Cordia millenii Baker

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 27 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2021). Flore du Gabon 57: 1-173. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.
  • Taton, A. (1971). Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi, Boraginaceae: 1-82. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1991). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Boraginaceae: 1-124.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aké Assi, Contrib. 1: 176 (1961).
  • Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv., ed. 2, 3: 224
  • F.T.A. 4, 2: 11
  • in Kew Bull. 1894: 27

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2021). Flore du Gabon 57: 1-173. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Aubrév., Fl. For. Côte d’Ivoire, ed. 2, 3: 224 (1959).
  • Bak. & Wright in Flora of Tropical Africa 4(2): 11 (1905).
  • Bak. in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1894: 27 (1894).
  • Burkill, Useful Pl. W. Trop. Afr. 1: 287 (1985).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 70 (1961).
  • E.A. Bruce in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1940: 62 (1940).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 77 (1956).
  • Heine in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 320 (1963).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 2: 127 (1947).
  • Taton, Flore du Congo Belge, du Ruanda et du Burundi, Borag.: 10, t. 1 (1971).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 48 (1952).
  • Warfa, Acta Univ. Upsal. 174: 36 (1988).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2004 Etuge, M. [4820] Cameroon K000746062 No
Jan 1, 1988 Dümmer, R. [2727] Uganda K000418663 Lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Dümmer, R. [2727] Uganda K000418664 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Irving [63] Nigeria K000418693 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Zenker [247] Cameroon K000418687 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Rowland [s.n.] Nigeria K000418694 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Millen [12] Nigeria K000418695 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Mann [875] Sierra Leone K000418696 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Mann [875] Sierra Leone K000418697 Isotype Yes
Balde, A. [344] Guinea K001310455 Yes
Le Testu, M. G. [9053] Gabon K001766296 Yes
Soyaux, H. [390] Gabon K000418688 Unknown Type Material Yes
Uganda K:SPC-66097.000 No
Maitland, T.D. [369] Cameroon K000029795 No
Welwitsch [5461] Angola K000418645 Type Yes
Welwitsch [5428] Angola K000418646 Type Yes
Welwitsch [5428] Angola K000418647 Type Yes
Maitland, T.D. [369] Cameroon K000029794 No
Irving [s.n.] Nigeria K000426819 Type Yes

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