Lovoa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Meliaceae
Subfamilia: Cedreloideae
Genus: Lovoa
Species: L. swynnertonii – L. trichilioides

Name

Lovoa Harms, 1896

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Litosiphon Pierre ex A.Chev. in Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 9: 124 (1917), nom. illeg. (younger homonym of Litosiphon Harvey, 1849, Phaeophyceae)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Harms, H. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, 1896. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(4): 307

Additional references

• Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Lovoa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 13. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Lovoa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Lovoa. Published online. Accessed: January 13 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Lovoa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 January 2024.

Vernacular names

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