Khaya euryphylla

Taxonavigation[edit]

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: Khaya
Species: Khaya euryphylla

Khaya euryphylla Harms, Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 3(28): 169–170 (1902)

Note: placed under K. anthotheca (Welw.) C.DC. by Hutchinson et al. (1954) and Bouka Dipelet et al. (2017), but reinstated by Bouka et al. (2022).
Type: A. Staudt 677 (in flower, March 1896; Holotype: B [destroyed]; Lectotype: K [K000094091^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, numbered '877', designated by Bouka Dipelet et al. 2017: 18]; Isolectotypes: G [G00414647 (361555/1)^(GBIF)], P [P00453253^(GBIF)]).
Type locality: Kamerun [= Cameroon]. Johann-Albrechtshöhe [= Kumba].

Heterotypic
- Khaya mildbraedii Harms, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7(65): 223 (1917); placed under K. anthotheca by Hutchinson et al. (1954) and Bouka Dipelet et al. (2017)
  - Type: G.W.J. Mildbraed 8698 (in flower, [March 1914]; Holotype: B [destroyed]; Lectotype: K [K001089643^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, designated by Bouka Dipelet et al. 2017: 18]).
  - Type locality: Kamerun [= Cameroon]. "Weit nach Norden bis in den Bogen des Lom (Sanaga) vor der Vereinigung mit dem Djerem vorgeschobener Auslaufer der geschlossenen Hylaea um Dengdeng etwa 250 Km N O Jaunde" [= Far to the north till the meander of the Lom (Sanaga) before the confluence with the Djérem, the forward end of the mountain range of the closed Hylaea around Dengdeng about 250 km NE Yaoundé].

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

Harms, H. 1902. Über das Vorkommen der Meliaceen-Gattung Pseudocedrela Harms im Togogebiete, nebst Bemerkungen über die bisher in Afrika nachgewiesenen Mahagoni-Bäume. Notizblatt des Königl. botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin 3(28): 167–170. (German) DOI: 10.2307/3994034 . BHL. Reference page.

Harms, H. 1917. Meliaceae africanae. Notizblatt des Königl. botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin 7(65): 223–232. (German) DOI: 10.2307/3994347 . Reference page.
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.
Lejoly, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. 2010. Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1–307. 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 page 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.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Khaya euryphylla. Accessed: 2024 January 13.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Khaya euryphylla 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.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Khaya euryphylla. Published online. Accessed: 13 January 2024.
Tropicos.org 2024. Khaya euryphylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 January 2024.