Newtonia buchananii

Taxonavigation

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

Newtonia buchananii (Baker) G.C.C.Gilbert & Boutique, Fl. Congo Belge 3: 213 (1952)

Basionym
- Piptadenia buchananii Baker, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 354 (1894); as 'Piptadenia Buchanani'
  - Type: J. Buchanan 192 (anno 1891; Holotype: K {K000232290^{(GBIF, JSTOR)} [leaves, stem(s), flowers], K000232291^{(GBIF, JSTOR)} [fruit]}; Isotypes: E [E00279473^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], US [US00902496 (806715)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]).
  - Type locality: Nyassaland [= Malawi].
Heterotypic
- Piptadenia schweinfurthii Taub. ex Engl., Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 44 (1894)
- Piptadenia lujae De Wild., Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles 44(1): 215 (1925); not accepted by Gilbert & Boutique (1952) and Villiers (1990) [cited as Newtonia buchananii]
  - Type: P.E. Luja 446 (Holotype: BR {BR0000008916815^{(GBIF, JSTOR)} [dated February 1901], BR0000008915535^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}})
  - Type locality: Mozambique. Zambezia: Morrumbala.

Native distribution areas:
Africa West Tropical Africa Nigeria. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaïre. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Triopical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

1952. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi: Spermatophytes. Institut national pour l’étude agronomique du Congo belge.

Baker, J.G. 1894. 94. Piptadenia Buchanani. In 412. Decadas Kewenses. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens Kew 1894: 353–358. BHL
Beentje, H.J. 1994. Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. 762 p. Online. ISBN 9966-9861-0-3. Reference page. [see Mimosaceae]
Brenan, J.P.M. 1959. Flora of Tropical East Africa: Leguminosae, subfamily Mimosoideae. London: Crown Agents for Overseas Governments & Administrations. 173 pp. ISBN 978-1-84246-276-8 [Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Legum. (Part 1)] JSTOR Global Plants Reference page.
Engler, A. 1894. Über die Gliederung der Vegetation von Usambara und der angrenzenden Gebiete. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalisch-mathematische Classe, Physikalische Abhandlungen 1894(1): 1–86. BHL Reference page.
Villiers, J.-F. 1990. Contribution à l'étude du genre Newtonia Baillon (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae) en Afrique. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 60(1–2): 119–138. DOI: 10.2307/3668333 . Reference page. [see pages 120–123]

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Newtonia buchananii. Accessed: 2024 June 7.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Newtonia buchananii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 April 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Newtonia buchananii. Published online. Accessed: 5 May 2021.
IUCN: Newtonia buchananii (Baker) G.C.C.Gilbert & Boutiqu (Least Concern) - Assessed by R. Hills on 24 April 2019.
Tropicos.org 2022. Newtonia buchananii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 April 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Newtonia buchananii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 5 May 2021.

English: Forest Newtonia
Gĩkũyũ: Mũkũi
Luganda: Mpewere
chiShona: Mufumoti
Kiswahili: Mnyasa