Prioria joveri

Gossweilerodendron joveri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Prioria
Species: P. joveri
Binomial name
Prioria joveri
(Normand ex Aubrév.) Breteler
Synonyms[2]
  • Gossweilerodendron joveri Normand ex Aubrév.

Prioria joveri is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Angola, Cameroon, and Gabon, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.[3][1]

It is a large tree, with resinous bark. The leaves are pinnate, with 4–5 alternately-arranged leaflets 8 cm long and 2.5 cm broad. The flowers are small, with four (rarely five) white sepals 2 mm long and no petals; they are produced in panicles. The pod superficially resembles a maple samara with a single seed at one end, with the rest of the pod modified into a wing.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 Cheek, M. (2004). Gossweilerodendron joveri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Breteler FJ. (1999). "A revision of Prioria, including Gossweilerodendron, Kingiodendron, Oxystigma, and Pterygopodium (Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae-Detarieae) with emphasis on Africa". Wageningen Agr. Univ. Pap. 99: 1–61.
  3. ↑ International Legume Database & Information Service: Gossweilerodendron joveri
  4. ↑ Flore du Cameroun: Gossweilerodendron (pdf file; in French)
  5. ↑ Watson, L., & Dallwitz, M. J. (2005). The Genera of Leguminosae: Gossweilerodendron
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