Cordyla

Cordyla is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes seven species native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging across northern Africa from Senegal to Somalia, and through eastern Africa from Sudan to KwaZulu-Natal, including Madagascar.

Species

FamilyFabaceae

Native toBenin, Burkina, Cameroon, Chad, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal

General: Mexico to Argentina, and the Caribbean, with Bobgunnia, Cordyla

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 762
With media: 13
Family: Mycetophilidae
Collections: UAM, NY, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS
Recorded in: United States, Madagascar, Canada

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Swartzieae
Image: Cordyla africana 1DS-II 3-9995.jpg

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Commons category: Cordyla
taxon name: Cordyla
taxon rank: genus
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2925
topic's main category: Category:Cordyla
taxon common name: cordyla
homonymous taxon: Cordyla

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==Species== , seven species were accepted: Cordyla africana Lour. – A tree native to eastern Africa from Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal Cordyla densiflora Milne-Redh. – a tree endemic to Tanzania Cordyla haraka Capuron – a tree endemic to eastern Madagascar Cordyla madagascariensis R.Vig. – a tree endemic to Madagascar Cordyla pinnata (A. Rich.) Milne-Redh. – a tree native to western Africa from Senegal to Chad Cordyla richardii Milne-Redh. – a shrub or tree native to South Sudan and northern Uganda Cordyla somalensis J.B. Gillett – a shrub or tree native to Ethiopia and Somalia

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