Sclerocarya

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: Anacardiaceae
Subfamilia: Spondiadoideae
Genus: Sclerocarya
Species: S. birrea – S. guillettii
Name

Sclerocarya Hochst., Flora 27 Bes. Beil.: 1. 1844.

Type species: Sclerocarya birrea (A.Rich.) Hochst.

References

Hassler, M. 2018. Sclerocarya. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Sclerocarya. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 11 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Sclerocarya in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 11.
Tropicos.org 2018. Sclerocarya. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 11.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sclerocarya in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Sclerocarya is a genus of plants in the family Anacardiaceae.

There are two species:[1]

Sclerocarya birrea (A.Rich.) Hochst. — sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar

S. birrea subsp. caffra (Sond.) Kokwaro
S. birrea subsp. multifoliolata (Engl.) Kokwaro
S. birrea subsp. birrea

Sclerocarya gillettii Kokwaro — eastern Kenya

References

Hall, John Bartholomew; O'Brien, Eileen M.; Sinclair, Fergus L. (2002). Sclerocarya birrea: A Monograph. ISBN 1-84220-049-6.