Fabaceae
Brachystegia

Brachystegia taxifolia Harms

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 155 (1902)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to S. Tropical Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. & Polhill, R.M. (2007). 61. Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Flora Zambesiaca 3(2): 1-218. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • B. D. Burtt in Journ. Ecol. 30, t. 4 (1942).
  • Bak. f., Leguminosae of Tropical Africa: 717 (1930).
  • Burtt Davy & Hutch, in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1923: 153 (1923).
  • C. H. N. Jackson in Journ. S. Afr. Bot. 6: 39 (1940).
  • Harms in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 33: 155 (1902).
  • Hoyle & White in Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 116–118, fig. 22/N (1962).
  • Hoyle in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 3: 480 (1952).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • White, F. (1983). The Vegetation of Africa

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1976 Rogers, F.A. [8552] Zambia K000417816 Type Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F3508] Zambia K003103176 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [11866] Zambia K003103160 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [5757] Zambia K003103166 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [585] Zambia K003103165 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; Greenway, P.J.; Miller, R.G. [7844] Zambia K003103164 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [5434] Zambia K003103173 Yes
Timberlake, J. [5911] Zambia K003103159 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [5516] Zambia K003103172 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [6196] Zambia K003103177 Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K.; Bidgood, S. [9767] Zambia K001569794 Yes
Procter, J. [1860] Zambia K003103168 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Williamson, G.; Richards, M.; Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. [1581] Zambia K003103184 Yes
Phipps, J.B.; Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [3116] Zambia K003103182 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; Greenway, P.J. [7827] Zambia K003103161 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Gillett, J.B. [3901] Zambia K003103185 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [5793] Zambia K003103179 Yes
Pole Evans, I.B. [[2952(9)]] Zambia K003103167 Yes
Lawton, R.M. [1274] Zambia K003103186 Yes
s.coll. [10496] Zambia K003103169 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [5788] Zambia K003103174 Yes
White, F. [3069] Zambia K003103180 Yes
Prittwitz; Gaffron [54] K000417844 Type Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Gillett, J.B. [3614] Zambia K003103163 Yes
White, F. [3069] Zambia K003103181 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [5814] Zambia K003103170 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [3819] Zambia K003103183 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [5781] Zambia K003103162 Yes
Timberlake, J.; Bingham, M.G. [5947] Zambia K003103158 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [6083] Zambia K003103178 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [11480] Zambia K003103175 Yes
Gerstner [s.n.] Zambia K003103171 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East 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/

  • 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