Khaya grandifoliola

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 grandifoliola

Name

Khaya grandifoliola C.DC., Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 10. (1907)

Type: A. Chevalier 5769, 21 October 1902 (Lectotype: MNHN-P-P06674526; Isolectotype: MNHN-P-P00453239); designated by Bouka Dipelet & al. (2017: 18).
Type locality: République Centrafricaine [The Central African Republic]. Territory of the Ubangi (basin of the Haut Ombella, 'Pays des Mbrous').

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Khaya grandifolia Thompson, Colonial Reports Annual Miscellaneous 51: 4 (1898), nom. nud.; not accepted by Bouka Dipelet & al. (2017)
- Khaya grandis Stapf, Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. 9: 152 (1908); not accepted by Hutchinson, Dalziel & Keay (1954–1958) and Bouka Dipelet & al. (2017)
  - Type: A.H. Unwin 17 (in flower), s.d. (Holotype: K; Isotypes: K, 2 parts; MNHN-P-P06139103).
  - Type locality: Southern Nigeria.
- Khaya punchii Stapf, Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. 9: 152 (1908); not accepted by Hutchinson, Dalziel & Keay (1954–1958) and Bouka Dipelet & al. (2017)
  - Type: C. Punch 104, March 1901 (Holotype: K).
  - Type locality: undescribed.
- Khaya kerstingii Harms in H.G.A.Engler & O.Drude, Veg. Erde 9(III 1): 803 (1915); not accepted by Hutchinson, Dalziel & Keay (1954–1958)
  - Type: O. Kersting 562, January 1908 (Holotype: B†).
  - Type locality: Togo. Bez. Sokodé-Basari.
- Khaya kissiensis A.Chev., Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 117 (1920), nom. nud.; not accepted by Hutchinson, Dalziel & Keay (1954–1958) and Bouka Dipelet & al. (2017)
- Khaya dawei Stapf ex Broun & R.E.Massey, Fl. Sudan: 231 (1929); not accepted by Bouka Dipelet & al. (2017)
  - Type: G.A. Schweinfurth 103, 28 February 1870 (Holotype: K).
  - Type locality: [South] Sudan. Bahr al Gazar, Linduku River.

Notes

Khaya kissiensis, nom. nud. is based on the following two specimens: A. Chevalier 20687 (MNHN-P-P00528032; GUINEA. Around the Kissi, Doudou, 5 February 1909) and A. Chevalier 23774 (MNHN-P-P00453227; BENIN. Around Savalou, Cabolé, in an islet of forest, 27 May 1910).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Togo.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Central African Republic, Zaïre
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Uganda.

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

References

Primary references

Candolle, Casim. de 1907. Meliaceæ 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: 9–13. DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1907.10833386. Reference page. BHL
Engler, A. & Drude, O. 1915. Die Vegetation der Erde: Sammlung pflanzengeographischer Monographien. 9(III 1): 865 pgs. BHL Reference page. [see page 803.]
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. [see page 117.]

Additional references

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 18–20, 26.]

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Khaya grandifoliola in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 2. Reference page.
Specimen: K000662787, The Kew Herbarium Catalogue. Accessed: 2 May 2021
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Khaya grandifoliola. Published online. Accessed: 2 May 2021.
IUCN: Khaya grandifoliola C.DC. (Vulnerable)
Tropicos.org 2021. Khaya grandifoliola. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 May 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Khaya grandifoliola in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2 May 2021.