Nauclea gilletii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Cinchonoideae
Tribus: Naucleeae
Genus: Nauclea
Species: Nauclea gilletii

Name

Nauclea gilletii (De Wild.) Merr., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5(no. 15): 535 (1915)

• Typus: J. Gillet 1069 (Holotypus: BR [​BR0000008848697^(JSTOR)]).
• Type locality: [The Democratic Republic of the Congo.] Bas-Congo: Kisantu.

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Sarcocephalus gilletii De Wild., Rev. Cult. Colon. 9: 8 (1901); as Sarcocephalus Gilletii
• Heterotypic
  • Sarcocephalus trillesii var. lancifolius A.Chev., Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 18: 185 (1938); as S. Trillesii var. lancifolia
    • Typus: G.M.P.C. Le Testu 1912 (12 December 1914; P {P00080619^(JSTOR), P00080620^(JSTOR), P00080621^(JSTOR)}; Isotypus: BR [​BR0000008848673^(JSTOR)]).
    • Type locality: Gabon. Mayumbe boyaka, Tschibanga, endroits marécageux.
  • Nauclea lancifolia (A.Chev.) Aubrév., Fl. For. Côte d'Ivoire ed. 2, 3: 264 (1959)
  • Nauclea gilletii var. lancifolia (A.Chev.) N.Hallé, Fl. Gabon 12, 1: 52 (1966); as Nauclea Gilletii var. lancifolia; not accepted by Ridsdale & Bakhuizen van den Brink (1975: 548) [cited as Nauclea gilletii]

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West Tropical Africa Ivory Coast, Nigeria. West-Central Tropical Africa Central African Republic, Gabon, Zaïre. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Wildeman, É. 1901. Notes sur le N’gulu-Maza, bois d’ébénisterie et de construction du Bas-Congo. Revue de Cultures Coloniales 9: 7–10. Gallica. Reference page. 
• Merrill, E.D. (Communicated by William R. Maxon) 1915. On the application of the generic name Nauclea of Linnaeus. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5(15): 530–542. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Chevalier, A. 1938. Note sur quelques Sarcocephalus africains. Revue de botanique appliquée et d'agriculture tropicale 18(199): 176–190. Persée. Reference page. 
• Aubréville, A. 1959. La flore forestière de la Côte d’Ivoire, ed. 2, Vol. 1 (PDF), Vol. 2 (PDF), Vol. 3 (PDF). Nogent-sur-Marne (Seine), France: Centre Technique Forestier Tropical. Reference page. 
• Hallé, N. 1966. Flore du Gabon : Rubiacées. Vol. 12. (1ère partie: PDF). Reference page. 
• Ridsdale, C.E. & Bakhuizen van den Brink Jr, R.C. 1975. A synopsis of the African and Madagascan Rubiaceae — Naucleeae. Blumea 22(3): 541–553. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Nauclea gilletii (De Wild.) Merr. (Least Concern) - Assessed by A.-H. Paradis & T. Stévart on 7 December 2020 and published in 2021.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Nauclea gilletii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 February 3. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Nauclea gilletii. Published online. Accessed: 3 February 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Nauclea gilletii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 February 2022.

Vernacular names

Kongo: Kyanga Masa (Laman 1936: 365)