Baillonella toxisperma

Type specimen of Baillonella obovata (H. Lecomte 66)

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Ericales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Sapotaceae
Subfamilia: Sapotoideae
Tribus: Sapoteae
Genus: Baillonella
Species: Baillonella toxisperma

Name

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Baillonella toxisperma Pierre, Notes Bot. Sapot. 1: 14 (1890); not accepted by Perrot (1907: 160) [cited as Mimusops Djave], Dubard (1915: 37) and Perrot (1943:II) [cited as Baillonella Djave], but accepted by Hepper (1963: 21), Keay, Onochie & Stanfield (1964: 350), Govaerts (1996) and Govaerts, Frodin & Pennington (2001 publ. 2002)

Synonyms

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  • Heterotypic
    • Bassia djave Laness., Pl. Util. Col. Franç.: 837 (1886), nom. inval.; as Bassia-djave; not accepted by Perrot (1907: 160) [cited as Mimusops Djave], Dubard (1915: 37) [cited as Baillonella Djave] and Perrot (1943:II) [cited as Baillonella Djave]
    • Mimusops djave Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 1: 279 (1897); accepted by Perrot (1907: 160), Unwin (1920), Hutchinson & Dalziel (1931: 14) and Staner (1941), but not accepted by Dubard (1915: 37), Perrot (1943:II) [cited as Baillonella Djave], Keay, Onochie & Stanfield (1964: 350) and Govaerts, Frodin & Pennington (2001 publ. 2002) [cited as Baillonella toxisperma]
    • Mimusops obovata Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 1: 279 (1897), nom. illeg., non Mimusops obovata Sond., Linnaea 23: 75 (1850); not accepted by Perrot (1907: 171) [cited as Mimusops Pierreana] and Govaerts, Frodin & Penningron (2001 publ. 2002) [cited as Baillonella toxisperma]
    • Baillonella obovata Pierre ex Engl., Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 8: 82 (1904), nom. illeg.; accepted by Dubard (1915: 37), but not accepted by Perrot (1907: 171) [cited as Mimusops Pierreana], Govaerts (1996) and Govaerts, Frodin & Pennington (2001 publ. 2002) [cited as Baillonella toxisperma]
    • Mimusops pierreana Engl., Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 8: 82 (1904); accepted by Perrot (1907: 171), but not accepted by Dubard (1915: 37) [cited as Baillonella obovata] and Govaerts, Frodin & Pennington (2001 publ. 2002) [cited as Baillonella toxisperma]
    • Baillonella djave (Engl.) Pierre ex Dubard, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 3, 3: 37 (1915); accepted by Perrot (1943:II), but not accepted by Perrot (1907: 160) [cited as Mimusops Djave], Govaerts (1996) and Govaerts, Frodin & Pennington (2001 publ. 2002) [cited as Baillonella toxisperma]
    • Baillonella pierriana (Engl.) A.Chev., Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 23: 127 (1943); not accepted by Govaerts (1996) and Govaerts, Frodin & Pennington (2001 publ. 2002) [cited as Baillonella toxisperma]
    • Baillonella toxisperma var. obovata Aubrév. & Pellegr., Fl. Gabon 1: 57 (1961); not accepted by Govaerts (1996) and Govaerts, Frodin & Pennington (2001 publ. 2002) [cited as Baillonella toxisperma]

Notes

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Perrot (1907: 160) also cited Tieghemella africana Pierre as a synonym of these taxa, but this treatment has been judged to be an error by Mouly & al. (2010). Note that synonymy given by Perrot also included Bassia toxisperma Raoul and Tieghemella jollyana Pierre.

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: West Tropical Africa
      • Nigeria
    • Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Zaïre

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

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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Vernacular names

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English: Moabi, African Pearwood, Djave Nut
Igbo: Oko uku (Keay, Onochie & Stanfield 1964: 350), Ungu (Unwin 1920)
日本語: モアビ
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