Baphia

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Baphia
File:African sandalwood flower 1.jpg
Baphia nitida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Clade: Meso-Papilionoideae
Tribe: Baphieae
Genus: Baphia
Afzel. ex G.Lodd. (1820)
Species

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File:Baphia distribution.svg
Range of the genus Baphia.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Baphia sect. Delaria (Desv.) Benth.
  • Delaria Desv. (1826)

Baphia is a small genus of legumes that bear simple leaves.[3] 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.[3][4] The genus is restricted to the African tropics. Baphia was traditionally assigned to the tribe Sophoreae;[5] however, recent molecular phylogenetic analyses reassigned Baphia to the tribe Baphieae.[6][7][8][9]

Species

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Baphia comprises the following species:[1][10][11][12]

Section Alata M.O.Soladoye

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Section Baphia Lodd.

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Series Baphia Lodd.

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Series Contiguinae M.O.Soladoye

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Series Spathaceae M.O.Soladoye

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Section Bracteolaria (Hochst.) Benth.

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

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Series Chrysophyllae M.O.Soladoye

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  • 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

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Series Striatae (Lester Garland) M.O.Soladoye

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  • 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

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Incertae sedis

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Species names with uncertain taxonomic status

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The status of the following species is unresolved:[12]

  • 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.[13][14]

References

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  2. ^ Baphia Afzel. ex G.Lodd. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
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