Irvingiaceae
Irvingia

Irvingia grandifolia (Engl.) Engl.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 288 (1911)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nigeria to W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Nigeria, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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

  • Bot. Jahrb. 46: 288, fig. 4 (1911).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 1993 Breteler, F.J. [FHI 24720] Cameroon K000094494 Yes
May 1, 1993 Zenker, G.A. [3348] Cameroon K000435180 Type Yes
Sankey, H.J. [s.n.] Nigeria K004197782 Yes
Harris, D.J. [2399] Cameroon K:SPC-63187.000 No
Thomas, D.W. [1203] Cameroon K000875993 Yes
Harris, D.J. [2498] Cameroon K000094497 Yes
Harris, D.J. [2498] Cameroon K:SPC-59993.000 No
Sankey, H.J. [s.n.] Nigeria K004197783 Yes
Harris, D.J. [2572] Central African Republic K:SPC-59997.000 No
Harris, D.J. [2480] Cameroon K000094493 Yes
Latilo, M.G.; Adebusuyi, J.K. [FHI43452] Nigeria K004197784 Yes
Harris, D.J. [2491] Cameroon K000094498 Yes
Harris, D.J. [1345] Central African Republic K:SPC-63136.000 No
Fay, J.M.; Harris, D.J. [8703] Central African Republic K:SPC-60379.000 No
Harris, D.J. [2491] Cameroon K:SPC-63104.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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