Khaya anthotheca

Khaya anthotheca

Navigazione

Navigazione: 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: Khaya
Species: Khaya anthotheca

Nome

Khaya anthotheca (Welw.) C.DC., Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 1: 721 (1878)

Sinonimi

• Basionym
  • Garretia anthotheca Welw., Apont.: 587. (1859), as "Garretia anthoteca"
    • Type: F.M. Welwitsch 1314 (in flower, aprile 1856; Lectotype: BM [​BM000799818^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, designated by Bouka Dipelet et al. 2017: 17]).
      • Nota: BM, COI, G, K, LISU, M, P and PRE hold further specimens of the apparently same collection, but Bouka Dipelet et al. (2017) regard all of them as syntypes.
    • Località tipo: Angola. Mountains of Queta.
• Heterotypic
  • Khaya wildemanii Ghesq., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 13(Suppl. Bot.): 29. (1926); not accepted by Robyns (1948–1963) and Bouka Dipelet et al. (2017) [cited as K. anthotheca]
    • Type: J. Ghesquière 62 (in fruit, ottobre 1924; Lectotype: BR [​BR0000008954107^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], designated by Bouka Dipelet et al. 2017: 18]; Isolectotypes: BR {BR0000008954077^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, BR0000008954404^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, BR0000008954435^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, BR0000008954763^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, BR0000009825352^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}).
    • Località tipo: Congo Belge [= The Democratic Republic Of The Congo]. Kasai.

Notes

• Some names formerly placed under Khaya anthotheca were reinstated by Bouka et al. (2022); vide Khaya agboensis A.Chev., K. euryphylla Harms et K. nyasica Stapf ex Baker f..

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Guinea. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, Zaïre. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola. Riferimenti: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Riferimenti

Primary references

• Candolle, A.L.P.P. de & Candolle, A.C.P. de (eds.)  1878. Monographiae phanerogamarum: Prodromi nunc continuatio, nunc revisio. Vol. primum. Smilaceae, Restiaceae, Meliaceae. G. Masson, Paris. 783 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Welwitsch, F. 1859 ["1858"]. Apontamentos Phytogeographicos. Annaes do Conselho Ultramarino, ser. 1, parte nâo official, ser. 1 1: 526–580. Archive Reference page. 
• Robyns, W. et al. (eds.) 1948–1963. Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi.
• Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. 1954. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Vol. 1(1), 2^nd ed. Pp. I–VIII, 1–295. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London. Reference page. 
• Bouka Dipelet, U.G., Florence, J., Doumenge, C., Loumeto, J.J. & McKey, D. 2017. Khayae (Meliaceae) specierum Nomenclator. Adansonia, sér. 3, 39(1): 15–30. DOI: 10.5252/a2017n1a2 ResearchGate Reference page.  [see pages 17–18]
• Bouka, G.U.D., Doumenge, C., Ekué, M.R.M., Daïnou, K., Florence, J., Degen, B., Loumeto, J.J., McKey, D. & Hardy, O.J. 2022. Khaya revisited: Genetic markers and morphological analysis reveal six species in the widespread taxon K. anthotheca. Taxon 71(4): 814–832. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12720 (via Wikipedia Library ). Reference page. 

Collegamenti

• Hawthorne, W., 1998. Khaya anthotheca. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998. IUCN Red List Category: Vulnerable . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32235A9690061.en.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Khaya anthotheca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 29 aprile 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Khaya anthotheca in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 30 aprile 2021.
• Khaya anthotheca - Taxonomy
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Khaya anthotheca. Accessed: 2024 gennaio 13.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Khaya anthotheca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2024 gennaio 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Khaya anthotheca. Published online. Accessed 13 gennaio 2024.

Nomi comuni

Kiswahili: Mkangazi

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