Meliaceae
Trichilia

Trichilia prieureana A.Juss.

First published in Bull. Sci. Nat. Géol. 23: 238bis (1830)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to SW. Ethiopia and Zambia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

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.
  • Aké Assi, L. (2001). Flore de la Côte-d'Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. I. Boissiera 57: 1-396.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • 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.
  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1963). Flora Zambesiaca 2(1): 1-351. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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].
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • 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.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Styles, B.T. & White, F. (1991). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Meliaceae: 1-67.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv. 2: 152, t. 186, 1–4
  • Chev. Bot. 114
  • F. T. A. 1: 334
  • Guill & Perr. Fl. Seneg. 1: 125, t. 30
  • Harms in E. & P. Pflanzenfam 19B, 1: 113
  • Kennedy For. Fl. S. Nig. 163
  • Pellegr in Notulae Syst. 9: 17, fig. 1 C
  • Staner in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 16: 143, fig. 7.
  • in Mém Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 19: 276 (1830)

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.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2015). Flore du Gabon 47: 1-115. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.
  • Styles, B.T. & White, F. (1991). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Meliaceae: 1-67.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(1): 823 (1915).
  • A. Juss. in Bull. Sci. Nat. 23: 238 (Nov. 1830) & in Mém. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat., Paris 19: 236 & 276 (1830) as ‘ prieureana ’.
  • C. DC. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 1: 678 (1878).
  • Excell & Mendonça in Consp. Fl. Angol. 1(2): 312 (1951).
  • F. White & Styles in Flora Zambesiaca 2: 304, fig. 58C (1963).
  • J.J. de Wilde in Meded. Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen 68–2: 130, fig. 12A–C (1968).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 704 (1958).
  • Oliv. in Flora of Tropical Africa 1: 334 (1868).
  • Pellegrin in Not. Syst. 9: 17, fig. 1C (1940).
  • Staner & Gilbert in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 7: 164 (1958).
  • Styles & F. White in Fl. Eth. 3: 483, fig. 124.3/1–3 (1990).
  • Styles in E. Afr. Agric. Journ. 39: 419 (1974).
  • Vermoesen in Rev. Zool. Afr. 10, Suppl. Bot.: 46 (1922).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 197 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2022 Rieder, C.; Camara, M. [190] Guinea K000010561 No
Cons. of Forests [384] Australia K005130938 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [6135] Cote d'Ivoire K005130928 Yes
Chevalier, A. [22469] Cote d'Ivoire K005130927 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [4176] Sierra Leone K005130917 Yes
Lane-Poole, C.E. [354] Sierra Leone K005130911 Yes
s.coll. [102] Nigeria K005130960 Yes
Vigne, C. [280] Australia K005130934 Yes
Aubréville, M. [2125] Cote d'Ivoire K005130925 Yes
Adjanohoun, E.J. [90] Benin K005130957 Yes
d'Orey, J. [389] Guinea-Bissau K005130907 Yes
[J.H. Johnson] [540] Ghana K005130943 Yes
s.coll. [178] Guinea K005130909 Yes
King, E.L. [192] Sierra Leone K005130919 Yes
Styles, B.T. [14] Uganda K005131862 Yes
Harris, C.M. [H105] Uganda K005131879 Yes
Santo, E. [1791] Guinea-Bissau K005130903 Yes
Wit, P.; Daramola, B.O. [1050] Nigeria K005130964 Yes
s.coll. [E3531] Uganda K005131863 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [354] Australia K005130936 Yes
Azuma, S. [477] Tanzania K005131875 Yes
s.coll. [384] Australia K005130939 Yes
Warnecke [416] Togo K005130954 Yes
[Kolbreyer] [[405]] French Guiana K005130908 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cote d'Ivoire K005130929 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [A1404] Sudan K005131603 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [3881] Cote d'Ivoire K005130932 Yes
