Fabaceae
Albizia

Albizia tanganyicensis Baker f.

First published in J. Bot. 67: 199 (1929)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to S. Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Flora Zambesiaca 3(1): 1-153. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Flora Zambesiaca 3(1): 1-153. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. f. in Journal of Botany 67: 199 (1929).
  • Bak. f., Leguminosae of Tropical Africa: 862 (1930).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 342 (1949).
  • Torre in Consp. Fl. Angol. 2: 293 (1956).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Brenan, J. P. M. (1959). Mimosoideae. In: Fl. Trop. East Africa. Hubbard & Milne-Redhead
  • Brenan, J. P. M. (1975). Kew Bull. 29:717-9. A new ssp of Albizzia tang. fr. Kenya
  • White, F. (1983). The Vegetation of Africa

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 19, 1954 Burtt Davy [42183] South Africa K000244546 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 1, 1954 Allen, C.E.F. [174] Zambia K000244523 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 18, 1932 Burtt, B., D. [716] Tanzania K000244503 Type Yes
Koritzschoner, H. [3025] Tanzania K003785128 Yes
Ruffo [787] Tanzania K003785126 Yes
Ruffo [789] Tanzania K003785122 Yes
Groome [15] Tanzania K003785127 Yes
Peter, G.A. [34778] Tanzania K003785121 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [6314] Tanzania K003785124 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [3901] Tanzania K003785118 Yes
Lawton, R.M. [2104] Tanzania K003785129 Yes
{Hornby; Mrs. Hornby} [536] Tanzania K003785125 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [1795] Tanzania K003785119 Yes
Lindemann, H.A. [787] Tanzania K003785120 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [5319] Zambia K000244522 Type Yes

Sources

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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • 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.
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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • 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