Cordyla

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: Cordyla
Species: C. africana – C. densiflora – C. haraka – C. madagascariensis – C. pinnata – C. richardii – C. somalensis
Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Cordyla Lour., 1790
Homonyms

Cordyla Blume = Nervilia Comm. ex Gaudich.

Synonyms

Calycandra Lepr. ex A.Rich., Guill. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent. 30 et 232, t. 9 (1832)
Dupuya J.H.Kirkbr. Disputed.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
Regional: Tropical Africa
Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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

Loureiro, J. de. 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis: sistens plantas in regno Cochinchina nascentes. Quibus accedunt aliae observatae in Sinensi Imperio, Africa orientali, Indiaeque locis variis. Omnes dispositae secundum systema sexuale linnaeanum. Tomus II. Pp. 357–744, [745, err.] Typis, et expensis academicis, Ulyssipone [Lisbon]. BHL Reference page. : 411

Additional references

Cardoso, D., São-Mateus, W.M., da Cruz, D.T., Zartman, C.E., Komura, D.L., Kite, G., Prenner, G., Wieringa, J.J., Clark, A., Lewis, G. & Pennington, R.T. 2015. Filling in the gaps of the papilionoid legume phylogeny: The enigmatic Amazonian genus Petaladenium is a new branch of the early-diverging Amburaneae clade. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 112–124. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.12.015 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page.
Govaerts, R.H.A. 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.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cordyla in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 05. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cordyla. Published online. Accessed: Jun 05 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Cordyla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 05.
Hassler, M. 2021. Cordyla. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 05. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. (Cordyla). Cordyla (Fabaceae). Accessed: 05 Jun 2021.

Vernacular names
日本語: コルディラ属

Cordyla is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains the following species:[1][2]

Cordyla africana Lour.
Cordyla densiflora Milne-Redh.
Cordyla haraka Capuron
Cordyla madagascariensis R.Vig.
Cordyla pinnata (A. Rich.) Milne-Redh.
Cordyla richardii Milne-Redh.
Cordyla somalensis J.B. Gillett

References

"ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Cordyla". 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 Cordyla". 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.