Baphia

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Genus of legumes

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::summary Genus of legumes ::

|image = African sandalwood flower 1.jpg |image_caption = Baphia nitida |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Baphia |authority = Afzel. ex G.Lodd. (1820) |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text |range_map = Baphia distribution.svg |range_map_caption = Range of the genus Baphia. |synonyms =

  • Baphia sect. Delaria (Desv.) Benth.
  • Delaria Desv. (1826) |synonyms_ref =

Baphia is a small genus of legumes that bear simple leaves. Baphia is from the Greek word βάπτω (báptō-, "to dip" or "to dye"), referring to a red dye that is extracted from the heartwood of tropical species. The genus is restricted to the African tropics. Baphia was traditionally assigned to the tribe Sophoreae; however, recent molecular phylogenetic analyses reassigned Baphia to the tribe Baphieae.

Species

Baphia comprises the following species:

Section ''Alata'' M.O.Soladoye

Section ''Baphia'' Lodd.

Series ''Baphia'' Lodd.

Series ''Contiguinae'' M.O.Soladoye

Series ''Spathaceae'' M.O.Soladoye

Section ''Bracteolaria'' (Hochst.) Benth.

Section ''Longibracteolatae'' (Lester-Garland) M.O.Soladoye

Series ''Chrysophyllae'' M.O.Soladoye

  • Baphia burttii Baker f.
  • Baphia chrysophylla Taubert
    • subsp. chrysophylla Taubert
    • subsp. claessensii (De Wild.) Brummitt
  • Baphia cuspidata Taubert
  • Baphia massaiensis Taubert
    • subsp. busseana (Harms) M.O.Soladoye
    • subsp. floribunda Brummitt
    • subsp. gomesii (Baker f.) Brummitt
    • subsp. massaiensis Taubert
    • subsp. obovata (Schinz) Brummitt
      • var. cornifolia (Harms) M.O.Soladoye
      • var. obovata (Schinz) M.O.Soladoye
      • var. whitei (Brummitt) M.O.Soladoye
  • Baphia speciosa J.B.Gillett & Brummitt

Series ''Macranthae'' M.O.Soladoye

Series ''Striatae'' (Lester Garland) M.O.Soladoye

  • Baphia leptobotrys Harms
    • subsp. leptobotrys Harms
    • subsp. silvatica (Harms) M.O.Soladoye
  • Baphia pilosa Baillon
    • subsp. batangensis (Harms) M.O.Soladoye
    • subsp. pilosa Baillon

Section ''Macrobaphia'' Harms emend. M.O.Soladoye

''Incertae sedis''

Species names with uncertain taxonomic status

The status of the following species is unresolved:

  • Baphia glauca A. Chev.
  • Baphia longepetiolata Taub.
  • Baphia madagascariensis C.H. Stirt. & Du Puy
  • Baphia megaphylla Breteler
  • Baphia radcliffei Baker f. In 2023, a new species, Baphia arenicola was discovered growing in the deep sandy highland region of central Angola, part of the Kalahari sands, and was formally described to science. The floral characters most morphologically similar to Baphia massaiensis but with certain characters also comparable to Baphia bequaertii, with all three species found growing in the same region. Preliminary molecular analysis places the new taxon close to Baphia bequaertii. Whilst most Baphia form above ground shrubs and trees, Baphia arenicola grows as a geoxylic suffrutex (often described as "underground trees") with most of its woody tissue growing buried deep within the sand and its flowering parts just above ground level.

References

References

  1. [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21775-1 ''Baphia'' Afzel. ex G.Lodd.] ''[[Plants of the World Online]]''. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  2. Pooley E.. (1997). "Trees of Natal, Zululand and Transkei". Natal Flora Publications Trust.
  3. "Baphia". [[Kew Royal Botanic Gardens]].
  4. Polhill RM. (1981). "Advances in Legume Systematics, Part 1". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". [[South African Journal of Botany.
  6. (2001). "Phylogenetic relationships of basal papilionoid legumes based upon sequences of the chloroplast ''trnL'' intron". [[Systematic Botany.
  7. (2004). "A phylogeny of legumes (Leguminosae) based on analysis of the plastid ''matK'' gene resolves many well-supported subclades within the family". [[American Journal of Botany.
  8. (2012). "Revisiting the phylogeny of papilionoid legumes: New insights from comprehensively sampled early-branching lineages". [[American Journal of Botany.
  9. Soladoye MO. (1985). "A revision of ''Baphia'' (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae)". Kew Bulletin.
  10. . ["ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for ''Baphia''"](http://www.ildis.org/AliceWeb/6.00/names/npall/npall_81.shtml). *Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics*.
  11. USDA. "GRIN species records of ''Baphia''". [[Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center.
  12. (2013). "The Plant List entry for ''Baphia''". [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] and the [[Missouri Botanical Garden]].
  13. (2023-09-20). "New species of Asclepias (Apocynaceae), Baphia (Leguminosae), Cochlospermum (Bixaceae) and Endostemon (Lamiaceae) from the Kalahari sands of Angola and NW Zambia, with one new combination in Vangueria (Rubiaceae)". PhytoKeys.
  14. "Top 10 plant and fungal species named new to science in 2023 {{!}} Kew".

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