Leplaea cedrata

Leplaea cedrata

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: Melioideae
Tribus: Aglaieae
Genus: Leplaea
Species: Leplaea cedrata

Name

Leplaea cedrata (A.Chev.) E.J.M.Koenen & J.J.de Wilde, Pl. Ecol. Evol. 145(2): 219 (2012)

• Lectotype: A. Chevalier 16125 (MNHN-P-P00761329, MNHN-P-P00761330, MNHN-P-P00761331; isolectotypes: G- G00160504, WAG).
• Type locality: Côte d'Ivoire. Bouroukrou.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Trichilia cedrata A.Chev., Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 5: 214 (1909)
• Homotypic
  • Guarea cedrata (A.Chev.) Pellegr., Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Colon. 1928, 8 Actes & Compt.-Rend. 4: 212 (1928), nomen et Pellegr. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 75: 480. (1928)
• Heterotypic
  • Khaya canaliculata De Wild., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 4: 377 (1914)
    • Type: J. de Briey 220, 1913 (holotype: BR).
    • Type locality: [The Democratic Republic of the Congo.] Ganda-Sundi,
  • Guarea alatipetiolata De Wild., Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Sér. B 50: 71 (1930)
    • Type: V.G. Goossens 4514, November 1923 (holotype: BR).
    • Type locality: [The Democratic Republic of the Congo.] Eala.
  • Guarea kennedyi Burtt Davy, manuscript name; J.D.Kennedy, 223, in obs., nom. nud. (1930)

Notes

Chevalier (1909:215) cites three specimens (A. Chevalier 16125, 16127 and 16171) as syntypes and only the first one was later designated as the lectotype by Styles & White (1991).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Zaïre Regional: East Tropical Africa Uganda References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Koenen, E.J. & de Wilde, J.J. 2012. A taxonomic revision of the reinstated genus Leplaea and the newly recognized genus Neoguarea (Meliaceae, Sapindales): the exclusion of Guarea from Africa. Plant Ecology and Evolution 145(2): 209–241. DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2012.656 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Chevalier, A. 1909. Les végétaux utiles de l'Afrique tropicale française. Fasc. 5: Première étude sur les bois de la Côte d'Ivoire. 314 pp. A. Challamel, Paris. Internet Archive Reference page. 
• De Wildeman, É.A.J. 1914. Decedes novarum specierum florae congolensis II. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l’Etat à Bruxelles 4: 359–429. Reference page. 
• Pellegrin, F. 1928. L’origine botanique de l’Acajou Bossé africain. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 75: 478–481. DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1928.10836286 Reference page. 
• De Wildeman, É.A.J. 1930. Matériaux pour la Flore Forestière du Congo Belge. Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles, Série B. I: 70–71. Reference page. 
• Kennedy J.D. 1930. Taungya method of regeneration in Nigeria. Empire Forestry Journal 9: 221–225.
• Styles B.T. & White F. 1991. Meliaceae. In Polhill R.M. (ed.), Flora of East Tropical Africa. Rotterdam: Balkema.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Leplaea cedrata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul. 12. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Leplaea cedrata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan. 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Leplaea cedrata. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 31 2021.
• IUCN: Leplaea cedrata (A.Chev.) E.J.M.Koenen & J.J.de Wilde (Vulnerable)
• Tropicos.org 2021. Leplaea cedrata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Jan. 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Light Bossé
日本語: ボセ

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