Cola acuminata

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 acuminata

Name

Cola acuminata (P.Beauv.) Schott & Endl., 1832

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Bichea acuminata (P.Beauv.) Farw. in Druggists' Circ. 61: 231 (1917)
- Edwardia acuminata (P.Beauv.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 79 (1891)
- Sterculia acuminata P.Beauv. in Fl. Oware 1: 41 (1805)
Heterotypic
- Bichea solitaria Stokes in Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 565 (1812)
- Bichea sulcata Pierre ex A.Chev. in Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 6: 129 (1911)
- Braxipis grandiflora Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 72 (1838)
- Clompanus longifolia Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 78 (1891)
- Cola acuminata var. grandiflora (Vent.) K.Schum. in Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 125 (1900)
- Cola acuminata var. kamerunensis K.Schum. in Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 125 (1900)
- Cola acuminata var. trichandra K.Schum. in Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 125 (1900)
- Cola grandiflora (Vent.) Schott & Endl. in Melet. Bot.: 33 (1832)
- Cola ledermannii Engl. & K.Krause in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 562 (1912)
- Cola macrocarpa (G.Don) Schott & Endl. in Melet. Bot.: 38 (1832)
- Cola pseudoacuminata Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & C.G.O.Drude, Veg. Erde 9(III 2): 465 (1921)
- Colaria acuminata Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 73 (1838)
- Edwardia lurida Raf. in Specchio Sci. 1: 158 (1814)
- Helicteres paniculata Lour. in Fl. Cochinch.: 531 (1790)
- Icosinia paniculata (Lour.) Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 75 (1838)
- Lunanea bichy DC. in Prodr. 2: 92 (1825)
- Siphoniopsis monoica H.Karst. in Fl. Columb. 1: 139 (1861)
- Southwellia longifolia Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 73 (1838)
- Sterculia grandiflora Vent. in Jard. Malmaison: t. 91 (1805)
- Sterculia macrocarpa G.Don in Gen. Hist. 1: 515 (1831)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Western Africa
  - Angola, Benin, Cabinda, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Nigeria, Togo
- Regional: Central Africa
  - Central African Repu, Zaïre
- Introduced into:
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Marianas, Puerto Rico, Sierra Leone, Trinidad-Tobago

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

References

Primary references

Schott, H.W. & Endlicher, S.L. 1832. Meletemata Botanica. C. Gerold, Wien. 36 pp. BHL Reference page. : 33.

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 acuminata 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 acuminata. Published online. Accessed: November 04 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Cola acuminata. 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 acuminata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 November 2023.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cola acuminata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

ak: Bese
العربية: جوز الزنج
azərbaycanca: Sivri kola
čeština: Kolovník zašpičatělý
dansk: Abata-Kola
English: abata cola
español: nuez de cola, nuez de Sudán
فارسی: درخت کولا
suomi: Koolapuu
français: Faux colatier, Cola mâl
galego: Árbore da cola
перем коми: Кола (быдмас)
коми: Кола (быдмӧг)
latviešu: Кола (ххяххия)
кырык мары: Кола (пушӓнгӹ)
polski: Kola zaostrzona
русский: Кола заострённая
удмурт: Кола (будос)

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