Cordia africana

Cordia africana

Cordia africana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Boraginales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Boraginales

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Cordioideae
Genus: Cordia
Species: Cordia africana

Name

Cordia africana Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 420 (1792)

• Type locality: Africa.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Gerascanthus africanus (Lam.) Borhidi, Acta Bot. Hung. 34: 396 (1988); not accepted by Govaerts (2003) [cited as Cordia africana]
• Heterotypic
  • Cordia abyssinica R.Br., H.Salt, Voy. Abyss., App.: lxv (1814); not accepted by Boulvert (1977), Launert & Pope (1990), Govaerts (1999), Germishuizen, & Meyer (2003), Hedberg & al. (2006) and Darbyshire & al. (2015) [cited as Cordia africana]
  • Calyptraria africana DC., Prodr. 9: 469 (1845), pro syn.; not accepted by Govaerts & al. (2021) [cited as Cordia africana]
  • Cordia amplifolia A.DC., Prodr. 9: 481 (1845); not accepted by Autrey, Bosser & Ferguson (2005) [cited as Cordia africana]
    • Type locality: Culta Mauritio[cultivated in Mauritius].
  • Varronia abyssinica (R.Br.) A.DC., Prodr. 9: 469 (1845); not accepted by Govaerts & al. (2021) [cited as Cordia africana]
  • Cordia harara Beck, Paulitschke Harar: 357 (1888); accepted by Govaerts (1999), but not accepted by Hedberg & al. (2006) [cited as Cordia africana]
  • Lithocardium abyssinicum Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 976 (1891); not accepted by Govaerts & al. (2021) [cited as Cordia africana]
  • Lithocardium amplifolium (A.DC.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 976 (1891); not accepted by Govaerts & al. (2021) [cited as Cordia africana]
  • Cordia unyorensis Stapf, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 527 (1906); not accepted by Govaerts (1999) [cited as Cordia africana]
  • Calyptracordia abyssinica (R.Br.) Friesen, Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 24: 180 (1931–1932 publ. 1933); not accepted by Govaerts & al. (2021) [cited as Cordia africana]
  • Gerascanthus holstii (Gürke) M.Kuhlm. & Mattos, Loefgrenia 47: 2 (1970); not accepted by Govaerts (2003) [cited as Cordia africana]

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Ghana (fide IUCN), Guinea, Mali, Nigeria. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Djibouti (fide IUCN), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Northern Provinces. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Comoros, Mauritius (introduced}, Madagascar, Réunion (introduced). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Source(s) of checklist:  Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cordia africana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 7. Reference page.  References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lamarck, J.-B. 1791–1793 ["1791"]. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Botanique. Premiere livraison. XVI+496 pp., tt. 1–111. Panckoucke, Paris. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Additional references

• De Candolle, A.P. (†) 1845. Ordo CXXXIX. Borragineae. Pp. 466–559, 565–566 in De Candolle, A. (ed.), Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta, Pars 9, Sistens Corolliflorarum ordines IX. Sumptibus Fortin, Masson et Sociorum, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) 1845. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 9, Sistens Corolliflorarum Ordines IX. 573 pp., Sumptibus Fortin, Masson et Sociorum, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. 
• Boulvert, Y. 1977. Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1–114. ORSTROM, Bangui.
• Launert, E. & Pope, G.V. (eds.) 1990. Flora Zambesiaca 7(4): 1–114. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. 1999. World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b). 1532 pp.. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-5720-098-8 (issue 1), ISBN 90-5720-099-6 (issue 2b). Reference page. 
• Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) 2003. Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: i–vi, 1–1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 1-919795-99-5. ARK: /t50g8869c PDF (97 MB) Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325. [unavailable to the public] Reference page. 
• Autrey, J.C. Bosser, J.M. & Ferguson, I.K. (eds.) 2005. Flore des Mascareignes 121-126: 1. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris. Reference page. 
• Hedberg, K.O., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) 2006. Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea. 5. Gentianaceae to Cyclocheilaceae. liv + 690 pp.. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Uppsala. ISBN 91-971285-6-2 Reference page. 
• Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M.A.Y., Farag, I., Candinga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) 2015. The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan. An annotated checklist. x + 400 pp., Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-473-1 Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. 2021. The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8(215): 1–10. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cordia africana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cordia africana. Published online. Accessed: Oct 09 2020.
• IUCN: Cordia africana Lam. (Least Concern)
• Tropicos.org 2020. Cordia africana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Oct 2020.
• Hassler, M. 2020. Cordia africana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 09. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cordia africana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: November 9, 2017.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Grootblaarpieringbessie
አማርኛ: ዋንዛ
Gĩkũyũ: Mũringa
Luganda: Mukebu
Oromoo: Wadesa

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