Family:
Bignoniaceae Juss.
Genus:
Kigelia DC.
Species:
Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth.

Kigelia africana subsp. africana

This subspecies is accepted, and its native range is Tropical & S. Africa.

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Ecuador, Mexico Southwest

Kigelia africana subsp. africana appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Telfair, C. [Cat. no. 6527], Mauritius Tanaecium pinnatum K001124107 Yes
Talbot, P.A. [1354], Nigeria Kigelia talbotii K000430389 Yes
Talbot, P.A. [1354], Nigeria Kigelia talbotii K000430391 Unknown type material Yes
Talbot, P.A. [1354], Nigeria Kigelia talbotii K000430390 Yes
Ash [1070], Ethiopia Kigelia aethiopum 35815.000 No
Kotschy [403], Sudan Kigelia aethiopica K000430378 isotype Yes
Kotschy [403], Sudan Kigelia aethiopica K000430379 isotype Yes
Wild, H. [1261], Zimbabwe Kigelia pinnata 16992.000 No
Drummond, R.B. [3946], Kenya Kigelia pinnata 17140.000 No

Accepted by

  • 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.
  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

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  • Gentry, A.H. (1984). Bignoniacées Flore du Cameroun 27: 26-61. Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche scientifique (Mesres), Yaoundé.
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