Bobgunnia

Life-forms

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: Faboideae
Tribus: Swartzieae
Genus: Bobgunnia
Species: B. fistuloides – B. madagascariensis
Name

Bobgunnia J.H.Kirkbr. & Wiersema, 1997
Synonyms

Swartzia sect.Fistuloides Benth.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
Regional: Tropical Africa
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

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

Kirkbride, J.H. & Wiersema, J.H., 1997. Brittonia; a Series of Botanical Papers 49: 1

Additional references

Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Govaerts, R.H.A. 2001. World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919. [unavailable to the public] Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Bobgunnia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 05. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Bobgunnia. Published online. Accessed: Jun 05 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Bobgunnia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Jun 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Bobgunnia. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 05. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Bobgunnia. Accessed: 05 Jun 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Bobgunnia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Bobgunnia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The genus is named for Charles R. Gunn who was the director of the U.S. National Seed Herbarium for many years before his retirement.
References

"ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Bobgunnia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Bobgunnia". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2014.