Calpurnia aurea

Calpurnia aurea

Calpurnia aurea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Podalyrieae
Genus: Calpurnia
Species: Calpurnia aurea

Name

Calpurnia aurea (Aiton) Benth., 1837

Synonyms

• Calpurnia aurea ssp. sylvatica (Burch.) Brummitt
• Calpurnia lasiogyne E.Mey., Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. 3 (1836)
• Calpurnia subdecandra (L´Hér.) Schweick., Bothalia, 3: 237 (1937)
• Calpurnia sylvatica E.Mey., Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. 2 (1836)
• Podalyria aurea (Aiton) Willd., Sp. Pl. 2: 502 (1799)
• Robinia subdecandra L´Hérit., Stirp. Nov. 157, t. 75 (1791)
• Sophora aurea Aiton, Hort. Kew. ed. I. 2: 44 (1789)
• Sophora sylvatica Burch., Trav. S. Africa 2: 146 (1824)
• Virgilia aurea (Aiton) Lam., Illustr. 2: 454 (1793)
• Virgilia lasiogyne D.Dietr., Syn. Pl. 2: 1501 (1840)
• Virgilia sylvatica DC., Prod. 2: 98 (1825)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent India Introduced into: Galápagos, Jawa, Sri Lanka, Yemen References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bentham, G. 1837. Comm. Legum. Gen.: 26 (1837) (Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2: 90 (1839))

Additional references

• Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
• 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.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Calpurnia aurea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Calpurnia aurea. Published online. Accessed: May 26 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Calpurnia aurea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 May 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Calpurnia aurea. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 26. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Calpurnia aurea. Accessed: 26 May 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Calpurnia aurea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Geelkeurboom, Natalse geelkeur
English: Natal laburnum, Cape laburnum

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