Irvingiaceae
Irvingia

Irvingia gabonensis (Aubry-Lecomte ex O'Rorke) Baill.

First published in Traité Bot. Méd. Phan. 2: 841 (1884)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Benin to Uganda and N. Angola. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Nigeria, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Berhaut, J. (1975). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 4: 1-625. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Harris, D.J. (1999). Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 1: 1-25. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For C. Iv. 2: 96, t. 165
  • E. & P. Pflanzenfam. 19A: 398, fig. 187.
  • Trait. Méd. Phan. 2: 881 (1883)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Harris, D.J. (1999). Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 1: 1-25. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Aubrév., Fl. For. Côte d’Ivoire, ed. 2, 2: 122, fig. 173 (1959)
  • Aubrév., Fl. Gabon, 3 Irvingiacées: 22, t. 3 (1962).
  • Baill., Traité Bot. Méd. Phan. 2: 881 (1884).
  • Engl. in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, ed. 2, 19A: 398, fig. 187 (1931).
  • G. Gilbert in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 7: 115 (1958).
  • Heckel in Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Marseille 1, Mém. 2: 1-31, fig. (1893)
  • Heckel in Rev. Sci. Nat. Appliq.: 397-416, figs. 1-7 (1893).
  • Keay, Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 693 (1958).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 409, fig. 85 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [9720] Cameroon K000380139 Yes
Dec 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [10130] Cameroon K000380137 Yes
Dec 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [4303] Cameroon K000380136 Yes
Dec 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [10116] Cameroon K000380140 Yes
Dec 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [1772] Cameroon K000380138 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Ndam, N. [1149] Cameroon K000011882 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Ndam, N. [1325] Cameroon K000011883 Yes
May 1, 1993 Chevalier, A. [3157] Senegal K000435078 Type Yes
May 1, 1993 Zenker, G.A. [2329] Cameroon K000435085 Type Yes
May 1, 1993 Mann, G. [1829] Cameroon K000435087 Type Yes
May 1, 1993 Klaine, R.P. [2571] Gabon K000435089 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 1, 1993 Mann, G. [2206] Cameroon K000094490 Yes
May 1, 1993 Binuyo, A. [FHI 35566] Cameroon K000094492 Yes
May 1, 1993 Duparquet [s.n.] Gabon K000435084 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 1, 1993 Irving [74] Nigeria K000435079 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 1, 1993 Zenker, G.A. [806] Cameroon K000435088 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 1, 1993 Mann, G. [2206] Cameroon K000094489 Yes
May 1, 1993 Klaine, R.P. [61] Gabon K000435090 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 1, 1993 Klaine, R.P. [61] Gabon K000435091 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 1, 1993 Barter [2012] K000435083 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 1, 1993 Irving [75] Nigeria K000435080 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Wild Mangr] [11] Nigeria K004197715 Yes
Harris, D.J. [2529] Cameroon K:SPC-63096.000 No
Letouzey, R. [4479] Cameroon K004197798 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [5256] Cameroon K004197828 Yes
Mayali [1416] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004197807 Yes
Irving [75] Nigeria K000435082 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gossweiler, J. [s.n.] Angola K004197838 Yes
Harris, D.J. [2377] Cameroon K:SPC-63079.000 No
Harris, D.J. [2782] Cameroon K004197800 Yes
Wieringa, J.J.; Jongkind, C.C.H.; Schoonhoven, J.G.; Mbombet, M. [3909] Gabon K004197820 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [2143] Cameroon K004197833 Yes
Harris, D.J. [2482] Cameroon K:SPC-63084.000 No
Kennedy, J.D. [2062] Nigeria K004197735 Yes
Zenker [42] Cameroon K004197803 Yes
Aug. Chevalier [22331] Cote d'Ivoire K004197767 Yes
Rosevear, D.R. [16/28] Nigeria K004197727 Yes
s.coll. [784] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004197816 Yes
Nigeria K:SPC-65377.000 No
Breteler, F.J. [6632] Gabon K004197823 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [5391] Cameroon K004197831 Yes
Corbisier [1161] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004197812 Yes
Wit, P. [2361] Nigeria K004197737 Yes
Etuge, M. [78] Cameroon K000094488 Yes
Bos, J.J. [3205] Cameroon K004197827 Yes
Aug. Chevalier [22752] Benin K004197718 Yes
s.coll. [8] Nigeria K004197734 Yes
Hall; Swaine [GC46963] Benin K004197710 Yes
Ebuade, J. [9118] Nigeria K004197747 Yes
Jones, A.P.D. [FHI4827] Nigeria K004197716 Yes
