Possible holotype of Newtonia buchananii (K000232290)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales 
Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Mimoseae
Genus: Newtonia
Species: Newtonia buchananii

Name

Newtonia buchananii (Baker) G.C.C.Gilbert & Boutique, Fl. Congo Belge 3: 213 (1952)

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Piptadenia buchananii Baker, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 354 (1894); as 'Piptadenia Buchanani'
  • Heterotypic
    • Piptadenia schweinfurthii Taub. ex Engl., Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 44 (1894)
    • Piptadenia lujae De Wild., Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles 44(1): 215 (1925); not accepted by Gilbert & Boutique [cited as Newtonia buchananii]

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Nigeria.
    • West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaïre.
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
    • South Triopical Africa
      • Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

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

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Brenan, J.P.M. 1959. Flora of Tropical East Africa: Leguminosae, subfamily Mimosoideae. London: Crown Agents for Overseas Governments &​ Administrations. 173 pp. ISBN 978-1-84246-276-8 [Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Legum. (Part 1)] JSTOR Global Plants Reference page. 
  • Beentje, H.J. 1994. Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. 762 p. Online. ISBN 9966-9861-0-3. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Forest Newtonia
Gĩkũyũ: Mũkũi
Luganda: Mpewere
chiShona: Mufumoti
Kiswahili: Mnyasa
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