Guibourtia copallifera

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

Guibourtia copallifera Benn., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1: 150 (1857)

Typus: W.F. Daniell [2] (BM-BM000842202).
Type locality: Africa Tropica Occidentalis[Sierra Leone]. Apud "Goderich" et "Lumley".

Homotypic
- Copaifera guibourtiana Benth., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 25: 317 (1865)
- Copaifera copallina Baill., Hist. Pl. 2: 142 (1870); as C. copallina
  - Note: Baillon obviously mistook the specific epithet, citing the bibliographical information of the basionym.
- Copaiba copallifera (Benn.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 172 (1891)
- Copaiva guibourtiana (Benth.) A.Lyons, Pl. Nam., ed. 2: 139 (1907)
- Copaifera copallifera (Benn.) Milne-Redh., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 400 (1934)
Heterotypic
- Copaifera vuilletiana A.Chev., Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 258 (1917); not accepted by Léonard (1949: 402) and Govaerts (1999) [cited as Guibourtia copallifera]
  - Typus: J. Vuillet 685 (P-P00390035).
  - Type locality: Moyen-Niger[Mali]. Environs du Koulicoro[Koulikoro], dans les rochers au bord des torrents.
- Copaifera vuilletii A.Chev., Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 234 (1920), nomen; as Copaifera Vuilletii
- Guibourtia vuilletiana (A.Chev.) A.Chev., Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 30: 631 (1950)

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Burkina, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Bennett, J.J. 1857. Description of the Kobo-tree, a new genus of Leguminosæ, collected by Dr. W. F. Daniell, F.L.S., in Sierra Leone. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society. Botany 1: 149–151. BHL Reference page.

Bentham, G. 1865. Description of some New Genera and Species of Tropical Leguminosæ. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 25(2): 297–320. BHL Reference page.
Baillon, H.E. 1870. Histoire des Plantes, Tome 2. 512. pp. Librairie Hachette, Paris, BHL Reference page.
Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars I. Pp. I–CLV, 1–374. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.] BHL Reference page.
Chevalier, A. 1917. Leguminosæ in Novitates floræ africanæ. Plantes nouvelles de l’Afrique tropicale française décrites d’après les collections de M. Aug. Chevalier. Mémoires de la Société Botanique de France 8: 257–259. DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1907.10833386. Reference page.
Chevalier, A. 1920. Exploration botanique de l'Afrique occidentale française. Tome I: Énumération des plantes récoltées avec une carte botanique, agricole et forestière. XV+798 pp. Paul Lechevallier, Paris. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.
Léonard, J. 1949. Notulae systematicae IV (Caesalpiniaceae-Amherstieae africanae americanaeque). Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 19: 383–408. DOI: 10.2307/3666831 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.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Guibourtia copallifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 November 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. 21. Published online. Accessed: November 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Guibourtia copallifera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 21 Novemver 2021.

English: Sierra Leone Copal
français: Copalier (de Guinée)