Lophira

Lophira lanceolata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Ochnaceae
Subfamilia: Ochnoideae
Tribus: Ochneae
Subtribus: Lophirinae
Genus: Lophira

Name

Lophira Banks ex C.F.Gaertn., Suppl. Carp.: 52(–53), t. 188, fig. 2. 1805.

• Type species:  Lophira alata Banks ex C.F.Gaertn., Suppl. Carp.: 52. 1805.

Overview of species

Accepted species

L. alata – L. lanceolata

Source(s) of checklist:
List based on accepted species according to African Plants Database – see references.

Names in synonymy

L. africana – L. barteri – L. macrophylla – L. procera – L. simplex – L. spatulata – L. thollonii

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Sudan. East Tropical Africa Uganda. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gaertner, C.F. 1805–1807. Supplementum carpologicae seu continuati operis Josephi Gaertner de fructibus et seminibus plantarum. 256 pp., tt. 181–225. C.F.E. Richter, [Leipzig]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. 1954. 63. Ochnaceae. Pp. 221–232 in Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol. 1(1), 2^nd ed. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London. Reference page. 
• Keay, R.W.J. 1954 ["1953"]. Revision of the "Flora of West Tropical Africa." – V. Kew Bulletin 8: 487–492. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Tieghem, P. van. 1901. Sur le genre Lophire considéré comme type d'une famille distincte, les Lophiracées. Journal de Botanique (Morot) 15: 169–194. BHL Reference page. 
• Verdcourt, B. 2005. Ochnaceae. In Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.), Flora of Tropical East Africa. 60 pp. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, United Kingdom. Online Reference page. 
• Yédomonhan, H. 2006. Ochnaceae DC. Pp. 828–832 in Akoègninou, A., Van der Burg, W.J. & Van der Maesen, L.J.G. (chief eds.), Flore analytique du Bénin. Backhuys Publishers, Cotonou & Wageningen. ISBN 90-5782-181-8. Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Lophira. Published online. Accessed 30 January 2019.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Lophira in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 January 30.
• GBIF
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lophira in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 2019-01-30.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Lophira. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 January 30.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Lophira. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 January 30.
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Lophira. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 30 January 2019.

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