Entandrophragma cylindricum

Entandrophragma cylindricum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Meliaceae
Subfamilia: Cedreloideae
Genus: Entandrophragma
Species: Entandrophragma cylindricum

Name

Entandrophragma cylindricum (Sprague) Sprague, 1910

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Pseudocedrela cylindrica Sprague in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 257 (1908)
• Heterotypic
  • Entandrophragma cedreloides Harms in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 972 (1930)
  • Entandrophragma cylindricum var. ugoensis J.D.Kenn. in Forest Fl. S. Nigeria: 174 (1936), no Latin descr.
  • Entandrophragma lebrunii Staner in Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 19: 425 (1930)
  • Entandrophragma pseudocylindricum Vermoesen in Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 9(Suppl. Bot.): 52 (1921)
  • Entandrophragma rufum A.Chev. in Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 5: 201 (1909)
  • Entandrophragma tomentosum A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel in Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 1: 494 (1928)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Western Africa Cabinda, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo Regional: Central Africa Central African Repu, Uganda, Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• sprague, T.A., 1910. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew. Kew 1910:180.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2001. World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919. [unavailable to the public] Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Entandrophragma cylindricum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 13. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Entandrophragma cylindricum. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Entandrophragma cylindricum. Published online. Accessed: January 13 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Entandrophragma cylindricum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 January 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Entandrophragma cylindricum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
• IUCN: Entandrophragma cylindricum (Sprague) Sprague  (Vulnerable)

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Sapeli
English: Sapele, Sapelli, Aboudikro

For more multimedia, look at Entandrophragma cylindricum on Wikimedia Commons.