Cola laurifolia

Taxonavigation

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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

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Cola laurifolia Mast., 1868

Synonyms

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  • 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

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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

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Primary references

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

Additional references

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Vernacular names

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bamanankan: Worojɔn
Hausa: Karanga
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