Prioria

Prioria copaifera

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

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Detarioideae
Tribus: Detarieae
Genus: Prioria
Species: P. alternifolia – P. balsamifera – P. buchholzii – P. copaifera – P. gilbertii – P. joveri – P. mannii – P. micrantha – P. msoo – P. novoguineensis – P. oxyphylla – P. pinnata – P. platycarpa – P. tenuicarpa
Paleospecies:†P. martineziorum

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Prioria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 21. Reference page.

Name

Prioria Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I. 215. (1860)

• Type species: Prioria copaifera Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I. 215. (1860)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Eriander H.J.P.Winkl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 277 (1908)
  • Gossweilerodendron Harms, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 457 (1925)
  • Kingiodendron Harms, H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 1: 194 (1897)
  • Oxystigma Harms, H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 1: 195 (1897)
  • Pterygopodium Harms, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 439 (1913)
    

Note: Above circumscription not yet accepted by all authorities see PWO (2020) cf. Hassler (2020) and MBG (2020) probably due to a disjunct distribution with the type found exclusively in South America and the other species in Africa and Asia.

References

Primary references

• Grisebach, A.H.R. 1859–1864. Flora of the British West Indian Islands. XVI+789 pp. Lovell, Reeve & Co., London. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Breteler, F.J. 1999. A revision of Prioria, including Gossweilerodendron, Kingiodendron, Oxystigma, and Pterygopodium (Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae-Detarieae) with emphasis on Africa. Wageningen Agric. Univ. Pap. 99(3): 1-61.
• de la Estrella, M., Forest, F., Klitgård, B., Lewis, G.P., Mackinder, B.A., de Queiroz, L.P., Wieringa, J.J. & Bruneau, A. 2018. A new phylogeny-based tribal classification of subfamily Detarioideae, an early branching clade of florally diverse tropical arborescent legumes. Scientific Reports 8(1): 6884. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-24687-3 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Prioria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 21. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2020. Prioria. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Prioria. Published online. Accessed: Oct 21 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Prioria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Oct 2020.

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