Berlinia Temporal range:
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Flower of Berlinia confusa | |
Scientific classification
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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 [1] | |
21; see text | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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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]
21 species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of August 2023: [1]
Berlinia Temporal range:
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Flower of Berlinia confusa | |
Scientific classification
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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 [1] | |
21; see text | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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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]
21 species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of August 2023: [1]