Celtis prantlii Priemer ex Engler (1900: 23) .

Type: — AFRICA. “ Insula St. Thomé, ad Angolares” [currently S„o Tomé Island, S„o Jo„o dos Angolares], January 1886, fr., F. Quintas 144 (lectotype B barcode 10 0057876!). Lectotype designated by Taylor in Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tome 1: 302 (1944).

Syntypes: —AFRICA. Nigeria, West Lagos, without date, fl., J.W. Rowland s.n. (syntypes P barcode 00253704!, P barcode 00253705!); AFRICA. “Princes Island” [currently S„o Tomé and Principe islands], 1861, fl., G. Mann 1113 (syntypes B barcode 10 0057875!, K barcode 000442485!, P barcode 00253734!); AFRICA. Angola, September 1858, fr., F.M.J. Welwitsch 6302 (syntypes BM barcode 000757294!, LISU barcode 221542! P barcode 00253747!); AFRICA. “Congogebiet” [currently Congo], 6 October 1895, fl., A. Dewèvre 429 [Engler (1900) cited the number 929, but this is a clerical error] (syntypes BR barcode 0000008968517!, BR barcode 0000008968845!); AFRICA. “bei Bingila” [currently Democratic Republic of the Congo], 1895, fr., P. Dupuis s.n. (syntype BR barcode 0000008971111!) .

Taxonomic notes: —Accepted species (Sattarian et al. 2006).