Berlinia

Berlinia; Temporal range: Ypresian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Flower of Berlinia confusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Detarioideae
Tribe:	Amherstieae
Genus:	Berlinia; Sol. ex Hook.f. & Benth. (1849), nom. cons.
Species
	21; see text
Synonyms
	Macroberlinia (Harms) Hauman (1952); Westia Vahl (1810), nom. rej.;

Berlinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 21 species of trees native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Guinea to Chad, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Angola.^[1]

Species of Berlina grow in the Guineo–Congolian forest of equatorial western and central Africa, and in the transitional forest–savanna mosaic belts north and south of the forest region.^[1]

Fossil pollen attributable to the genus is known from the Eocene (Ypresian) of Africa.^[2]

Species

21 species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of August 2023:^[1]

Berlinia auriculata Benth. – Benin to Central African Republic and Republic of the Congo
Berlinia bracteosa Benth. – southern Nigeria to Chad and Democratic Republic of the Congo
Berlinia bruneelii (De Wild.) Torre & Hillc. – Cameroon and Central African Republic to Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola
Berlinia confusa Hoyle – Sierra Leone to Cameroon and Republic of the Congo
Berlinia congolensis (Baker f.) Keay – Nigeria to Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola
Berlinia coriacea Keay – Nigeria to Central African Republic
Berlinia craibiana Baker f. – Nigeria to Central African Republic and northern Angola
Berlinia delevoyi De Wild. – Democratic Republic of the Congo and northeastern Angola
Berlinia giorgii De Wild. – Nigeria and Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, and Zambia
Berlinia grandiflora (Vahl) Hutch. & Dalziel – Guinea to Niger, Central African Republic, and Angola
Berlinia hollandii Hutch. & Dalziel – southern Nigeria and Cameroon
Berlinia immaculata Mackinder & Wieringa – Cameroon and Gabon
Berlinia korupensis Mackinder & Burgt – western Cameroon
Berlinia occidentalis Keay – Sierra Leone to Ghana
Berlinia orientalis Brenan – Tanzania and Mozambique
Berlinia phenacoa Mackinder – Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo
Berlinia rabiensis Mackinder – Gabon
Berlinia razzifera Mackinder & Wieringa – Gabon
Berlinia sapinii De Wild. – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Berlinia tomentella Keay – Sierra Leone to Ghana and Cameroon
Berlinia viridicans Baker f. – Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and Democratic Republic of the Congo

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Berlinia". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
^ Romero, Ingrid C.; Kong, Shu; Fowlkes, Charless C.; Jaramillo, Carlos; Urban, Michael A.; Oboh-Ikuenobe, Francisca; D’Apolito, Carlos; Punyasena, Surangi W. (2020-11-10). "Improving the taxonomy of fossil pollen using convolutional neural networks and superresolution microscopy". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117 (45): 28496–28505. Bibcode:2020PNAS..11728496R. doi:10.1073/pnas.2007324117. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 7668113. PMID 33097671.

External links

Berlinia grandiflora in West African plants – A Photo Guide.

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[powo-1] "Berlinia". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

[2] Romero, Ingrid C.; Kong, Shu; Fowlkes, Charless C.; Jaramillo, Carlos; Urban, Michael A.; Oboh-Ikuenobe, Francisca; D’Apolito, Carlos; Punyasena, Surangi W. (2020-11-10). "Improving the taxonomy of fossil pollen using convolutional neural networks and superresolution microscopy". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117 (45): 28496–28505. Bibcode:2020PNAS..11728496R. doi:10.1073/pnas.2007324117. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 7668113. PMID 33097671.

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