Fabaceae
Albizia

Albizia zygia (DC.) J.F.Macbr.

First published in Contr. Gray Herb. 59: 3 (1919)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, Madagascar. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 3: 1-89. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv. 1: 172, t, 59
  • Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 3: 868
  • Fl. For. Soud.-Guin. 299.
  • in Contrib. Gray Herb. 59: 8 (1919)

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. f., Leguminosae of Tropical Africa: 868 (1930).
  • Battiscombe & Dale, Trees and Shrubs of Kenya Colony p. 72 (1936).
  • Gilb. & Bout. in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 3: 176 (1952).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 340 (1949).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 502 (1958).
  • Macbr. in Contrib. Gray Herb., n.s. 59: 3 (1919).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 394 (1948).
  • Torre in Consp. Fl. Angol. 2: 294 (1956).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 222 (1952).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Brenan, J. P. M. (1959). Mimosoideae. In: Fl. Trop. East Africa. Hubbard & Milne-Redhead
  • Dalziel, J. M. (1937). The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
  • Eggeling, W. J. & Dale, I. R. (1952). The Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate.
  • Hall, J. B. & Swaine, M. D. (1981). Forest Vegetation in Ghana.
  • Hamilton, A. (1981). A field guide to Uganda Trees
  • White, F. (1983). The Vegetation of Africa

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2018 Dumas [18185] Guinea K001307087 Yes
Nov 1, 2005 Cheek, M. [12004] Cameroon K000338952 Yes
Jun 1, 2005 Cheek, M. [11646] Cameroon K000338254 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1792] Cameroon K000108251 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Schoenenberger, J. [32] Cameroon K000109617 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [7852] Cameroon K000093838 Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [9345] Cameroon K000093001 Yes
Thomas, D.W. [701] Cameroon K000092995 Yes
Cheek, M.; Cheek; Sene [17273] Cameroon K000335000 No
Thomas, D.W. [3092] Cameroon K000093002 Yes
de Nevers, G. [14327] Guinea K001310095 Yes
Balde, A. [342] Guinea K000557247 Yes
Mann [2240] Nigeria K000244465 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bruneau, A. [1056] Cameroon K001518231 Yes
Momoh, J. [127] Sierra Leone K001243259 Yes
Bruneau, A.; Cheek, M.; Garwood, N. [1053] Cameroon K000581433 Yes
Cheek, M., Konomou, G. [19030] Guinea K001310131 Yes
Wieringa, J.J.; Haegens, R.M.A.P. [2237] Cameroon K001562285 No
Urillon, J. [1285] Guinea K001307088 Yes
Jaeger, P. [6] Mali K000511262 Yes
Dubois, R. [150] Mali K000511261 Yes
Meurillon, A. [CNAD 623] Cameroon K000093000 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [103] K000244502 Type Yes
Staudt, A. [622] Cameroon K000092997 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [409] Cameroon K000092998 Yes
Heudelot [800] K000244464 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heudelot [800] K000244463 Unknown Type Material Yes
Irving [s.n.] Nigeria K000244466 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mildbraed [8915] Cameroon Albizia brownei K000244480 Type Yes
Le Testu, M.G. [8060] Gabon Albizia letestui K000244478 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0