Lophira alata

Lophira alata

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

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

Typus: Sierra Leone; Smeathman s.n. (holotype?: TUB-002771 [fragm. ex Herb. DC.]; isotypes: BM-000798739, P-00287400, P-04833313).

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)
  - Typus: Nigeria: Brass; 1858; Barter 2085 (holotype: P-06139098; isotype: K-000431320).
- Lophira macrophylla Tiegh., J. Bot. (Morot) 15(6): 186. 1901, nom. provis.
  - Typus: Congo/Central African Republic: "Région de l'Oubangui"; Thollon 9 (syntypes: P-04833297, P-04833298, P-05542732).
- Lophira spatulata Tiegh., J. Bot. (Morot) 15(6): 187. 1901, nom. provis., p.p.
  - Typus: Cameroon: Ambas Bay; Jan 1861; Mann 708 (syntypes: K-000431319, P-00528025). – for one more syntype see Lophira lanceolata
- 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.
  - Typus: Ivory Coast: Bouroukrou; Jan 1907; Chevalier 16120 (syntypes: P-00376519, P-04833305).
- Lophira alata var. procera (A.Chev.) Burtt Davy in Chalk et al., For. Trees Timbers Brit. Emp. 2: 78, t. 16. 1933.

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. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

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.
Chevalier, A. 1909. Les végétaux utiles de l'Afrique tropicale française. Fasc. 5: Première étude sur les bois de la Côte d'Ivoire. 314 pp. A. Challamel, Paris. Internet Archive 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. 1806–1807. II Centuria Supplementum Carpologicae seu continuati operis Josephi Gaertner de fructibus et seminibus plantarum. pp. 129–256. 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.
Tieghem, P. van. 1901. Sur le genre Lophire considéré comme type d'une famille distincte, les Lophiracées. Journal de Botanique (Morot) 15: 169–194. BHL Reference page.

Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. 1954. 63. Ochnaceae. Pp. 221–232 in Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol. 1(1), 2^nd ed. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London. Reference page.
Keay, R.W.J. 1954 ["1953"]. Revision of the "Flora of West Tropical Africa." – V. Kew Bulletin 8: 487–492. JSTOR Reference page.
Yédomonhan, H. 2006. Ochnaceae DC. Pp. 828–832 in Akoègninou, A., Van der Burg, W.J. & Van der Maesen, L.J.G. (chief eds.), Flore analytique du Bénin. Backhuys Publishers, Cotonou & Wageningen. ISBN 90-5782-181-8. Reference page.

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

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