Xanthocercis zambesiaca

Xanthocercis zambesiaca
Xanthocercis zambesiaca

Taxonavigation edit

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: Faboideae
Tribus: Sophoreae
Genus: Xanthocercis
Species: Xanthocercis zambesiaca

Name edit

Xanthocercis zambesiaca (Baker) Dumaz-le-Grand, 1953

Synonyms edit

  • Sophora zambesiaca Baker, Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 253 (1871)
  • Pseudocadia zambesiaca (Baker) Harms, Engl. Pflanzenw. Afr. 3: 1. (Engl. & Drude, Veg. der Erde. 9) 524 (1915)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Zambia, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

  • Povydysh, M.n., Goncharov, M.Yu & Yakovlev, G.P. (2010). Taxonomic revision and phylogeny of the tribe Angylocalyceae (Fabaceae) Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 95: 1135-1161.
  • Brummitt, R.K. & al. (2007). Flora Zambesiaca 3(3): 1-258. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

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Vernacular names edit

English: mashatu tree, nyala tree
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