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269.0000 Family Anacardiaceae R.Br.; Narr. Exped. Zaire [Tuckey] 431 (1818), nom. cons.
81 genera, ca. 900 spp. Phylogeny following Cole (2018) and Cole & Bachelier (2023, Anacardiaceae phylogeny poster)
Species listed in database: 939; hybrids: 5
= Amphipterygiaceae D.L.Fu; Amer. J. Agric. Forest. 12(5): 352 (2024)
= Blepharocaryaceae Airy Shaw; Kew Bull. 18: 254 (1965)
= Comocladiaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 144 (1820)
= Julianiaceae Hemsl.; J. Bot. 44: 379 (1906), nom. cons.
= Lentiscaceae Horan.; Tetractys 25 (1843)
= Pistaciaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 485 (1820)
= Podoaceae Baill. ex Franch.Pl.Delav.145 (1889)
= Rhoaceae Spreng. ex Sadler; Fl. Comit. Pest. 2: 135 (1826)
= Schinaceae Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 3: 55 (1837)
= Spondiadaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 594 (1820)
= Vernicaceae Schultz Sch.; Nat. Syst. Pflanzenr. 488 (1832)
269.0412 Genus Sclerocarya Hochst.; Flora 27: Bes. Beil. 1 (1844)
Distribution: Tropical Africa, Madagascar
Species listed in database: 2
species :
Sclerocarya birrea (A.Rich.) Hochst.; Flora 27: Bes. Beil. 1 (1844)
subspecies :
subsp. birrea
Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Liberia; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania; Comores (Mayotte, etc.)
22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR NGA SEN TOG 23 CAF CMN 24 CHA ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN 29 COM
Synonyms: hidden
= Poupartia birrea (A.Rich.) Aubrév.; Fl. Forest. Soudano-Guin. 405 (1950)
= Spondias birrea A.Rich.; Fl. Seneg. Tent. 152, t. 41 (1833)
subspecies :
subsp. afra (Sond.) Kokwaro; Kew Bull. 34(4): 756 (1980)
Name: Marula, Cider Tree
Distribution: Angola; S-Zambia; S-Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Mauritius [I]
26 ANG MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 29 mau MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora subglauca Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58: 469 (1912) (Burseraceae)
= Poupartia afra (Sond.) H.Perrier; Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 18: 245 (1944)
= Poupartia excelsa Marchand; Rév. Anacardiac. 157 (1869)
= Sclerocarya afra Sond.; Linnaea 23: 26 (1850)
= Sclerocarya afra var. dentata Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 258 (1883)
= Sclerocarya afra var. oblongifoliolata Engl.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C 243 (1895)
= Sclerocarya schweinfurthiana Schinz; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 29: 63 (1888)
= Sclerocarya schweinfurthii O.Hoffm.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 5: 152 (1892)
= Sclerocarya shakua Baker; Fl. Mauritius [J.G.Baker] 63 (1877)
= Shakua excelsa Bojer; Hortus Maurit. 82 (1837), nomen
subspecies :
subsp. multifoliolata (Engl.) Kokwaro; Kew Bull. 34(4): 756 (1980)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Sclerocarya birrea var. multifoliolata Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 180 (1921)
species :
Sclerocarya gillettii Kokwaro; Kew Bull. 34(4): 757 (1980)
Distribution: Kenya
25 KEN
Conservation Status: IUCN R
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