Cynometra ananta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales

Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Regnum*: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Regnum*: Viridiplantae Cladus: Streptophyta Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta Cladus: Embryophyta Cladus: Polysporangiophyta Divisio*: Tracheophyta Cladus: Eutracheophyta Cladus: Euphyllophytina Cladus: Megaphylla Cladus: Radiatopses Cladus: Lignophyta Cladus: Metalignophyta Diviso*: Spermatophyta Classis*: Angiospermae Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicota Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Unieurosida Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Detarioideae
Tribus: Amherstieae
Genus: Cynometra
Species: Cynometra ananta

Name

Cynometra ananta Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 1(2): 331 (1928), Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1928(9): 381 (1928)

• Type: T.F. Chipp 11, 8 November 1911 (holotype: K-K000043655).
• Type locality: Ankobra River Basin, Ghana.

Notes

According to Radosavljevic (2019), Cynometra ananta along with other mainland tropical African (but not all) species of the genus Cynometra should be excluded from the genus and will be transferred to a new as yet un-named genus in the future.

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Hutchinson, J. & Dalziel, J.M. 1927. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Vol. 1(1). 246 pp. Crown Agents for the Colonies, London. Reference page. 
• Hutchinson, J. & Dalziel, J.M. 1928. Tropical African plants: V. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) 1928: 380–382. JSTOR Reference page. 

Additional references

• Irvine, F.R. 1961. Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses. London: Oxford University Press. Google Books Reference page.  [see page 293.]
• Radosavljevic, A. 2019. The rise of Cynometra (Leguminosae) and the fall of Maniltoa: a generic re-circumscription and the addition of 4 new species. PhytoKeys 127: 1–37. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.127.29817 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cynometra ananta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cynometra ananta. Published online. Accessed: 6 May 2021. Reference page.
• IUCN: Cynometra ananta Hutch. & Dalziel (Least Concern)
• Tropicos.org 2021. Cynometra ananta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 May 2021. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• Akan: Ananta
• français: Apomé