Fabaceae
Calpocalyx

Calpocalyx brevibracteatus Harms

First published in Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 155 (1912)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Chad. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Chad, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv. 1: 190, t. 69
  • Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 3: 799
  • Kennedy For. Fl. S. Nig. 108.
  • in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 68, Mem. 8: 165 (1912)

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Dalziel, J. M. (1937). The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
  • Keay, R. W. J. (1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa. Ed. 2;Vol. 1, part 2

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Linder, D.H. [471] Liberia K000043991 No
Adam, J.G. [24203] Liberia K001634301 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [9647] Liberia K000043993 No
Kitson, A.E. [1239] Ghana K000043985 No
Chevalier, A. [22368] Cote d'Ivoire K000043976 Type Yes
Cheek, M.; Tchiam; Molmou [19261] Guinea K000557284 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [10255] Liberia K000043994 No
Samai, S.K. [167] Sierra Leone K000043974 No
Akpabla, G.K. [76] Ghana K000043989 No
Baldwin, J.T. [10530] Liberia K000043996 No
Andoh, J.E. [FH5571] Ghana K000043988 No
Baldwin, J.T. [10864] Liberia K000043997 No
Bamps, P. [2353] Cote d'Ivoire K000043977 No
Vigne, C. [1361] Ghana K000043982 No
Vigne, C. [1361] Ghana K000043980 No
Pyne, C.T. [26] Sierra Leone K000043970 No
Pyne, C.T. [26] Sierra Leone K000043969 No
Thompson, H.N. [91] Ghana K000043984 No
Linder, D.H. [1050] Liberia K000043990 No
Aylmer, G. [253] Sierra Leone K000043971 No
Cooper, G.P. [127] Liberia K000043992 No
Lane-Poole, C.E. [459] Sierra Leone K000043973 No
Chipp, T.F. [224] Ghana K000043983 No
Vigne, C. [218] Ghana K000043981 No
Aubréville, M. [184] Cote d'Ivoire K000043975 No
Baldwin, J.T. [10839] Liberia K000043995 No
McAinsh, J.W. [386] Ghana K000043978 No
McAinsh, J.W. [386] Ghana K000043979 No
Irvine, F.R. [2201] Ghana K000043986 No
Irvine, F.R. [2201] Ghana K000043987 No
Deighton, F.C. [3689] Sierra Leone K000043972 No

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

  • 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