Fabaceae

Xylia Benth.

First published in J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 417 (1842)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, India to Indo-China.

Distribution

Native to:

Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Northern Provinces, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Gambia, Philippines, Solomon Is., Uganda

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

  • Xylolobus Kuntze in T.E.von Post & C.E.O.Kuntze, Lex. Gen. Phan.: 598 (1903), nom. superfl.

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Trans. Linn. Soc. 30: 373 (1875).
  • in Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. 1: 594 (1865)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • in Hook., Journ. Bot. 4: 417 (1842).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • in Hook., Journ. Bot. 4: 417 (1842)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Legumes of the World Online

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