''Gambeya'' is a genus 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 belonging to the family

Sapotaceae 240px, '' Madhuca longifolia'' var. ''latifolia'' in Narsapur, Medak district, India The Sapotaceae are a family (biology), family of flowering plants belonging to the order (biology), order Ericales. The family includes about 800 species of ev ...

. Its native range is

Tropical Africa Although tropical Africa is mostly familiar to the West for its rainforests, this biogeographic realm of Africa is far more diverse. While the tropics are thought of as regions with hot moist climates, which are caused by latitude and the tropi ...

. It is found in the countries of Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, the Gulf of Guinea Islands, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The genus of ''Gambeya'' was named in honour of Henri Gambey (1787–1847), French mechanic and entrepreneur who made precision instruments (sextants, compasses, etc.) for many scientists. It was first described and published in Notes Bot. Sapot. on page 61 in 1891.

Species

Known species, according to Kew: *'' Gambeya africana'' – western and central Africa *'' Gambeya albida'' - western and central Africa to Kenya and Tanzania *'' Gambeya azaguieana'' – Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, and Ghana *''

Gambeya beguei ''Gambeya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapotaceae. Its native range is Tropical Africa. It is found in the countries of Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo ...

'' – Côte d'Ivoire and central Africa *''

Gambeya boiviniana ''Gambeya boiviniana'', commonly known as ''famelona'', is species of evergreen tree native to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands The Comoro Islands or Comoros (Shikomori ''Komori''; ar, جزر القمر , ''Juzur al-qamar''; french: Les Co ...

'' – Madagascar and Comoro Islands *''

Gambeya boukokoensis ''Gambeya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapotaceae. Its native range is Tropical Africa. It is found in the countries of Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, ...

'' – central Africa *'' Gambeya gigantea'' – western and west-central Africa *''

Gambeya gorungosana ''Gambeya gorungosana'' is species of evergreen tree native to eastern and central Africa. Range and habitat ''Gambeya gorungosana'' ranges across eastern and central Africa, from Mozambique and Zimbabwe through Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Burundi ...

'' –

Afromontane The Afromontane regions are subregions of the Afrotropical realm, one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms, covering the plant and animal species found in the mountains of Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula. The Afromontane regions ...

eastern and southeastern Africa, Angola, Gabon, and Cameroon *'' Gambeya korupensis'' – Cameroon *'' Gambeya lacourtiana'' – west-central Africa *''

Gambeya lungi ''Gambeya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapotaceae. Its native range is Tropical Africa. It is found in the countries of Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo ...

'' – Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo *''

Gambeya muerensis ''Gambeya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapotaceae. Its native range is Tropical Africa. It is found in the countries of Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo ...

'' – South Sudan, Uganda, and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo *''

Gambeya perpulchra ''Gambeya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapotaceae. Its native range is Tropical Africa. It is found in the countries of Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo ...

'' – west and central Africa to Uganda and Tanzania *''

Gambeya prunifolia ''Gambeya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapotaceae. Its native range is Tropical Africa. It is found in the countries of Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo ...

'' – Nigeria and

Bioko Bioko (; historically Fernando Po; bvb, Ëtulá Ëria) is an island off the west coast of Africa and the northernmost part of Equatorial Guinea. Its population was 335,048 at the 2015 census and it covers an area of . The island is located of ...

*''

Gambeya subnuda ''Gambeya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapotaceae. Its native range is Tropical Africa. It is found in the countries of Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo ...

'' – western and central Africa to Uganda *''

Gambeya taiensis ''Gambeya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapotaceae. Its native range is Tropical Africa. It is found in the countries of Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo ...

'' – Côte d'Ivoire

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q47490824 Chrysophylloideae Sapotaceae genera Plants described in 1891 Flora of East Tropical Africa Flora of South Tropical Africa Flora of West Tropical Africa Afrotropical realm flora