Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Ochnaceae
Subfamilia: Ochnoideae
Tribus: Ochneae
Subtribus: Lophirinae
Genus: Lophira

Name

Lophira Banks ex C.F.Gaertn., Suppl. Carp.: 52(–53), t. 188, fig. 2. 1805.

Overview of species

Accepted species

L. alata  L. lanceolata

Source(s) of checklist:
List based on accepted species according to African Plants Database – see references.

Names in synonymy

L. africana  L. barteri  L. macrophylla  L. procera  L. simplex  L. spatulata  L. thollonii

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin, Burkina, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
    • West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Zaïre.
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad, Sudan.
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Uganda.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Gaertner, C.F. 1805–1807. Supplementum carpologicae seu continuati operis Josephi Gaertner de fructibus et seminibus plantarum. 256 pp., tt. 181–225. C.F.E. Richter, [Leipzig]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. 1954. 63. Ochnaceae. Pp. 221–232 in Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol. 1(1), 2nd ed. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London. Reference page. 
  • Hassler, M. 2019. Lophira. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 January 30.
  • Tropicos.org 2019. Lophira. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 30 January 2019.
  • African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Lophira. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 30 January 2019.
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