Khaya grandifoliola

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: Khaya
Species: Khaya grandifoliola

Name

Khaya grandifoliola C.DC., Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 10. (1907)

• Type: A. Chevalier 5769, 21 October 1902 (Lectotype: MNHN-P-P06674526; Isolectotype: MNHN-P-P00453239); designated by Bouka Dipelet & al. (2017: 18).
• Type locality: République Centrafricaine [The Central African Republic]. Territory of the Ubangi (basin of the Haut Ombella, 'Pays des Mbrous').

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Khaya grandifolia Thompson, Colonial Reports Annual Miscellaneous 51: 4 (1898), nom. nud.; not accepted by Bouka Dipelet & al. (2017)
  • Khaya grandis Stapf, Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. 9: 152 (1908); not accepted by Hutchinson, Dalziel & Keay (1954–1958) and Bouka Dipelet & al. (2017)
    • Type: A.H. Unwin 17 (in flower), s.d. (Holotype: K; Isotypes: K, 2 parts; MNHN-P-P06139103).
    • Type locality: Southern Nigeria.
  • Khaya punchii Stapf, Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. 9: 152 (1908); not accepted by Hutchinson, Dalziel & Keay (1954–1958) and Bouka Dipelet & al. (2017)
    • Type: C. Punch 104, March 1901 (Holotype: K).
    • Type locality: undescribed.
  • Khaya kerstingii Harms in H.G.A.Engler & O.Drude, Veg. Erde 9(III 1): 803 (1915); not accepted by Hutchinson, Dalziel & Keay (1954–1958)
    • Type: O. Kersting 562, January 1908 (Holotype: B†).
    • Type locality: Togo. Bez. Sokodé-Basari.
  • Khaya kissiensis A.Chev., Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 117 (1920), nom. nud.; not accepted by Hutchinson, Dalziel & Keay (1954–1958) and Bouka Dipelet & al. (2017)
  • Khaya dawei Stapf ex Broun & R.E.Massey, Fl. Sudan: 231 (1929); not accepted by Bouka Dipelet & al. (2017)
    • Type: G.A. Schweinfurth 103, 28 February 1870 (Holotype: K).
    • Type locality: [South] Sudan. Bahr al Gazar, Linduku River.

Notes

Khaya kissiensis, nom. nud. is based on the following two specimens: A. Chevalier 20687 (MNHN-P-P00528032; GUINEA. Around the Kissi, Doudou, 5 February 1909) and A. Chevalier 23774 (MNHN-P-P00453227; BENIN. Around Savalou, Cabolé, in an islet of forest, 27 May 1910).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Togo. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Central African Republic, Zaïre Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Uganda. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Candolle, Casim. de 1907. Meliaceæ in Novitates floræ africanæ. Plantes nouvelles de l’Afrique tropicale française décrites d’après les collections de M. Aug. Chevalier. Mémoires de la Société Botanique de France 8: 9–13. DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1907.10833386. Reference page.  BHL
• Engler, A. & Drude, O. 1915. Die Vegetation der Erde: Sammlung pflanzengeographischer Monographien. 9(III 1): 865 pgs. BHL Reference page.  [see page 803.]
• Chevalier, A. 1920. Exploration botanique de l'Afrique occidentale française. Tome I: Énumération des plantes récoltées avec une carte botanique, agricole et forestière. XV+798 pp. Paul Lechevallier, Paris. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.  [see page 117.]

Additional references

• 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 18–20, 26.]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Khaya grandifoliola in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 2. Reference page. 
• Specimen: K000662787, The Kew Herbarium Catalogue. Accessed: 2 May 2021
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Khaya grandifoliola. Published online. Accessed: 2 May 2021.
• IUCN: Khaya grandifoliola C.DC. (Vulnerable)
• Tropicos.org 2021. Khaya grandifoliola. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 May 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Khaya grandifoliola in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2 May 2021.