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Ver. 19.2
April 17th, 2024

314.0000 Family Meliaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 263 (1789), nom. cons.
50 genera, ca. 750 spp. Phylogeny following Cole (2020)
Species listed in database: 767; hybrids: 2
= Cedrelaceae R.Br.; M. Flinders, Voy. Terra Austral. 2: 595, 596 (1814)
314.1012 Genus Khaya A.Juss.; Mem. Mus. Par. 19: (1830) 249 (Meliac. 97, t. 10)
Distribution: Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Comores. There are 2 more undescribed species in the K.-anthotheca-aggregate (Bouka et al. 2022)
Species listed in database: 8
= Garretia Welw.; Apont.: 587 (1859)
species :
Khaya agboensis A.Chev.; Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. 1: 116 (1920), nomen, et Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Colon. 8: 209 (1928), descr.
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; ?Togo; ?Benin; Nigeria; Bangladesh [I]
22 GHA IVO LBR NGA SIE 40 ban
Remarks: anthotheca agg.
species :
Khaya anthotheca (Welw.) C.DC.; Monogr. Phan. [DC.] 1: 721 (1878)
Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Uganda; NW-Angola
23 CAF CON ZAI 24 SSU 25 UGA 26 ANG
Remarks: anthotheca agg.
Synonyms: hidden
= Azedarach elegans (Seem.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 110 (1891)
= Garretia anthoteca Welw.; Apont.: 587 (1859)
= Khaya wildemanii Ghesq.; Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 13: Suppl. Bot. 29 (1926)
species :
Khaya euryphylla Harms; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 3: 169 (1902)
Distribution: Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 CMN CON ZAI
Remarks: anthotheca agg.
Synonyms: hidden
= Khaya mildbraedii Harms; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 223 (1917)
species :
Khaya grandifoliola C.DC.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54: Mem. VIII. 10 (1907)
Distribution: Guinea; ?Sierra Leone; Liberia; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Central African Republic; NE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Chad; South Sudan; Uganda; India [c]
22 BEN BKN GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN ZAI 24 CHA SSU 25 UGA 40 ind
Synonyms: hidden
= Khaya dawei Stapf ex Broun & R.E.Massey; Fl. Sudan 231 (1929)
= Khaya grandis Stapf; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 9: 152 (1908)
= Khaya kerstingii Harms; Engl. Pflanzenw. Afr. 3(1): 803 (1915)
= Khaya kissiensis A.Chev.; Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. 1: 117 (1920), nomen
= Khaya punchii Stapf; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 9: 152 (1908)
species :
Khaya ivorensis A.Chev.; Veg. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franc. 5: 207 (1909)
Distribution: S-Guinea; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Angola
22 GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA TOG 23 CMN CON EQG GAB 26 ANG
Conservation Status: IUCN VU (Cameroon)
Synonyms: hidden
= Khaya caudata Stapf ex Hutch. & Dalziel; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutch. & Dalziel] 1: 490 (1928)
= Khaya klainei Pierre ex A.Chev.; Vég. Utiles Afrique Trop. Franç. 5: 211 (1909), nomen, et Notul. Syst. (Paris) 2: 77 (1911), descr.
species :
Khaya madagascariensis Jum. & H.Perrier; Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci., Paris, cxlii. 901 (1906), et Ann. Mus. Col. Marseille, Ser. 2, 5: 366 (1907), descr. ampl.
Distribution: Madagascar; Comores
29 COM MDG
species :
Khaya nyasica Stapf ex Baker f.; J. Linn Soc., Bot. 40: 42 (1911)
Distribution: Burundi; SE-Kenya; Tanzania; S-Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal)
23 BUR 25 KEN TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 SAF
Remarks: anthotheca agg.
species :
Khaya senegalensis (Desv.) A.Juss.; Mem. Mus. Par. 19: (1830) 249 (Meliac. 98, t. 10)
Name: Senegal mahogany
Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; NE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; S-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Uganda; China [I] (Fujian [I], Guangdong [I], Guangxi [I], Hainan [I]); Taiwan [I]; India [c]; Cambodia [I]; Vietnam [I]; New Caledonia [I]; Fiji [I]; USA [I] (Florida [I]); Cuba [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Trinidad & Tobago [I]
22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO MLI NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 CAF CMN ZAI 24 CHA SSU SUD 25 UGA 36 chi 38 tai 40 ind 41 cbd vie 60 fij nwc 78 usa 81 cub pue trt
Synonyms: hidden
= Khaya senegalensis var. quadrivalvis Pell.; (1911)
= Khaya senegalensis var. spectabilis A.Chev.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France, Mém. 8: 147 (1912)
= Swietenia senegalensis Desr.; Lam., Encycl. 3: 679 (1792)
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