Pyne, C.T. [102] Sierra Leone K:SPC-18781.000 No
Meikle, R.D. [1122] Nigeria K:SPC-25004.000 No
Le Testu, M. [1199] Gabon K004197824 Yes
Aug. Chevalier [22729] Benin K004197719 Yes
s.coll. [33] Nigeria K004197729 Yes
Emwiogbon, J.A. [FHI65909] Nigeria K004197743 Yes
Van der Meiren [56] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004197813 Yes
Harris, D.J. [2378] Cameroon K:SPC-63065.000 No
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [5218] Cameroon K004197832 Yes
Harris, D.J. [3011] Cote d'Ivoire K:SPC-63110.000 No
Leslie [39] Nigeria K004197731 Yes
Talbot, P.A. [1420] Nigeria K004197726 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [929A] Nigeria K004197744 Yes
s.coll. [33] Nigeria K004197730 Yes
Hombert [577] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004197811 Yes
Kennedy, J.D. [2040] Nigeria K004197723 Yes
Mildbraed, J. [8809] Cameroon K004197802 Yes
Harris, D.J. [2378] Cameroon K000094495 Yes
Louis, J.L.P. [16897] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004197815 Yes
Harris, D.J. [3262] Congo, Republic of the K:SPC-63026.000 No
Thomas, D.W. [618] Cameroon K:SPC-43429.000 No
Westphal, E.; Westphal-Stevels, J.M.C. [10131] Cameroon K004197796 Yes
Gartlan, J.S. [23] Cameroon K:SPC-07338.000 No
Emwiogbon, J.A. [FHI63130] Nigeria K004197742 Yes
Lowe, J.L. [2190] Nigeria K004197736 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [1122] Nigeria K004197745 Yes
Mildbraed, J. [8400] Cameroon K004197797 Yes
Emwiogbon, J.A. [FHI63114] Nigeria K004197741 Yes
Breteler, F.J.; Nzabi, T.; Wieringa, J.J. [12943] Gabon K004197821 Yes
Dawe, M.T. [254] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004197837 Yes
Zenker, G.A. [1706] Cameroon K000435086 Type Yes
Harris, D.J. [2782] Cameroon K004197799 Yes
Harris, D.J. [2500] Cameroon K:SPC-63109.000 No
s.coll. [96] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004197808 Yes
Bos, J.J. [6635] Cameroon K004197834 Yes
Corbisier [1161] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004197810 Yes
Latilo, M.G. [FHI41334] Nigeria K004197739 Yes
Latilo, M.G.; Daramola, B.O. [FHI28870] Cameroon K004197801 Yes
Harris, D.J. [2546] Cameroon K:SPC-63024.000 No
Maudoux, E. [59] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004197809 Yes
Le Testu, M.G. [8065] Gabon K004197825 Yes
Sierra Leone K:SPC-66538.000 No
Leonard, A. [3859] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004197818 Yes
Harris, D.J. [2864] Gabon K004197822 Yes
Harris, D.J. [2377] Cameroon K000094496 Yes
Onyeachusim; Latilo [FHI54046] Nigeria K004197740 Yes
J. T. Baldwin, Jr [9652A] Guinea K004197764 Yes
[McLead] [s.n.] Nigeria K004197732 No
Onochie, C.F.A. [FHI33416] Nigeria K004197717 Yes
Harris, D.J. [3011] Cote d'Ivoire K:SPC-60003.000 No
Deighton, F.C. [FCD2606] Sierra Leone K004197765 No
[Rowland] [s.n.] Nigeria K004197713 Yes
Irving [74] Nigeria K000435081 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [1123] K004197804 Yes
Louis, J. [4267] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004197814 Yes
[Barker] [2013] Sao Tome and Principe K004197805 Yes
Kennedy, J.D. [2040] Nigeria K004197722 Yes
Letouzey, R. [11401] Cameroon K004197830 Yes
Daramola, B.O. [316] Nigeria K004197725 Yes
Muller, H. [24] Nigeria K004197712 Yes
Bates, G.L. [1842] Cameroon K004197836 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [929] Nigeria K004197746 Yes
Dawodu, J.B. [22] Nigeria K004197711 Yes
Klaine, R.P. [s.n.] Gabon K004197826 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K004197714 Yes
Aug. Chevalier [22752] Benin K004197721 Yes
s.coll. [33] Nigeria K004197728 Yes
Harris, D.J. [2468] Cameroon K:SPC-63072.000 No
Kennedy, J.D. [2040] Nigeria K004197724 Yes
Dinklage [2112] Liberia K004197748 Yes
Harris, D.J. [2486] Cameroon K:SPC-63074.000 No
Bos, J.J. [4188] Cameroon K004197835 Yes
Aug. Chevalier [14789] French Guiana K004197763 Yes
Ebuade, J. [9118] Nigeria K004197738 Yes
Harris, D.J. [2483] Cameroon K:SPC-63123.000 No
s.coll. [33] Nigeria K004197733 Yes
Harris, D,J. [2500B] Cameroon K:SPC-63035.000 No
Aug. Chevalier [22331] Cote d'Ivoire K004197766 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E. [8471] Cameroon K004197829 Yes
Aug. Chevalier [22729] Benin K004197720 Yes
Harris, D.J. [3247] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004197819 Yes
Bytebier, B.; Luke, W.R.Q.; Bujo, F. [3308] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004197806 Yes

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    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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    • '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 Red List of Threatened Species
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  • 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/
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