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A synoptic revision of Dacryodes (Burseraceae) in Africa, with a new species from Central Africa

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A synoptic revision is presented for the genus Dacryodes Vahl in Africa. The studies are based on examination of herbarium material. Eighteen species are recognised, including two not well known due to poor material. The new species Dacryodes villiersiana Onana is described and illustrated. The conservation status of the species is discussed following the categories and criteria of IUCN (2001).

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Grateful thanks are due to Dr Martin Cheek and Dr Achoundong for their encouragement and help in producing this paper and Mark Coode for providing the Latin translation of the diagnosis. I am grateful to Prof. Simon Owens of K, Dr Phillipe Morat and Marc Pignal of P and their colleagues for their hospitality during visits to their herbaria and to them and the curators of BR, G, and WAG for loaning their specimens. I also thank Dr Sonké for his kind collaboration and Douglas Daly and an anonymous reviewer for their comments on an earlier version of this manuscript. Observations of the specimens of BR, K, P & WAG were made during visits to K and P with financial support from the GEF-Cameroon-Biodiversity Programme funded by the World Bank, the Brenan Fund of the Bentham-Moxon Trust of R.B.G. Kew and the Darwin Initiative of DEFRA, British Government as part of the Red Data Plants, Cameroon Project.

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Index to scientific names in synopsis

Index to scientific names in synopsis

Aucoumea Pierre 397

Anacardiaceae 392

Canarium buettneri Engl. 388

edule Hook. f. 389

macrophyllum Oliv. 393

mansfeldianum Engl. 389

mubafo Ficalho 389

saphu Engl. 389

Dacryodes Vahl

afzelii (Engl.) H. J. Lam 391

bampsiana Pierlot 388

barteri (Engl.) H. J. Lam 391

buettneri (Engl.) H. J. Lam 388

camerunensis Onana 389

dahomensis (Engl.) H. J. Lam 391

ebatom Aubrév. & Pellegr. 389

edulis (G. Don) H. J. Lam 389

var. parvicarpa Okafor 389

ferruginea (A. Chev.) H. J. Lam 390

fraxinifolius (Engl.) H. J. Lam 388

fusca (Engl.) H. J. Lam 393

heterotricha (Pellegr.) H. J. Lam 390

igaganga Aubrév. & Pellegr. 391

klaineana (Pierre) H. J. Lam 391

var. lepidota Aubrév. 391

ledermannii (Engl.) H. J. Lam 392

leonardiana Pierlot 392

letestui (Pellegr.) H. J. Lam 393

macrophylla (Oliv.) H. J. Lam 393

normandii Aubrév. & Pellegr. 393

osika (Guillaumin) H. J. Lam 394

pubescens (Vermoesen) H. J. Lam 394

tessmannii (Engl.) H. J. Lam 394

trapnellii Onana 395

trimera (Oliv.) H. J. Lam 397

villiersiana Onana 395

viridiflora (Engl.) H. J. Lam 397

yangambiensis Louis ex Troupin 394

zenkeri (Engl.) H. J. Lam 391

Haematostaphis delociosa (A. Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel) Pellegr. 391

Pachylobus afzelii Engl. 391

albiflorus Guillaumin 389, 390, 391

barteri Engl. 391

buettneri (Engl.) Engl. 388

var. cinera A. Chev. 388

dahomensis Engl. 391

deliciosus (A. Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel) Pellegr. 391

edulis G. Don 389

var. glabra A. Chev. 391

var. mubafo (Ficalho) Engl. 389

var. preussii Engl. 389

var. sylvestris A. Chev. 389

ferrugineus A. Chev. 390

fraxinifolius Engl. 388

fuscus Engl. 393

heterotricha Pellegr. 390

klaineanus (Pierre) Engl. 391

ledermannii Engl. 392

letestui Pellegr. 393

macrophyllus (Oliv.) Engl. 393

var. brevipetiolulatus Engl. 393

osika Guillaumin 394

paniculatus Hoyle 391

pubescens Vermoesen 394

saphu (Engl.) Engl. 389

tessmannii Engl. 394

trimerus (Oliv.) Guillaumin 397

viridiflorus Engl. 397

zenkeri Engl. 391

Pseudodacryodes Pierlot 397

Santiria trimera (Oliv.) Aubrév. 397

Santiriopsis klaineana Pierre 391

tessmannii K. Krause 398

Sorindeia deliciosa A. Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel 391

juglandifolia (A. Rich.) Planch. ex Oliv. var. dahomensis Guillaumin 392

trimera Oliv. 397, 398

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Onana, J.M. A synoptic revision of Dacryodes (Burseraceae) in Africa, with a new species from Central Africa. Kew Bull 63, 385–400 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-008-9064-4

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