Kuloa usambarensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Laurales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Magnoliids Ordo: Laurales

Kuloa usambarensis (Engl.) Trofimov & Rohwer, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 192(3): 528 (2020)

Basionym
- Ocotea usambarensis Engl., Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 51, 54 (1894), sine typo; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 182 (1895), cum typo
  - Type: C. Holst 2301 ([26 February or March] 1893; Holotype: B 10 0158911^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}; Isotypes: HBG [HBG509027^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], K [K000350954^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], M-0107900 / 29086 / 20127^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}).
  - Type locality: [Tanzania.] 13 [= Usagara-Usambara]: Nguelo [and] Mtai, im Urwald und Bachwald, 1100 m.
    - Note: for abbreviations, see Engler (1895: 5).

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi [fide Hassler], Rwanda [fide POWO], Zaïre. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Malawi, Zambia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Trofimov, D. & Rohwer, J.G. 2020. Towards a phylogenetic classification of the Ocotea complex (Lauraceae): an analysis with emphasis on the Old World taxa and description of the new genus Kuloa. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 192(3): 510–535. DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/boz088 . 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.
Engler, A. (ed.) 1895. Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete. Theil C: Verzeichniss der bis jetzt aus Ost-Afrika bekannt gewordenen Pflanzen. III+433+40 pp., 45 tt. Dietrich Reimer, Berlin. BHL Reference page.

Hassler, M. 2022. Kuloa usambarensis. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 February 6. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Kuloa usambarensis. Published online. Accessed: 6 February 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Ocotea usambarensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 February 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ocotea usambarensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. - Last verified by ARS Systematic Botanists on 17 May 2017.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Kuloa usambarensis. Accessed: 2024 January 15.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Kuloa usambarensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 15. Reference page.

English: East African Camphorwood
Gĩkũyũ: Mũthaitĩ
Kiswahili: Kulo [Tanzania fide Trofimov & Rohwer 2020]