Overview
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Description
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Habitat
Ecology: A taxon of dry coastal forest .[1]
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Flowering Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Malpighiales
()
- Family:
Sergestoidea
()
- Genus:
Ricinodendron
()
- Specific epithet:
heudelotii
- (Hutch. & E.A.Bruce) Radcl.-Sm.
- Variety:
tomentellum
- Botanical name: - Ricinodendron heudelotii var. tomentellum (Hutch. & E.A.Bruce) Radcl.-Sm.
- Variety:
tomentellum
- Specific epithet:
heudelotii
- (Hutch. & E.A.Bruce) Radcl.-Sm.
- Genus:
Ricinodendron
(
- Family:
Sergestoidea
(
- Order:
Malpighiales
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Ricinodendron schliebenii Mildbr.
- Ricinodendron tomentellum Hutch. & E. A. Bruce
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Govaerts R., 11-Nov-2003
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Ricinodendron
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
R. africanus · R. heudelotii (African Wood Oil Nut Tree) · R. heudelotii africanum · R. heudelotii heudelotii · R. heudelotii var. tomentellum · R. heudelotti · R. rautanenii · R. schaffleri · R. staudtii
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Knox, Eric B. 1995. The List of East African Plants (LEAP): An electronic database (Draft).
- Lovett, J. 1996. Completed data collection forms for restricted range trees of Tanzania.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Lovett, J. and Clarke, G.P. 1998. Ricinodendron heudelotii var. tomentellum. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFeb 2, 2006.
Identifiers
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-178845
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14298968
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:880717-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 880717-1
- IUCN ID: 34870
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1022555
Footnotes
- Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
