Cola nitida

Cola nitida

Cola nitida

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 nitida

Name

Cola nitida (Vent.) Schott & Endl., 1832

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Bichea nitida (Vent.) Farw. in Amer. J. Pharm. 94: 428 (1922)
  • Braxipis nitida (Vent.) Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 72 (1838)
  • Sterculia nitida Vent. in Jard. Malmaison: t. 91 (1805)
• Heterotypic
  • Cola acuminata var. latifolia K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 127 (1900)
  • Cola alba A.Chev. in Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 150: 624 (1910)
  • Cola astrophora Warb. in Tropenpflanzer 6: 627 (1902)
  • Cola vera K.Schum. in Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 3: 15 (1902)
  • Sterculia cola Pers. in Syn. Pl. 2: 239 (1806)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Western Africa Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zaïre Introduced into: Central African Repu, Comoros, Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Sri Lanka, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam, Windward Is. 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 nitida in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2023 November 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Cola nitida. Published online. Accessed November 04 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Cola nitida. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2023 November 04. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Cola nitida. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 04 November 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cola nitida in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Parlaq kola
eʋegbe: Goroti
English: kola nut, cola, kola, bitter kola
euskara: Kola
français: Cola vrai, goro
polski: Kola błyszcząca
Türkçe: Kola ağacı

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