Cola laurifolia

Cola laurifolia

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: Sterculioideae
Genus: Cola
Species: Cola laurifolia

Name

Cola laurifolia Mast., 1868

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Edwardia laurifolia (Mast.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 79 (1891)
  • Sterculia laurina Roberty in Bull. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 15: 1402 (1953), non Ettingsh. (1858), fossil name.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Western Africa Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Regional: Central Africa Central African Repu, Mali, Niger References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Mast. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), 1868. Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 222

Additional references

• Govaerts, R. 1999. World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b). 1532 pp.. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-5720-098-8 (issue 1), ISBN 90-5720-099-6 (issue 2b). Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Cola laurifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Cola laurifolia. Published online. Accessed: November 04 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Cola laurifolia. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 04. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Cola laurifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 November 2023.

Vernacular names

bamanankan: Worojɔn
Hausa: Karanga

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