Biology:Cordyla

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Cordyla
Cordyla madagascariensis 01.jpg
Cordyla madagascariensis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Amburaneae
Genus: Cordyla
Lour. (1790)
Species

7; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Calycandra Lepr. ex A.Rich. (1831)
  • J.H.Kirkbr. (2005) Dupuya

Cordyla is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes seven species native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging across northern Africa from Senegal to Somalia, and through eastern Africa from Sudan to KwaZulu-Natal, including Madagascar.[1]

Species

(As of April 2023), seven species were accepted:[1][2][3]

  • Cordyla africana Lour. – A tree native to eastern Africa from Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal
  • Cordyla densiflora Milne-Redh. – a tree endemic to Tanzania
  • Cordyla haraka Capuron – a tree endemic to eastern Madagascar
  • Cordyla madagascariensis R.Vig. – a tree endemic to Madagascar
  • Cordyla pinnata (A. Rich.) Milne-Redh. – a tree native to western Africa from Senegal to Chad
  • Cordyla richardii Milne-Redh. – a shrub or tree native to South Sudan and northern Uganda
  • Cordyla somalensis J.B. Gillett – a shrub or tree native to Ethiopia and Somalia

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Cordyla Lour.". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:22088-1. 
  2. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Cordyla". Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&genus~Cordyla&species~. Retrieved 30 January 2014. 
  3. USDA; ARS. "GRIN species records of Cordyla". National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2925. Retrieved 30 January 2014. 

External links

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