Bafodeya

Bafodeya
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Chrysobalanaceae
Genus: Bafodeya
Prance ex F.White[2]
Binomial name
Bafodeya benna
(Scott-Elliot) Prance ex F.White
Synonyms[3]

Parinari benna Scott-Elliot

Bafodeya is a genus of plants in the Chrysobalanaceae family described in 1976.[2][4]

There is only one known species, Bafodeya benna, native to tropical West Africa (Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone).[3][5]

The species is listed as vulnerable.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Crook, V. (2007). "Bafodeya benna". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Bafodeya". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Ghillean Prance ex White, Frank. 1976. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 46(3–4): 271
  5. Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.