Terminalia laxiflora Engl.

First published in Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 4: 12 (1900)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Ethiopia and N. Uganda. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

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.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 3: 1-89. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • 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.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • 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].
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Liben, L. (1968). Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi, Combretaceae: 1-105. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Wickens, G.E. (1973). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Combretaceae: 1-99.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For. Soud.-Guin. 131, t. 18, 1, t. 19, 1 (incl. var. pubescens Aubrév.).
  • in Engl. & Diels Monogr. Afr. Combretac. 12, t. 2 B (1900)

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.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 3: 1-89. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Engl. & Diels in Monographieen Afrikanischer Pflanzen-Familien und Gattungen 4: 12, fig. 2/B (1900).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1: 208 (1950).
  • Griffiths in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 55: 868, fig. 18 (1959).
  • Keay, Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 279 (1954).
  • Liben in Flore du Congo Belge, du Ruanda et du Burundi, Combr.: 98 (1968).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 1970 Steudner [205] Sudan K000413955 Type Yes
Aug 1, 1970 Schweinfurth, G. [2120] Sudan K000413957 Type Yes
Aug 1, 1970 Steudner [195] Sudan K000413956 Type Yes
Wit, P.; Gbile, Z.O.; Daramola, B.O. [1328] Nigeria K004646486 Yes
Lawlor, D.W.; Hall, J.B. [FHI46630] Nigeria K004646489 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [3951] Nigeria K004646496 Yes
Ern, H. [3009] Togo K004646476 Yes
Fay, J.M.; Doka, J. [s.n.] Central African Republic K004646827 Yes
Gbile; Wit; Daramola [1253] Nigeria K004646484 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI37560] Nigeria K004646482 Yes
Brent, R.W. [552] Ghana K004646467 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [401] Nigeria K004646513 Yes
Chaffey, D.R. [972] Ethiopia K004647155 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [5486] Sierra Leone K004646447 No
Deighton, F.C. [5486] Sierra Leone K004646446 No
Coombe, D.E. [50] Nigeria K004646500 Yes
Gbile; Wit; Daramola [1255] Nigeria K004646485 Yes
Sinsin, B.; Agbani, P.; Yédomonhan, H. [2522] Benin K001519265 No
Sinsin, B.; Agbani, P.; Adokpo, C. [3245] Benin K001562465 Yes
Lowe, J. [3363] Cameroon K004646508 Yes
Sofoluwe, F.O. [FHI38159] Nigeria K004646481 Yes
Jones, A.P.D. [FHI1122] Nigeria K004646498 Yes
Friis, I.; Woldu, Z.; Vollesen, K.B. [2512] Ethiopia K004647154 Yes
Fay, J.M. [5211] Central African Republic K004646828 Yes
Kennedy, J.D. [FHI7212] Nigeria K004646497 Yes
Keay, R.W.J.; Jones, E.W. [FHI37634] Nigeria K004646492 Yes
Friis, I.; Abebe, W.; Ermias Getachew [15378] Ethiopia K004647147 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, S.; Host, P.; Desissa, D.; Kebede, S. [7182] Ethiopia K004647156 Yes
Lely, H.V. [851] Nigeria K004646525 Yes
Laferrere, M. [120] Mali K000211942 No
Coombe, D.E. [90] Nigeria K004646499 Yes
Dekker, A. [254] Cote d'Ivoire K004646449 No
[C Watz] [58] Nigeria K004646517 Yes
Vigne, C. [3543] Ghana K004646466 Yes
Lowe, J. [1403] Nigeria K004646495 Yes
Laferrere, M. [121] Mali K000211941 No
Fay, J.M. [3273] Central African Republic K004646829 Yes
Lely, H.V. [853] Nigeria K004646522 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [5402] Sierra Leone K004646444 No
[Barter] [1646] Niger K004646518 Yes
Jackson, J.A.D. [448] Nigeria K004646490 Yes
Hakki, M.; Leuenberger, B.; Schiers, C. [866] Togo K004646473 Yes
Lely, H.V. [854] Nigeria K004646523 Yes
Ross, A.F. [156] Nigeria K004646504 Yes
Ern, H. [3087] Togo K004646477 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [4092] Nigeria K004646509 Yes
Lawlor, D.W.; Hall, J.B. [156] Nigeria K004646494 Yes
