Petersianthus macrocarpus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Petersianthus macrocarpus (P.Beauv.) Liben, Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 38: 207 (1968)

Basionym
- Combretum macrocarpum P.Beauv., Fl. Oware 2: 90 (1819/1820)
Heterotypic
- Petersia africana Welw. ex Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 1: 721 (1865)
- Petersia minor Nied. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(7): 31 (1892)
- Combretodendron viridiflorum A.Chev., Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 5: 150 (1909), not validly publ.; under an epithet viridiflora
- Petersia viridiflora A.Chev., Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 5: 301 (1909); under the section "ANNEXE"
  - Type: Chevalier 16102, January.
  - Type locality: Bouroukrou, Côte d'Ivoire.
- Petersia klainei Pierre ex A.Chev., Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 9: 211 (1916)
- Petersianthus africanus (Welw. ex Benth. & Hook.f.) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci., C 11: 201 (1916)
- Petersianthus minor (Nied.) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci., C 11: 201 (1916)
- Combretodendron africanum (Welw. ex Benth. & Hook.f.) Exell, J. Bot. 68: 182 (1930)
- Combretodendron africanum var. minus (Nied.) R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 219a: 61 (1939)
- Combretodendron macrocarpum (P.Beauv.) Keay in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr., ed. 2, 1: 761 (1958)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierre Leone.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Cabinda, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Zaïre.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola.

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1807–1820. Flore d'Oware et de Bénin, en Afrique. Tome Second. 95 pp. p. LVI–CXX. Paris. BHL Bibliotheca Digital Reference page. [see page 90.]
Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. 1865. Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus servata definita. Vol. 1, pars II., sistens Dicotyledonum Polypetalarum ordines LVI: Leguminosas–Myrtaceas. Pps. 433–735. Lovell Reeve & Co., Williams & Norgate, Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. [see page 721.]
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. [see pages 150, 301.]
Chevalier, A. 1916. Les végétaux utiles de l'Afrique tropicale française. Fasc. 9: La forêt et les bois du Gabon. 468 pp. Paris. Real Jardín Botánico Reference page.
Merrill, E.D. 1916. New plants from Samar. The Philippine Journal of Science, Section C. Botany 11(4): 175–206. BHL Reference page. [see page 201.]
Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. 1958. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Vol. 1(2), 2^nd ed. Pp. 297–828. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London. Reference page.
Liben, L. 1968. Petersianthus Merrill versus Combretodendron A. Chev. (Lecythidaceae). Bulletin du Jardin botanique National de Belgique / Bulletin van de Nationale Plantentuin van België 38(2): 207–208. JSTOR DOI: 10.2307/3667553 Reference page.

Irvine, F.R. 1961. Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses. London: Oxford University Press. Google Books Reference page. [see page 106.]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Petersianthus macrocarpus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 April 28. Reference page.
IUCN: Petersianthus macrocarpus (P.Beauv.) Liben (Least Concern)
Tropicos.org 2021. Petersianthus macrocarpus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 April 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Petersianthus macrocarpus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 12 April 2021.

ak: Esia
français: Abalé

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