Fabaceae
Baikiaea

Baikiaea insignis Benth.

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 25: 314 (1865)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

Introduced into:

India, Sri Lanka

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bot. Mag. t. 8819
  • Léonard in Fl. Congo Belge 3: 298, t. 23.
  • —F.T.A. 2: 309

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. f., Leguminosae of Tropical Africa: 704 (1930).
  • Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc, Lond. 25: 314 (1865).
  • J. Léon. in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 3: 298, t. 23 (1952)
  • J. Léon. in Mém. 8°, Classe Sci., Acad. Roy. Belg. 30(2): 73 (1957).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Bailey, L. H. & Bailey, E. Z. (1976). Hortus Third. New York: Macmillan
  • Brenan, J. P. M. (1967). Caesalp. In: Flora Trop. East Africa. Milne-Redhead & Polhill
  • Lock, J. M. (1985). Specimen in Herb. Kew

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 2007 Etuge, M. [6472] Cameroon K000460076 Yes
Mar 1, 2004 Cheek, M. [11993] Cameroon K000338188 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Thomas, D.W. [9859] Cameroon K000086007 Yes
Dec 18, 1938 Mann, G. [2342] Guinea K000417728 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 18, 1938 Mann, G. [2342] Guinea K000417730 Type Yes
Dec 18, 1938 Mann, G. [2342] Guinea K000417731 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 18, 1938 Mann, G. [2342] Guinea K000417729 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1938 Maitland, T.D. [1307] Cameroon K000092809 Yes
Tah, K.; Stephen, Raphael [54] Cameroon K000557205 Yes
Thomas, D.W. [8227] Cameroon K000092807 Yes
Breteler, F. J.; Jongkind, C.C. H. [10816] Gabon K001519432 No
Burton [x K000417727 Type No
Thomas, D.W. [1195] Cameroon K000092810 Yes
Welwitsch, F. [1887] K001091913 Yes
Cheek, M. [8833] Cameroon K000460145 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Legumes of the World Online

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/