Kuloa usambarensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Laurales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Magnoliids Ordo: Laurales

Familia: Lauraceae
Tribus: Cinnamomeae
Genus: Kuloa
Species: Kuloa usambarensis

Name

Kuloa usambarensis (Engl.) Trofimov & Rohwer, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 192(3): 528 (2020)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Ocotea usambarensis Engl., Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 51, 54 (1894), sine typo; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 182 (1895), cum typo
    • Type: C. Holst 2301 ([26 February or March] 1893; Holotype: B 10 0158911^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}; Isotypes: HBG [​HBG509027^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], K [​K000350954^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], M-0107900 / 29086 / 20127^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}).
    • Type locality: [Tanzania.] 13 [= Usagara-Usambara]: Nguelo [and] Mtai, im Urwald und Bachwald, 1100 m.
      • Note: for abbreviations, see Engler (1895: 5).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi [​fide Hassler], Rwanda [fide POWO], Zaïre. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Malawi, Zambia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Trofimov, D. & Rohwer, J.G. 2020. Towards a phylogenetic classification of the Ocotea complex (Lauraceae): an analysis with emphasis on the Old World taxa and description of the new genus Kuloa. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 192(3): 510–535. DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/boz088 . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Engler, A. 1894. Über die Gliederung der Vegetation von Usambara und der angrenzenden Gebiete. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalisch-mathematische Classe, Physikalische Abhandlungen 1894(1): 1–86. BHL Reference page. 
• Engler, A. (ed.) 1895. Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete. Theil C: Verzeichniss der bis jetzt aus Ost-Afrika bekannt gewordenen Pflanzen. III+433+40 pp., 45 tt. Dietrich Reimer, Berlin. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2022. Kuloa usambarensis. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 February 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Kuloa usambarensis. Published online. Accessed: 6 February 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Ocotea usambarensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 February 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ocotea usambarensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. - Last verified by ARS Systematic Botanists on 17 May 2017.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Kuloa usambarensis. Accessed: 2024 January 15.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Kuloa usambarensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 15. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: East African Camphorwood
Gĩkũyũ: Mũthaitĩ
Kiswahili: Kulo [Tanzania fide Trofimov & Rohwer 2020]