Griffonia

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: Cercidoideae
Genus: Griffonia
Species: G. physocarpa – G. simplicifolia – G. speciosa – G. tessmannii
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Griffonia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 06. Reference page.

Name

Griffonia Baill. (1865)

Type species: G. physocarpa Baill.

Homonyms

Griffonia Hook.f. = Dactyladenia Welw.

Synonyms

Bandeiraea Welw. ex Benth. & Hook.f.

References

Baillon, H.E. 1865: Adansonia 6: 188.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Griffonia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 06. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Griffonia. Published online. Accessed: Sep 06 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Griffonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 06.
Catalogue of Life: 2020 Annual Checklist

Griffonia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae. Griffonia is known to have a high concentration of 5-HTP in its seeds.
Taxonomy

The genus Griffonia was named by Henri Baillon in honour of his friend and fellow physician Marie-Théophile Griffon du Bellay, explorer of Gabon, pioneer in the study of sleeping sickness and also of the African entheogen Iboga, source of the alkaloid ibogaine. [3]
Species

Griffonia comprises the following species:[1][4][5][6][7]

Griffonia physocarpa Baill.
Griffonia simplicifolia (M.Vahl ex DC.) Baill.
Griffonia speciosa (Welw. ex Benth.) Taub.
Griffonia tessmannii (De Wild.) Compère

References

The genus Griffonia, as well as the type, G. physocarpa, were first described and published in Adansonia 6: 188. 1865. "Name - !Griffonia Baill". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
Wunderlin RP (2010). "Reorganization of the Cercideae (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae)" (PDF). Phytoneuron. 48: 1–5.
http://ecole.nav.traditions.free.fr/officiers_griffon_theophile.htm Retrieved at 10.02 on 31/10/20.
"Name - !Griffonia Baill. subordinate taxa". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
"ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Griffonia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Griffonia". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
"The Plant List entry for Griffonia". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2014.