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
Species: Lophira alata

Name

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

Synonymy

  • Homotypic
    • Lophira africana Banks ex Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 200. 1830, nom. illeg. superfl.
    • Lophira africana sensu G.Don, Gen. Hist. 1: 814. 1831, nom. illeg. superfl., p.p., excl. descr.
  • Heterotypic
    • Lophira simplex G.Don, Gen. Hist. 1: 814. 1831.
      • Typus: Sierra Leone.
    • Lophira barteri Tiegh., J. Bot. (Morot) 15(6): 186. 1901, nom. provis. (as L. Barteri)
    • Lophira macrophylla Tiegh., J. Bot. (Morot) 15(6): 186. 1901, nom. provis.
    • Lophira spatulata Tiegh., J. Bot. (Morot) 15(6): 187. 1901, nom. provis., p.p.
    • Lophira thollonii Tiegh., J. Bot. (Morot) 15(6): 187. 1901, nom. provis. (as L. Tholloni)
      • Typus: "Congo français"; 1 Feb 1887; Thollon 739 (syntypes: P-00379482, P-04833296).
    • Lophira procera A.Chev., Vég. Utiles Afrique Trop. Franç. 5: 154(–155). 1909.
    • Lophira alata var. procera (A.Chev.) Burtt Davy in Chalk et al., For. Trees Timbers Brit. Emp. 2: 78, t. 16. 1933.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone.
    • West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Zaïre.
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad.

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

References

Primary references

  • Chalk, L., Burtt Davy, J., Desch, H.E. & Hoyle, A.C. 1933. Twenty West African timber trees. (Forest trees and timbers of the British Empire 2.) 108 pp. Clarendon Press, Oxford. Reference page. 
  • Don, G. 1831. A general history of the dichlamydeous plants, comprising complete descriptions of the different orders; ...; the whole arranged according to the natural system. Vol. I.—Thalamiflorae. XXVIII+818 pp. J.G. and F. Rivington, et al., London. BHL Reference page. 
  • 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. 
  • Loudon, J.C. 1830. Loudon's Hortus britannicus. A catalogue of all the plants indigenous, cultivated in, or introduced to Britain. XXIV+576 pp. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London. 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 alata. 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 31.
  • Tropicos.org 2019. Lophira alata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 31 January 2019.
  • African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Lophira alata. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 31 January 2019.

Note:

The names Lophira africana and Lophira alata have also been applied to Lophira lanceolata.

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