Lely, H.V. [852] Nigeria K004646521 Yes
Friis, I.; Abebe, W.; Ermias Getachew [15375] Ethiopia K004647149 Yes
Olorunfemi, J. [FHI55705] Nigeria K004646505 Yes
Olorunfemi; Fagbemi [FHI70708] Nigeria K004646519 Yes
Friis, I.; Demissew, S.; Assefa Hailu; Ermias Getachew [13234] Ethiopia K004647157 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, S.; Host, P.; Wondafrash, M.; Kebede, S. [6945] Ethiopia K004647152 Yes
Lawlor, D.W.; Hall, J.B. [331] Nigeria K004646493 Yes
Hakki, M.; Leuenberger, B.; Schiers, C. [307] Togo K004646474 Yes
Keay, R.W.J.; Foggie, A. [FHI22534] Nigeria K004646503 Yes
Akpabla, G.K. [529] Ghana K004646469 Yes
s.coll. [[1979]] Cote d'Ivoire K004646450 No
Friis, I.; Bidgood, S.; Host, P.; Wondafrash, M.; Kebede, S. [6945] Ethiopia K004647158 Yes
Peter, K.; Tuley, P. [22] Nigeria K004646506 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E.; Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [3473] Cote d'Ivoire K004646451 No
Brent, R.W. [552] Ghana K004646468 Yes
Kinloch, D. [3274] Ghana K004646472 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [[23599]] Benin K004646478 Yes
Friis, I.; Abebe, W.; Ermias Getachew [15411] Ethiopia K004647150 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Fantahun Semon; Jensen, M.; Gashaw, M. [7785] Ethiopia K004647153 Yes
Daramola; Osanyinlusi [DO57] Nigeria K004646488 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [776] Nigeria K004646512 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1336] Sudan K000413960 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1336] Sudan K000413959 Unknown Type Material Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, S.; Host, P.; Desissa, D.; Shigulte, K. [7090] Ethiopia K004647151 Yes
Fay, J.M.; et al. [5208] Central African Republic K004646830 Yes
Lely, H.V. [855] Nigeria K004646524 Yes
Vigne, C. [2013] Ghana K004646471 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2088] Sudan K000413958 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fay, J.M.; Ngaindiro, S.; Jules, F.; Raymond, S.; Remy, N. [s.n.] Central African Republic K004646831 Yes
Binga, A. [FHI8069] Nigeria K004646520 Yes
Peter, K.; Tuley, P. [22] Nigeria K004646507 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [91] Nigeria K004646514 Yes
s.coll. [520] Guinea-Bissau K004646443 No
Schivoner [187] Burkina Faso K000211940 No
Daramola, B.O. [12] Nigeria K004646487 Yes
Friis, I.; Awas, T.; Gashaw Gibre-Hiwot [8146] Ethiopia K004647148 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [5200] Sierra Leone K000413846 Type Yes
Batten-Poole, W.H. [274] Nigeria K004646491 Yes
Keay, R.W.J.; Foggie, A. [FHI22534] Nigeria K004646502 Yes
Oldeman, R.A.A. [891] Cote d'Ivoire K004646452 No
Onochie, C.F.A. [FHI34006] Nigeria K004646480 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [391] Nigeria K004646516 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [391] Nigeria K004646515 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [776] Nigeria K004646511 Yes
Hakki, M.; Leuenberger, B.; Schiers, C. [238] Togo K004646475 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [4359] Burkina Faso K004646470 Yes
Tuley, P. [2211] Nigeria K004646510 Yes
Keay, R.W.J.; Jones, E.W. [FHI37628] Nigeria K004646483 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [5402] Sierra Leone K004646445 No
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI37675] Nigeria K004646501 Yes
Adam, J. [1408] Senegal K004646448 No
Offokansi, L.I. [FHI44255] Nigeria K004646479 Yes
Anderson, J. [24] Ghana Terminalia sokodensis K004646462 Yes
Chipp, T.F. [612] Ghana Terminalia sokodensis K004646456 No
Akpabla, G.K. [550] Ghana Terminalia sokodensis K004646460 No
Morton, J.K. [s.n.] Ghana Terminalia sokodensis K004646458 No
Brown, W.T.S. [2316] Ghana Terminalia sokodensis K004646455 No
Adams, C.D. [3940] Ghana Terminalia sokodensis K004646464 Yes
Adams, C.D. [4116] Ghana Terminalia sokodensis K004646465 Yes
Kitson, A. [722] Ghana Terminalia sokodensis K004646461 Yes
[Williams] [151] Ghana Terminalia sokodensis K004646457 No
Enti, A.A. [FH7582] Ghana Terminalia sokodensis K004646459 No
Irvine, F.R. [2462] Ghana Terminalia sokodensis K004646463 Yes

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