Khaya senegalensis

Khaya senegalensis
Khaya senegalensis

Taxonavigation

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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 senegalensis

Name

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Khaya senegalensis (Desr.) A.Juss., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 19: 250 (Meliac. 98, t. 10) (1830 publ. 1831).

  • Type: Roussillon 71 (in flower), 1790[1789] (Lectotype: P-LA; Isolectotypes: G-G00414666, MNHN-P-P04695357); designated by Bouka Dipelet & al. (2017: 26).
  • Type locality: Senegal.

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
  • Heterotypic
    • Khaya senegalensis var. spectabilis A.Chev., Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 147 (1912); not accepted by Bouka Dipelet & al. (2017: 26)
      • Type: A. Chevalier 24426, 12–18 July 1910 (Lectotype: MNHN-P-P00391541; Isolectotypes: MNHN-P-P00391542, MNHN-P-P00391543); designated by Bouka Dipelet & al. (2017: 26).
      • Type locality: Burkina Faso. N'Gourma, route de Diapaga à Fada N'Gourma, Gargalenti. [Burkina Faso. N'Gourma, road of Diapaga to Fada N'Gourma, Gargalenti.]

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: West Tropical Africa
      • Benin, Burkina, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
    • Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon
    • Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad, Sudan
    • Regional: East Africa
      • Uganda

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

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Additional references

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Vernacular names

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bamanankan: Jala
eʋegbe: Maogen
English: African Mahogany
Fulfulde: Kahi
suomi: Senegalinkaijamahonki
français: Caïlcédrat
 
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