Mansonia altissima

Mansonia altissima

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Helicteroideae
Tribus: Helictereae
Genus: Mansonia
Species: Mansonia altissima
Varieties: M. a. var. altissima – M. a. var. kamerunia

Name

Mansonia altissima (A.Chev.) A.Chev., Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 138 (1912)

• Syntypi: A.J.B. Chevalier 22281 (in flower, 4 August 1909; B 10 0417898 ex P, K-K000743691, P(-P00368252, -P00368253), S-S12-13953, WAG-WAG0358385; isosyntypus: BR-BR0000006295646) and A.J.B. Chevalier 22345 (in fruit, 12–20 November 1909; BR-BR0000005799701, P(-P00368254, -P00368255, -P01817650, -P02141590); isosyntypus: BR-BR0000006295691).
• Type locality: Côte d'Ivoire.
  • 22345: Baoulé-Nord, Anoumaba, le long de la voie ferrée[along the railway], kilomètre 140.
  • 22281: environs du Nzi, près Mbayakro[around Nzi, near Mbayakro].

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Achantia altissima A.Chev., Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 15: 547 (1909)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Ghana, Guinea (fide IUCN), Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Togo. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Chevalier, A. 1912. Sterculiaceæ 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: 138–139. DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1907.10833386. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Irvine, F.R. 1961. Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses. London: Oxford University Press. Google Books Reference page.  [see page 174.]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Mansonia altissima in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 October 16. Reference page. 
• another A. Chevalier 22281 in the Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K000241740 Accessed: 26 April 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Mansonia altissima. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 October 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Mansonia altissima. Published online. Accessed: 26 April 2021.
• IUCN: Mansonia altissima (A.Chev.) A.Chev. (Least Concern)
• Tropicos.org 2021. Mansonia altissima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 April 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Mansonia altissima in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 31 March 2021.

Vernacular names

ak: Aprono
français: Bété

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