Irvingiaceae

Irvingia Hook.f.

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 23: 167 (1860)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical Africa, Indo-China to Malesia.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Borneo, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Jawa, Laos, Liberia, Malaya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Sumatera, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Harris, D.J. (1999). Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 1: 1-25. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Engl. in E. & P. Pflanzenfam. 19A: 398 (1931).
  • —F.T.A. 1: 313

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • in Trans. Linn. Soc., Bot. 23: 167 (1860)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 1961 Pierre, J.B.L. [1661] Vietnam K000700913 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lisowski, S. [46568] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004197899 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [929A] Nigeria K:SPC-21870.000 No
Fay, J.M. [8173] Central African Republic K:SPC-63433.000 No
Lisowski, S. [15662] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004197901 Yes
Pierre, J.B.L. [1661] Vietnam K000700914 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lisowski, S. [16826] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004197900 Yes
Small, D. [623] Sierra Leone K:SPC-16458.000 No
Lisowski, S. [40171] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004197898 Yes
Lisowski, S. [16650] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004197902 Yes
Lisowski, S. [17318] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004197904 Yes
Lisowski, S. [15630] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004197903 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI36668A] Nigeria K004197781 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 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 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0