Khaya anthotheca

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Meliaceae
Subfamilia: Cedreloideae
Genus: Khaya
Species: Khaya anthotheca

Khaya anthotheca (Welw.) C.DC., Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 1: 721 (1878)

Basionym
- Garretia anthotheca Welw., Apont.: 587. (1859), as "Garretia anthoteca"
  - Type: F.M. Welwitsch 1314 (in flower, April 1856; Lectotype: BM [BM000799818^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, designated by Bouka Dipelet et al. 2017: 17]).
    - Note: BM, COI, G, K, LISU, M, P and PRE hold further specimens of the apparently same collection, but Bouka Dipelet et al. (2017) regard all of them as syntypes.
  - Type locality: Angola. Mountains of Queta.
Heterotypic
- Khaya wildemanii Ghesq., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 13(Suppl. Bot.): 29. (1926); not accepted by Robyns (1948–1963) and Bouka Dipelet et al. (2017) [cited as K. anthotheca]
  - Type: J. Ghesquière 62 (in fruit, October 1924; Lectotype: BR [BR0000008954107^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], designated by Bouka Dipelet et al. 2017: 18]; Isolectotypes: BR {BR0000008954077^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, BR0000008954404^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, BR0000008954435^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, BR0000008954763^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, BR0000009825352^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}).
  - Type locality: Congo Belge [= The Democratic Republic Of The Congo]. Kasai.

Some names formerly placed under Khaya anthotheca were reinstated by Bouka et al. (2022); vide Khaya agboensis A.Chev., K. euryphylla Harms et K. nyasica Stapf ex Baker f..

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Guinea.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, Zaïre.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola.

Candolle, A.L.P.P. de & Candolle, A.C.P. de (eds.) 1878. Monographiae phanerogamarum: Prodromi nunc continuatio, nunc revisio. Vol. primum. Smilaceae, Restiaceae, Meliaceae. G. Masson, Paris. 783 pp. BHL Reference page.

Welwitsch, F. 1859 ["1858"]. Apontamentos Phytogeographicos. Annaes do Conselho Ultramarino, ser. 1, parte nâo official, ser. 1 1: 526–580. Archive Reference page.
Robyns, W. et al. (eds.) 1948–1963. Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi.
Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. 1954. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Vol. 1(1), 2^nd ed. Pp. I–VIII, 1–295. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London. Reference page.
Bouka Dipelet, U.G., Florence, J., Doumenge, C., Loumeto, J.J. & McKey, D. 2017. Khayae (Meliaceae) specierum Nomenclator. Adansonia, sér. 3, 39(1): 15–30. DOI: 10.5252/a2017n1a2 ResearchGate Reference page. [see pages 17–18]
Bouka, G.U.D., Doumenge, C., Ekué, M.R.M., Daïnou, K., Florence, J., Degen, B., Loumeto, J.J., McKey, D. & Hardy, O.J. 2022. Khaya revisited: Genetic markers and morphological analysis reveal six species in the widespread taxon K. anthotheca. Taxon 71(4): 814–832. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12720 (via Wikipedia Library ). Reference page.

Hawthorne, W., 1998. Khaya anthotheca. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998. IUCN Red List Category: Vulnerable . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32235A9690061.en.
Tropicos.org 2021. Khaya anthotheca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 April 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Khaya anthotheca in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 30 April 2021.
Khaya anthotheca - Taxonomy
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Khaya anthotheca. Accessed: 2024 January 13.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Khaya anthotheca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Khaya anthotheca. Published online. Accessed: 13 January 2024.

Kiswahili: Mkangazi