Cordia africana

Cordia africana

Cordia africana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Boraginales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Euasterids I Ordo: Boraginales

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Cordioideae
Genus: Cordia
Species: Cordia africana

Name

Cordia africana Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1:420. 1792

Synonyms

• Calyptracordia abyssinica (R.Br.) Friesen
• Cordia abyssinica R.Br.
• Cordia amplifolia A.DC.
• Cordia harara Beck
• Cordia unyorensis Stapf
• Gerascanthus africanus (Lam.) Borhidi
• Gerascanthus holstii (Gürke) M.Kuhlm. & Mattos
• Lithocardium abyssinicum Kuntze
• Lithocardium amplifolium (A.DC.) Kuntze
• Varronia abyssinica (R.Br.) A.DC.
• Calyptraria africana DC.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Comoros, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda Continental:Africa Regional: Asia-Temperate Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Mauritius, Réunion References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lamarck, J.-B. 1791–1793 ["1791"]. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Botanique. Premiere livraison. XVI+496 pp., tt. 1–111. Panckoucke, Paris. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 1:420

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cordia africana in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct 09. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cordia africana. Published online. Accessed: Oct 09 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Cordia africana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct 09.
• Catalogue of Life: 2020 Annual Checklist
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cordia africana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: November 9, 2017.

Vernacular names

Gĩkũyũ: Mũringa

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