Terminalia ivorensis

Terminalia ivorensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Combretaceae
Subfamilia: Combretoideae
Tribus: Combreteae
Subtribus: Terminaliinae
Genus: Terminalia
Species: Terminalia ivorensis

Name

Terminalia ivorensis A.Chev., Vég. Utiles Afrique Trop. Franç. 5: 152 (1909)

• Type:
  • A. Chevalier 16153 (January 1907; lectotype fide Griffiths 1959: 878: K [cf. K000232635^(JSTOR), without any type indication]; possible isolectotype: P00376624, without any type indication).
  • A. Chevalier 16308 (April; syntype).
• Type locality: Côte d'Ivoire.
  • Lectotype: Makouié[Gare de Macouguié].
  • 16308: Aboisso, dans l’Indénié et le Cavally.

Misapplied names

• Terminalia superba auct. non Engl. & Diels: G.P.Cooper & Record, Bull. Yale Univ. School For. No. 31 (Evergr. For. Liber.): 35, 36 (1931)
  • Note: see Voorhoeve (1965: 85).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Introduced into: Benin, Burkina

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• Cooper, G.P. & Record, S.J. 1931. The Evergreen Forests of Liberia: A Report on Investigations made in the West African Republic of Liberia by the Yale University School of Forestry in Cooperation with the Firestone Plantations Company. Yale University School of Forestry Bulletin No. 31. New Haven: Yale University. EliScholar Reference page. 
• Griffiths, M.E. 1959. A revision of the African species of Terminalia. Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany 55(364): 818–907. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1959.tb00042.x 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 133.]
• Voorhoeve, A.G. 1965. Liberian High Forest Trees: A Systematic Botanical Study of the 75 Most Important or Frequent High Forest Trees, with Reference to Numerous Related Species. Centre for Agricultural Publications and Documentation, Wageningen. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Terminalia ivorensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 February 5. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Terminalia ivorensis. 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 5. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Terminalia ivorensis. Published online. Accessed: 15 October 2021.
• IUCN: Terminalia ivorensis A. Chev. (Vulnerable)
• Tropicos.org 2021. Terminalia ivorensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 October 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Terminalia ivorensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 26 April 2021.

Vernacular names

ak: Amire (Irvine 1961)
eʋegbe: Dzogbedodo (Irvine 1961)
English: Black Afara
français: Framiré
日本語: フラミレ
ไทย: หูกระจง
Yorùbá: Idígbó

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