Cordyla (Fabaceae)

Cordyla africana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Swartzieae
Genus: Cordyla
Species: C. africana – C. densiflora – C. haraka – C. madagascariensis – C. pinnata – C. richardii – C. somalensis

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Cordyla in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Oct 24. Reference page.

Name

Cordyla Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2: 411 (1790).

Synonyms

• Calycandra Lepr. ex A.Rich., Guill. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent. 30 et 232, t. 9 (1832)
• Dupuya J.H.Kirkbr. in Novon 15: 307 (2005) (in synonymy by Govaerts and Hassler 2024)

Homonyms

• Cordyla Blume, Bijdr.: 416 (1825), nom. illeg. = Nervilia Comm. ex Gaudich. (Orchidaceae)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Loureiro, J. de. 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis: sistens plantas in regno Cochinchina nascentes. Quibus accedunt aliae observatae in Sinensi Imperio, Africa orientali, Indiaeque locis variis. Omnes dispositae secundum systema sexuale linnaeanum. Tomus II. Pp. 357–744, [745, err.] Typis, et expensis academicis, Ulyssipone [Lisbon]. BHL Reference page. : 411

Additional references

• Cardoso, D., São-Mateus, W.M., da Cruz, D.T., Zartman, C.E., Komura, D.L., Kite, G., Prenner, G., Wieringa, J.J., Clark, A., Lewis, G. & Pennington, R.T. 2015. Filling in the gaps of the papilionoid legume phylogeny: The enigmatic Amazonian genus Petaladenium is a new branch of the early-diverging Amburaneae clade. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 112–124. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.12.015 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 
• 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. 2024. Cordyla in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Oct 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cordyla. Published online. Accessed: Jun 05 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Cordyla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Jun 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Cordyla. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 05. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. (Cordyla). Cordyla (Fabaceae). Accessed: 05 Jun 2021.

Vernacular names

日本語: コルディラ属

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