Cynometra letestui

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: Detarioideae
Tribus: Amherstieae
Genus: Cynometra
Species: Cynometra letestui

Name

Cynometra letestui (Pellegr.) J.Léonard, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 21: 382 (1951); as Cynometra Le-Testui

• Type: Le Testu 2115 (in flower), 17 (or 18) September 1915 (P-MNHN-P00367472, P-MNHN-P00367473, P-MNHN-P00367474).
• Type locality: Congo Français (fide Pellegrin 1923; Gabon fide Léonard 1951). Mayombe bayaka. Tchibanga. (fide Pellegrin 1923) / Région de la Nyanga. (fide Léonard 1951)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Hymenostegia letestui Pellegr., Notul. Syst. (Paris) 4: 56 (1923); as Hymenostegia Le Testui
• Homotypic
  • Cynometra le-testui Pellegr., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 67: 386 (1920), nom. illeg., isonym; as Cynometra Le Testui

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cabinda, Gabon, Congo, Zaïre. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pellegrin, F. 1920. De quelques bois du Mayombe (Gabon). Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 67: 379–386. BHL
• Pellegrin, F. 1920[1923]. Révision du genre Hymenostegia Harms. Légumineuses-césalpiniées. Notulae Systematicae 4(2): 54–57. BHL Reference page. 
• Léonard, J. 1951. Notulae systematicae XI: les Cynometra et les genres voisins en Afrique tropicale. Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 21: 373–450. JSTOR DOI: 10.2307/3666679 Reference page. 

Links

• Cynometra letestui (Pellegr.) J.Leonard, Catalogue of Life. Accessed: 24 May 2021.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cynometra letestui in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cynometra letestui. Published online. Accessed: 24 May 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Cynometra le-testui. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 May 2021.