Prioria

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: Detarioideae
Tribus: Detarieae
Genus: Prioria
Species: P. alternifolia – P. balsamifera – P. buchholzii – P. copaifera – P. gilbertii – P. joveri – P. mannii – P. micrantha – P. msoo – P. novoguineensis – P. oxyphylla – P. pinnata – P. platycarpa – P. tenuicarpa – †P. martineziorum
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Prioria in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct 21. Reference page.

Name

Prioria Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I. 215. (1860)

Type species: Prioria copaifera Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I. 215. (1860)

Synonyms

Eriander H.J.P.Winkl.
Gossweilerodendron Harms
Kingiodendron Harms
Pterygopodium Harms

Note: Above circumscription not yet accepted by all authorities see PWO (2020) cf. Hassler (2020) and MBG (2020) probably due to a disjunct distribution with the type found exclusively in South America and the other species in Africa and Asia.
References
Primary references

Grisebach, A.H.R. 1860. Flora of the British West Indian Islands 215. BHL

Additional references

Breteler, F.J. 1999. A revision of Prioria, including Gossweilerodendron, Kingiodendron, Oxystigma, and Pterygopodium (Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae-Detarieae) with emphasis on Africa. Wageningen Agric. Univ. Pap. 99(3): 1-61.
de la Estrella, M., Forest, F., Klitgård, B., Lewis, G.P., Mackinder, B.A., de Queiroz, L.P., Wieringa, J.J. & Bruneau, A. 2018. A new phylogeny-based tribal classification of subfamily Detarioideae, an early branching clade of florally diverse tropical arborescent legumes. Scientific Reports 8(1): 6884. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-24687-3 Open access PDF Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Prioria in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct 21. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2020. Prioria. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Prioria. Published online. Accessed: Oct 21 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Prioria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct 21.

Prioria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. Members of this genus are found in Central America, Africa, southern Asia, and Oceania.[1]

Species

Prioria comprises the following species[1]
African species

Prioria balsamifera (Vermoesen) Breteler
Prioria buchholzii (Harms) Breteler
Prioria gilbertii (J. Léonard) Breteler
Prioria joveri (Normand ex Aubrév.) Breteler
Prioria mannii (Baill.) Breteler
Prioria msoo (Harms) Breteler
Prioria oxyphylla (Harms) Breteler

American species

Prioria copaifera Griseb.

Asiatic and Pacific species

Prioria alternifolia (Elm.) Breteler
Prioria micrantha (Burtt) Breteler
Prioria novoguineensis (Verde.) Breteler
Prioria pinnata (Roxb. ex DC.) Breteler
Prioria platycarpa (Burtt) Breteler
Prioria tenuicarpa (Verde.) Breteler

References

Breteler FJ. (1999). "A revision of Prioria, including Gossweilerodendron, Kingiodendron, Oxystigma, and Pterygopodium (Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae-Detarieae) with emphasis on Africa". Wageningen Agr. Univ. Pap. 99: 1–61.