Newtonia buchananii

Possible holotype of Newtonia buchananii (K000232290)

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Mimoseae
Genus: Newtonia
Species: Newtonia buchananii

Name

Newtonia buchananii (Baker) G.C.C.Gilbert & Boutique, Fl. Congo Belge 3: 213 (1952)

• Typus: J. Buchanan 192 (1891; holotypus: K {K000232290^(JSTOR) [leaves, stem(s), flowers], K000232291^(JSTOR) [fruit]}; isotypi: E00279473^(JSTOR), US00902496-806715^(JSTOR)).
• Type locality: Nyassaland[Malawi].

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Piptadenia buchananii Baker, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 354 (1894); as 'Piptadenia Buchanani'
• Heterotypic
  • Piptadenia schweinfurthii Taub. ex Engl., Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 44 (1894)
  • Piptadenia lujae De Wild., Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles 44(1): 215 (1925); not accepted by Gilbert & Boutique [cited as Newtonia buchananii]

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West Tropical Africa Nigeria. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaïre. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Triopical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Baker, J.G. 1894. 94. Piptadenia Buchanani. In 412. Decadas Kewenses. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens Kew 1894: 353–358. BHL
• 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. 
• 1952. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi: Spermatophytes. Institut national pour l’étude agronomique du Congo belge.

Additional references

• Brenan, J.P.M. 1959. Flora of Tropical East Africa: Leguminosae, subfamily Mimosoideae. London: Crown Agents for Overseas Governments &​ Administrations. 173 pp. ISBN 978-1-84246-276-8 [Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Legum. (Part 1)] JSTOR Global Plants Reference page. 
• Beentje, H.J. 1994. Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. 762 p. Online. ISBN 9966-9861-0-3. Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Newtonia buchananii (Baker) G.C.C.Gilbert & Boutiqu (Least Concern) - Assessed by R. Hills on 24 April 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Newtonia buchananii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 April 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Newtonia buchananii. Published online. Accessed: 5 May 2021.

• Tropicos.org 2022. Newtonia buchananii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 April 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Newtonia buchananii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 5 May 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Forest Newtonia
Gĩkũyũ: Mũkũi
Luganda: Mpewere
chiShona: Mufumoti
Kiswahili: Mnyasa