Biology:Bersama abyssinica
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Short description: Species of tree
| Winged bersama | |
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| Bersama abyssinica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Geraniales |
| Family: | Francoaceae |
| Genus: | Bersama |
| Species: | B. abyssinica
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| Binomial name | |
| Bersama abyssinica Fresen.
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Countries of occurrence
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Bersama abyssinica is a species of medium-sized evergreen tree in the Francoaceae family. The leaves are pinnately divided with a strongly winged rachis (hence the common name winged bersama).[2] The inflorescence is a spike.
This species is distributed across sub-Saharan Africa and includes two subspecies:[3]
- B. abyssinica Fresen. subsp. abyssinica Fresen.
- B. abyssinica Fresen. subsp. rosea (Hoyle) Mikkelsen[4]
The subspecies rosea is endemic to Tanzania, where it is considered vulnerable.[5]
Bersama abyssinica produces a hard, heavy wood that is used in the construction of houses in West Africa.[6]
References
- ↑ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (2020). "Bersama abyssinica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T146298209A153945468. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T146298209A153945468.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/146298209/153945468. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ "Bersama abyssinica Fresen.". Flora of Zimbabwe. http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/species.php?species_id=164510. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
- ↑ "Bersama abyssinica Fresen. subsp. abyssinica Fresen. [family MELIANTHACEAE"]. Aluka. http://www.aluka.org/action/showCompilationPage?doi=10.5555/AL.AP.COMPILATION.PLANT-NAME-SPECIES.BERSAMA.ABYSSINICA&pgs=. Retrieved 2007-12-03.[|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ Mikkelsen, K. S.; O. Seberg (2001). "Morphometric analysis of the Bersama abyssinica Fresen. complex (Melianthaceae) in East Africa". Plant Systematics and Evolution 227 (3–4): 157–182. doi:10.1007/s006060170046.
- ↑ Gereau, R.E.; Kabuye, C.; Kalema, J.; Kamau, P.; Kindeketa, W.; Luke, W.R.Q.; Lyaruu, H.V.M.; Malombe, I. et al. (2020). "Bersama rosea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T34225A2851781. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T34225A2851781.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/34225/2851781. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ Heywood, V. H. (ed.) (1993). Flowering Plants of the World (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 191–192.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1617014 entry
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