Cryptosepalum exfoliatum

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Cryptosepalum exfoliatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Genus: Cryptosepalum
Species: C. exfoliatum
Binomial name
Cryptosepalum exfoliatum
De Wild.. 1902

Cryptosepalum exfoliatum is a species of tree native to tropical Africa.[1] It is the dominant tree species in the Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests ecoregion of Zambia and Angola, where it is known locally as "Mavunda".[2] Cryptosepalum exfoliatum forests form habitat for the butterfly Mylothris mavunda.

Subspecies

  • subsp. craspedoneura
  • subsp. craspedoneuron
  • subsp. exfoliatum
  • var. exfoliatum
  • var. fruticosum
  • subsp. pseudotaxus
  • subsp. puberulum
  • var. pubescens
  • subsp. suffruticans

References

  1. "Cryptosepalum exfoliatum". 'Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 08 Nov 2012
  2. "Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests." World Wildlife Fund ecoregion profile. Accessed 8 November 2012.
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