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  1. Family: Phyllanthaceae Martinov
    1. Genus: Bridelia Willd.

      1. Bridelia speciosa Müll.Arg.

        This species is accepted, and its native range is W. Tropical Africa to Cameroon.

    [FWTA]

    Euphorbiaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

    Habit
    Tree, to 30 ft. high
    Ecology
    In montane forest
    Flowers
    Flowers greenish-yellow.

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Burkina, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria

    Synonyms

    Other Data

    Bridelia speciosa Müll.Arg. appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Jul 1, 2007 Tchiengue, B. [2228], Cameroon K000339334
    Jan 1, 2004 Zapfack, L. [2134], Cameroon K000746218
    Jun 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [4571], Cameroon K000338874
    Jun 1, 1999 Onana, J.-M. [498], Cameroon K000338873
    Mann, G. [1215], Cameroon K000180588
    Mann, G. [1215], Cameroon K000180589
    Cheek, M. [8743], Cameroon K000338916

    Bibliography

    First published in J. Bot. 2: 327 (1864)

    Accepted by

    • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
    • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.

    Literature

    Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • —F.T.A. 6, 1: 618.

    Kew Backbone Distributions

    • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso Boissiera 65: 1-391.

    Sources

    Flora of West Tropical Africa
    Flora of West Tropical Africa
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    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0