: riverine and swamp forests; Guineo-Congolian linking. Note: new to Upper Katanga; rivière Tshasengo (24° 40’E, 10°46’S), galerie forestière encaissée sur fond rocailleux, 2 August 1950, Schmitz 2951 (BR).

Ficus asperifolia Miq.

Habitat: riverine and swamp forests; Guineo-Congolian linking.

Ficus barteri Sprague

Habitat: dry evergreen forests; Guineo-Congolian linking. Note: not mentioned by FAC for Upper Katanga; Schmitz 788 (BR).

Ficus capreifolia Del.

Habitat: riverine and swamp forests; African linking.

Ficus conraui Warb.

Habitat: dry evergreen forests; Guineo-Congolian linking. Note: new to Upper Katanga; km 67 route Lubumbashi- Likasi, muhulu en ravin encaissé, 29 July 1958, Schmitz 6166 ( BR) .

Ficus craterostoma Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret

Habitat: riverine and swamp forests; African linking.

Ficus cyathistipula Warb.

Habitat: riverine and swamp forests; Guineo-Congolian-Zambezian linking.

Ficus dicranostyla Mildbr. var. dicranostyla

Habitat: wooded grasslands; Sudano-Zambezian.

Ficus fischeri Mildbread & Burret

Habitat: miombo woodlands; Zambezian. Note: not mentioned in FAC; Luiswishi, muhulu, 1208 m, 10 July 1974, Malaisse 7809 ( BR) .

Ficus glumosa Delile

Habitat: wooded grasslands; African linking.

Ficus ingens (Miq.) Miq.

Habitat: wooded grasslands; African linking.

Ficus lutea Vahl

Habitat: riverine and swamp forests; Guineo-Congolian linking. Note: not mentioned for Upper Katanga by FAC; Schmitz 2008 (BR).

Ficus ottoniifolia subsp. macrosyce Berg

Habitat: riverine and swamp forests; Zambezian. Note: not mentioned in FAC ; SSW Lubumbashi, galerie de la Matuitui, bord de galerie forestière encaissée et sombre, 12 August 1948, Schmitz 1964 ( BR) .

Ficus ovata Vahl

Habitat: dry evergreen forests; Guineo-Congolian linking. Note: not mentioned for Upper Katanga by FAC; Schmitz 2322 (BR).

Ficus polita Vahl

Habitat: riverine and swamp forests; Guineo-Congolian linking. Note: new to Upper Katanga; Lubemba , galerie forestière du Luapula, E28°32’ S10°55’, 19 April 2014, Meerts & Hasson 520 ( BRLU) .

Ficus sansibarica subsp. macrosperma (Mildbr. & Burret) Berg

Habitat: riverine and swamp forests; Guineo-Congolian linking. Note: not mentioned in Upper Katanga by FAC; Schmitz 460 (BR).

Ficus stuhlmannii Warb.

Habitat: wooded grasslands; Eastern.

Ficus sur Forssk.

Habitat: disturbed; Afrotropical.

Ficus sycomorus L.

Habitat: wooded grasslands; Afrotropical.

Ficus thonningii Blume

Habitat: disturbed (Termitophilous); Afrotropical. Note: an extremely variable species, with several forms in Upper Katanga formerly recognized as distinct species; further work needed.

Ficus trichopoda Baker

Habitat: riverine and swamp forests; Afrotropical. Note: no voucher specimen cited in FAC; Symoens 471 (BRLU).