Fabaceae
Berlinia

Berlinia confusa Hoyle

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 184 (1934)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Keay in Kew Bull. 1954: 271.
  • in Kew Bull. 1934: 184

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

  • Keay, R. W. J. (1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa. Ed. 2;Vol. 1, part 2
  • Voorhoeve, A. G. (1965). Liberian High Forest Trees

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 12, 1996 Geerling, C.; Bokdam, J. [2306] Cote d'Ivoire K000022763 Yes
Jan 1, 1963 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [2612] Cote d'Ivoire K000022629 No
Apr 1, 1955 Zenker, G.A. [1225] Cameroon K000022653 Yes
Mar 1, 1954 Zenker, G.A. [2673] Cameroon K000022657 Yes
Mar 1, 1954 Soyaux, H. [73] Gabon K000022656 Yes
Mar 1, 1954 Zenker, G.A. [4175] Cameroon K000022652 Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Smythe, C.W. [39] Sierra Leone K000022681 Yes
Jan 1, 1954 McLeod, N.G. [s.n.] Nigeria K000022688 Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Ranger Deen [14840] Sierra Leone K000022679 Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Dunstan, W.R. [s.n.] Nigeria K000022687 Yes
Jan 1, 1953 Zenker, G.A. [3785] Cameroon K000022650 Yes
Jan 1, 1933 Smith J.G. [54] Nigeria K000022694 Yes
Adam [29800] Liberia K001634769 Yes
Aylmer, G. [560] Sierra Leone K000022680 Yes
Barker, A.J.D. [1200] Liberia K000022671 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [647] Sierra Leone K000026682 No
Onochie, C.F.A. [36651] Nigeria K000022692 Yes
Baldwin jr., J.T. [10892] Liberia K000022669 Yes
Talbot, P.A. [1732] Nigeria K000022744 Yes
King, H.C. [234] Sierra Leone K000022663 Yes
Cameroon K:SPC-48098.000 No
Geerling, C.; Bokdam, J. [335] Cote d'Ivoire K000022765 Yes
King, H.C. [330] Sierra Leone K000022666 Yes
Zenker, G.A. [829] Cameroon K000022655 Yes
Evans, A.E. [s.n.] Ghana K000022673 Yes
Meikle, R.D.; Keay, R.W.J. [560] Nigeria K000022690 Yes
Adekunle, A., Olu [22643] Nigeria K000022698 Yes
Baston, Capt. [s.n.] Ghana K000022674 Yes
Johnston, H., H. [s.n.] Liberia K000022670 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [37039] Nigeria K000022685 Yes
Adekunle, A., Olu [22647] Nigeria K000022695 Yes
Vigne, C. [1676] Ghana K000022676 Yes
Cooper, G.P. [218] Liberia K000022668 Yes
Meikle, R.D.; Keay, R.W.J. [560] Nigeria K000022691 Yes
Andoh, J.E. [5634] Ghana K000022675 Yes
Adekunle, A., Olu [22649] Nigeria K000022697 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • 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