Cola nitida

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 nitida

Name

Cola nitida (Vent.) Schott & Endl., 1832

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Bichea nitida (Vent.) Farw. in Amer. J. Pharm. 94: 428 (1922)
- Braxipis nitida (Vent.) Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 72 (1838)
- Sterculia nitida Vent. in Jard. Malmaison: t. 91 (1805)
Heterotypic
- Cola acuminata var. latifolia K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 127 (1900)
- Cola alba A.Chev. in Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 150: 624 (1910)
- Cola astrophora Warb. in Tropenpflanzer 6: 627 (1902)
- Cola vera K.Schum. in Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 3: 15 (1902)
- Sterculia cola Pers. in Syn. Pl. 2: 239 (1806)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Western Africa
  - Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zaïre
- Introduced into:
  - Central African Repu, Comoros, Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Sri Lanka, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam, Windward Is.

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

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Parlaq kola
eʋegbe: Goroti
English: kola nut, cola, kola, bitter kola
euskara: Kola
français: Cola vrai, goro
polski: Kola błyszcząca
Türkçe: Kola ağacı

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