''Berlinia'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the family
. It includes 21 species of trees native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Guinea to Chad, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Angola.
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Species of ''Berlina'' grow in the Guineo–Congolian forest of equatorial western and central Africa, and in the transitional ]forest–savanna mosaic
Forest–savanna mosaic is a transitory ecotone between the tropical moist broadleaf forests of Equatorial Africa and the drier savannas and open woodlands to the north and south of the forest belt. The forest–savanna mosaic consists of drier f ...
belts north and south of the forest region.[
Fossil pollen attributable to the genus is known from the Eocene (]Ypresian
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) of Africa.
Species
21 species accepted by the Plants of the World Online
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as of August 2023:[
*'']Berlinia auriculata
''Berlinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 21 species of trees native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Guinea to Chad, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Angola.
Species of ''Berlina'' grow in the Guineo–Congoli ...
'' – Benin to Central African Republic and Republic of the Congo
*''Berlinia bracteosa
''Berlinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 21 species of trees native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Guinea to Chad, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Angola.
Species of ''Berlina'' grow in the Guineo–Congoli ...
'' – southern Nigeria to Chad and Democratic Republic of the Congo
*''Berlinia bruneelii
''Berlinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 21 species of trees native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Guinea to Chad, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Angola.
Species of ''Berlina'' grow in the Guineo–Congoli ...
'' – Cameroon and Central African Republic to Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola
*''Berlinia confusa
''Berlinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 21 species of trees native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Guinea to Chad, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Angola.
Species of ''Berlina'' grow in the Guineo–Congoli ...
'' – Sierra Leone to Cameroon and Republic of the Congo
*''Berlinia congolensis
''Berlinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 21 species of trees native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Guinea to Chad, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Angola.
Species of ''Berlina'' grow in the Guineo–Congoli ...
'' – Nigeria to Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola
*'' Berlinia coriacea'' – Nigeria to Central African Republic
*''Berlinia craibiana
''Berlinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 21 species of trees native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Guinea to Chad, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Angola.
Species of ''Berlina'' grow in the Guineo–Congoli ...
'' – Nigeria to Central African Republic and northern Angola
*''Berlinia delevoyi
''Berlinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 21 species of trees native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Guinea to Chad, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Angola.
Species of ''Berlina'' grow in the Guineo–Congoli ...
'' – Democratic Republic of the Congo and northeastern Angola
*''Berlinia giorgii
''Berlinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 21 species of trees native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Guinea to Chad, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Angola.
Species of ''Berlina'' grow in the Guineo–Congol ...
'' – Nigeria and Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, and Zambia
*''Berlinia grandiflora
''Berlinia grandiflora'' is a small to medium sized tree found in the West and West Central African region along riparian habitats or gallery forests habitat types.
Description
''Berlinia grandiflora'' is a small to medium sized tree that range ...
'' – Guinea to Niger, Central African Republic, and Angola
*'' Berlinia hollandii'' – southern Nigeria and Cameroon
*''Berlinia immaculata
''Berlinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 21 species of trees native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Guinea to Chad, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Angola.
Species of ''Berlina'' grow in the Guineo–Congoli ...
'' – Cameroon and Gabon
*'' Berlinia korupensis'' – western Cameroon
*'' Berlinia occidentalis'' – Sierra Leone to Ghana
*''Berlinia orientalis
''Berlinia orientalis'' is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Mozambique and Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa w ...
'' – Tanzania and Mozambique
*''Berlinia phenacoa
''Berlinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 21 species of trees native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Guinea to Chad, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Angola.
Species of ''Berlina'' grow in the Guineo–Congoli ...
'' – Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo
*'' Berlinia rabiensis'' – Gabon
*'' Berlinia razzifera'' – Gabon
*'' Berlinia sapinii'' – Democratic Republic of the Congo
*'' Berlinia tomentella'' – Sierra Leone to Ghana and Cameroon
*'' Berlinia viridicans'' – Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and Democratic Republic of the Congo
References
External links
Detarioideae
Fabaceae genera
Afrotropical realm flora
Taxa named by George Bentham
Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker
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