Cola acuminata

Cola acuminata

Cola acuminata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Sterculioideae
Genus: Cola
Species: Cola acuminata

Name

Cola acuminata (P.Beauv.) Schott & Endl., 1832

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Bichea acuminata (P.Beauv.) Farw. in Druggists' Circ. 61: 231 (1917)
  • Edwardia acuminata (P.Beauv.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 79 (1891)
  • Sterculia acuminata P.Beauv. in Fl. Oware 1: 41 (1805)
• Heterotypic
  • Bichea solitaria Stokes in Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 565 (1812)
  • Bichea sulcata Pierre ex A.Chev. in Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 6: 129 (1911)
  • Braxipis grandiflora Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 72 (1838)
  • Clompanus longifolia Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 78 (1891)
  • Cola acuminata var. grandiflora (Vent.) K.Schum. in Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 125 (1900)
  • Cola acuminata var. kamerunensis K.Schum. in Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 125 (1900)
  • Cola acuminata var. trichandra K.Schum. in Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 125 (1900)
  • Cola grandiflora (Vent.) Schott & Endl. in Melet. Bot.: 33 (1832)
  • Cola ledermannii Engl. & K.Krause in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 562 (1912)
  • Cola macrocarpa (G.Don) Schott & Endl. in Melet. Bot.: 38 (1832)
  • Cola pseudoacuminata Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & C.G.O.Drude, Veg. Erde 9(III 2): 465 (1921)
  • Colaria acuminata Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 73 (1838)
  • Edwardia lurida Raf. in Specchio Sci. 1: 158 (1814)
  • Helicteres paniculata Lour. in Fl. Cochinch.: 531 (1790)
  • Icosinia paniculata (Lour.) Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 75 (1838)
  • Lunanea bichy DC. in Prodr. 2: 92 (1825)
  • Siphoniopsis monoica H.Karst. in Fl. Columb. 1: 139 (1861)
  • Southwellia longifolia Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 73 (1838)
  • Sterculia grandiflora Vent. in Jard. Malmaison: t. 91 (1805)
  • Sterculia macrocarpa G.Don in Gen. Hist. 1: 515 (1831)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Western Africa Angola, Benin, Cabinda, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Nigeria, Togo Regional: Central Africa Central African Repu, Zaïre Introduced into: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Marianas, Puerto Rico, Sierra Leone, Trinidad-Tobago References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schott, H.W. & Endlicher, S.L. 1832. Meletemata Botanica. C. Gerold, Wien. 36 pp. BHL Reference page. : 33.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R. 1999. World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b). 1532 pp.. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-5720-098-8 (issue 1), ISBN 90-5720-099-6 (issue 2b). Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Cola acuminata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Cola acuminata. Published online. Accessed: November 04 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Cola acuminata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 04. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Cola acuminata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 November 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cola acuminata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

ak: Bese
العربية: جوز الزنج
azərbaycanca: Sivri kola
čeština: Kolovník zašpičatělý
dansk: Abata-Kola
English: abata cola
español: nuez de cola, nuez de Sudán
فارسی: درخت کولا
suomi: Koolapuu
français: Faux colatier, Cola mâl
galego: Árbore da cola
перем коми: Кола (быдмас)
коми: Кола (быдмӧг)
latviešu: Кола (ххяххия)
кырык мары: Кола (пушӓнгӹ)
polski: Kola zaostrzona
русский: Кола заострённая
удмурт: Кола (будос)

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