Leplaea cedrata

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Meliaceae
Subfamilia: Melioideae
Tribus: Guareeae
Genus: Leplaea
Species: Leplaea cedrata
Name

Leplaea cedrata (A.Chev.) E.J.M.Koenen & J.J.de Wilde, Pl. Ecol. Evol. 145(2): 219 (2012)

Lectotype: A. Chevalier 16125 (MNHN-P-P00761329, MNHN-P-P00761330, MNHN-P-P00761331; isolectotypes: G- G00160504, WAG).
Type locality: Côte d'Ivoire. Bouroukrou.

Synonyms

Basionym
Trichilia cedrata A.Chev., Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 5: 214 (1909)
Homotypic
Guarea cedrata (A.Chev.) Pellegr., Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Colon. 1928, 8 Actes & Compt.-Rend. 4: 212 (1928), nomen et Pellegr. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 75: 480. (1928)
Heterotypic
Khaya canaliculata De Wild., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 4: 377 (1914)
Type: J. de Briey 220, 1913 (holotype: BR).
Type locality: [The Democratic Republic of the Congo.] Ganda-Sundi,
Guarea alatipetiolata De Wild., Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Sér. B 50: 71 (1930)
Type: V.G. Goossens 4514, November 1923 (holotype: BR).
Type locality: [The Democratic Republic of the Congo.] Eala.
Guarea kennedyi Burtt Davy, manuscript name; J.D.Kennedy, 223, in obs., nom. nud. (1930)

Notes

Chevalier (1909:215) cites three specimens (A. Chevalier 16125, 16127 and 16171) as syntypes and only the first one was later designated as the lectotype by Styles & White (1991).
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
Regional: West Tropical Africa
Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Zaïre
Regional: East Tropical Africa
Uganda

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

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.
De Wildeman, É.A.J. 1914. Decedes novarum specierum florae congolensis II. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l’Etat à Bruxelles 4: 359–429. Reference page.
Pellegrin, F. 1928. L’origine botanique de l’Acajou Bossé africain. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 75: 478–481. DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1928.10836286 Reference page.
De Wildeman, É.A.J. 1930. Matériaux pour la Flore Forestière du Congo Belge. Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles, Série B. I: 70–71. Reference page.
Kennedy J.D. 1930. Taungya method of regeneration in Nigeria. Empire Forestry Journal 9: 221–225.
Koenen, E.J. & de Wilde, J.J. 2012. A taxonomic revision of the reinstated genus Leplaea and the newly recognized genus Neoguarea (Meliaceae, Sapindales): the exclusion of Guarea from Africa. Plant Ecology and Evolution 145(2): 209-241. DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2012.656 Open access Reference page.

Additional references

Styles B.T. & White F. 1991. Meliaceae. In Polhill R.M. (ed.), Flora of East Tropical Africa. Rotterdam: Balkema.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Leplaea cedrata in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jul. 12. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Leplaea cedrata. 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 Jan. 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Leplaea cedrata. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 31 2021.
IUCN: Leplaea cedrata (A.Chev.) E.J.M.Koenen & J.J.de Wilde (Vulnerable)
Tropicos.org 2021. Leplaea cedrata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan. 31.

Vernacular names
English: Light Bossé
日本語: ボセ