Distribution
Native to:
Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Erythrina altissima A.Chev. in Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 161 (1912)
- Erythrina buesgenii Harms ex Busgen in Mitt. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. 23: 77 (1910)
- Erythrina klainei Pierre ex Harms in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 443 (1913)
- Erythrina problematica J.Duvign. & Rochez in Fl. Congo Belge 6: 123 (1954), no Latin descr.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
- Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
- Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- in Mildbr. Wiss. Ergebn. 1907–8: 264, t. 30 (1911).
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Bak. f., Leguminosae of Tropical Africa: 377 (1929).
- Harms in Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908, 2 (Botanik) p. 264, t. 30 (1911).
- Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 563 (1958).
- Louis in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 13: 316 (1934).
- Majot-Rochez & Duvign. in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 6: 124 (1954).
- Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 347 (1948).
- W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 303 (1952).
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 1985 | Thomas, D.W. [4492], Cameroon | K000087091 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1954 | Chevalier, A. [20584], Guinea | K000418360 | Yes | ||
Troupin, G. [3008], Congo, DRC | 11469.000 | No | |||
Keay, R.W.J. [19798], Nigeria | 15688.000 | No | |||
Nigeria | 33318.000 | No | |||
Nigeria | 33324.000 | No | |||
Mildbraed [7832], Cameroon | K000418359 | Yes | |||
Thomas, D.W. [2522], Cameroon | K000087092 | No |
Sources
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Flora of West Tropical Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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International Legume Database and Information Service
- International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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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
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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
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images