Sangster, R.G. [404] Uganda K005131864 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [8128] Gambia, The K005130901 Yes
Dummer, R. [1223] Uganda K005131854 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL1529] Sierra Leone K005130920 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [E2325] Uganda K005131866 Yes
Vigne, C. [232] Australia K005130935 Yes
Lane-Poole, C.E. [450] Sierra Leone K005130916 Yes
Chandler, P. [1099] Uganda K005131881 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [3444] Uganda K005131876 Yes
Vigne, C. [1] Ghana K005130951 Yes
Balde, A.; Couch, C.; Fofana, F.; Hooper, O.; Kouliye, M.; Diallo, M. [253] Guinea K001310595 Yes
Bamps, P. [1994] Cote d'Ivoire K005130930 Yes
Lovi, N.K. [s.n.] Ghana K005130950 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [5077] Sierra Leone K005130921 Yes
Chipp, T.F. [92] Australia K005130933 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K005130959 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1900] Uganda K005131860 Yes
Aubréville [139] Cote d'Ivoire K005130926 Yes
Chevalier, A. [22754] Benin K005130955 Yes
Mbago, F. [1138] Tanzania K005131873 Yes
Chipp, T.F. [601] Ghana K005130948 Yes
Adams, C.D. [5218] Ghana K005130949 Yes
Moor [2183] Ghana K005130945 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1900] Uganda K005131859 Yes
Chaffey, D.R. [661] Ethiopia K005131608 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [11438] Zimbabwe K005132106 Yes
[Dr Irvine] [1924] Ghana K005130944 No
[R.M. Land] [s.n.] Nigeria K005130958 Yes
Lowe, J. [1990] Nigeria K005130963 Yes
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [10016] Liberia K005130924 Yes
Punch, C. [s.n.] Nigeria K005130962 Yes
Chaffey, D.R. [385] Ethiopia K005131611 Yes
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Vollesen, K.B. [3917] Ethiopia K005131605 Yes
Chaffey; Thomerson [626] Ethiopia K005131607 Yes
[Hendelot] [775] Guinea K005130910 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [4092] Sierra Leone K005130915 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Eggeling, W.J. [7342] Uganda K005131853 Yes
Oldeman, R.A.A. [549] Cote d'Ivoire K005130922 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [Eg2203] Uganda K005131865 Yes
Dale, I.R. [U44] Uganda K005131857 Yes
{Dr. Kersting} [A720] Togo K005130953 Yes
Santo, E. [1830] Guinea-Bissau K005130905 Yes
Diniz, M.A.; Gomes, E.; Silva, O. [2616] Guinea-Bissau K005130906 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [9106] Nigeria K:SPC-16045.000 No
Lane-Poole, C.E. [254] Sierra Leone K:SPC-16046.000 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [6206] Zambia K005132107 Yes
[Y.J.A. Res] [288] Australia K005130940 Yes
s.coll. [[779]] Gambia, The K005130902 Yes
Chandler, P. [1099] Uganda K005131880 Yes
[Moor] [2176] Australia K005130937 Yes
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [11472] Liberia K005130923 Yes
Punch, C. [101] Nigeria K005130961 No
Adjanohoun, E.J. [90] Benin K005130956 Yes
Friis, I.; Demissew, S.; Assefa Hailu; Ermias Getachew [13275] Ethiopia K005131604 Yes
d'Orey, J. [285] Guinea-Bissau K005130904 Yes
Lovi [s.n.] Ghana K005130952 Yes
Styles, B.T. [219] Uganda K005131856 Yes
Dale, I.R. [[U44]] Uganda K005131858 Yes
Nigeria K:SPC-65436.000 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [8640] Nigeria K:SPC-08940.000 No
Chipp, T.F. [600] Ghana K005130947 Yes
Frith, A.C. [24] Sierra Leone K005130918 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [[5927]] Sierra Leone K005130913 Yes
Chaffey, D.R. [965] Ethiopia K005131609 Yes
[W. Soward] [654] Australia K005130942 Yes
Harris, C.M. [H105] Uganda K005131878 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K005130914 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8] Australia K005130941 Yes
Chaffey, D.R. [385] Ethiopia K005131606 Yes
Styles, B.T. [14] Uganda K005131861 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K005130912 Yes
Chaffey, D.R. [937] Ethiopia K005131610 Yes
Vigne, C. [220] Ghana K005130946 Yes
Styles, B.T. [226] Uganda K005131855 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [3986] Cote d'Ivoire K005130931 Yes
Eggeling [E2320] Uganda K005131877 Yes
Pirozynski, K.A. [P686] Tanzania K005131874 Yes

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