Khaya senegalensis

Khaya senegalensis

Khaya senegalensis

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 senegalensis

Name

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

• Basionym
  • Swietenia senegalensis Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 679 (1792)
• 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

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

References

Primary references

• Lamarck, J.-B. 1789–1792 [1789]. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique. Tome 3. viii + 759 pp. Panckoucke, Paris; Plomteux, Liége. BHL Reference page. 
• Jussieu, A.H.L. de 1830. Mémoire sur le groupe des Méliacées. Mémoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle 19: 153–304. BHL Reference page. 
• Chevalier, A. 1912. 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: 146–147. DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1907.10833386. Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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 page 26.]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Khaya senegalensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 July 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Khaya senegalensis. Published online. Accessed: 30 April 2021.
• IUCN: Khaya senegalensis (Desr.) A.Juss. (Vulnerable)
• Tropicos.org 2021. Khaya senegalensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 April 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Khaya senegalensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 30 April 2021.

Vernacular names

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

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