Fabaceae
Baphia

Baphia eriocalyx Harms

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 165 (1904)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Nigeria to W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a scrambling shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Nigeria, Zaïre

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Goncharov, M.Y., Povydysh, M.N. & Yakovlev, G.P. (2011). Taxonomic revision of the genus Baphia (Baphieae, Fabaceae). Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 96: 917-953.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • 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.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • 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.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Soladoye, M. O. (1985). Kew Bull. 40:291-386. A revision of Baphia (Leguminosae-Papi.)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1981 Le Testu, G.M.P.C. [7837] Gabon K000627183 No
Jan 1, 1976 Bos, J.J. [6971] Cameroon K000627185 No
Zenker, G. [462403] Cameroon K000627188 No
Zenker, G. [4241] Cameroon K000627189 No
Zenker, G. [4869] Cameroon K000627186 No
Zenker, G. [3159] Cameroon K000627184 No
Zenker, G. [2380] Cameroon K000627187 Unknown Type Material No
Flamigni [8083] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000627191 No
Wilde, J.J.F.E., de [2716] Cameroon K000627190 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • 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