Baphia

Baphia is a small genus of legumes that bear simple leaves. Baphia is from the Greek word βάπτω (báptō-, "to dip" or "to dye"), referring to a red dye that is extracted from the heartwood of tropical species. The genus is restricted to the African tropics. Baphia was traditionally assigned to the tribe Sophoreae; however, recent molecular phylogenetic analyses reassigned Baphia to the tribe Baphieae.
Species
Baphia comprises the following species:
Section Alata M.O.Soladoye
Baphia cordifolia Harms
Section Baphia Lodd.
Series Baphia Lodd.
Baphia abyssinica Brummitt
Baphia dewevrei De Wild.
Baphia dewildeana M.O.Soladoye
Baphia latiloi M.O.Soladoye
Baphia laurifolia Baillon
Baphia longipedicellata De Wild.
subsp. keniensis (Brummitt) M.O.Soladoye
subsp. longipedicellata De Wild.
Baphia mambillensis M.O.Soladoye
Baphia marceliana De Wild.
subsp. marceliana De Wild.
subsp. marquesii (M.Exell) M.O.Soladoye
Baphia nitida Lodd. (Camwood)
Baphia pauloi Brummitt
Baphia pubescens Hook.f.
Baphia puguensis Brummitt
Baphia punctulata Harms
subsp. descampsii (De Wild.) M.O.Soladoye
subsp. palmensis M.O.Soladoye
subsp. punctulata Harms
Series Contiguinae M.O.Soladoye
Baphia angolensis Baker
Baphia brachybotrys Harms
Baphia breteleriana M.O.Soladoye
Baphia buettneri Harms
subsp. buettneri Harms
subsp. hylophila (Harms) M.O.Soladoye
Baphia gossweileri Baker f.
Baphia incerta De Wild.
subsp. incerta De Wild.
subsp. lebrunii (L.Touss.) M.O.Soladoye
Baphia leptostemma Baillon
subsp. gracilipes (Harms) M.O.Soladoye
var. gracilipes (Harms) M.O.Soladoye
var. conraui (Harms) M.O.Soladoye
subsp. leptostemma Baillon
Baphia preussii Harms
Baphia obanensis Baker f.
Baphia wollastonii Baker f.
Series Spathaceae M.O.Soladoye
Baphia eriocalyx Harms
Baphia spathacea Hook.f.
subsp. polyantha (Harms) M.O.Soladoye
subsp. spathacea Hook.f.
Section Bracteolaria (Hochst.) Benth.
Baphia aurivellera Taubert
Baphia capparidifolia Baker
subsp. bangweolensis (R.E.Fries) Brummitt
subsp. capparidifolia Baker
subsp. multiflora (Harms) Brummitt
subsp. polygalacea Brummitt
Baphia dubia De Wild.
Baphia heudelotiana Baillon
Baphia kirkii Baker
subsp. kirkii Baker
subsp. ovata (Sim) M.O.Soladoye
Baphia laurentii De Wild.
Section Longibracteolatae (Lester-Garland) M.O.Soladoye
Series Chrysophyllae M.O.Soladoye
Baphia burttii Baker f.
Baphia chrysophylla Taubert
subsp. chrysophylla Taubert
subsp. claessensii (De Wild.) Brummitt
Baphia cuspidata Taubert
Baphia massaiensis Taubert
subsp. busseana (Harms) M.O.Soladoye
subsp. floribunda Brummitt
subsp. gomesii (Baker f.) Brummitt
subsp. massaiensis Taubert
subsp. obovata (Schinz) Brummitt
var. cornifolia (Harms) M.O.Soladoye
var. obovata (Schinz) M.O.Soladoye
var. whitei (Brummitt) M.O.Soladoye
Baphia speciosa J.B.Gillett & Brummitt
Series Macranthae M.O.Soladoye
Baphia bequaertii De Wild.
Baphia letestui Pellegrin
Baphia maxima Baker
Series Striatae (Lester Garland) M.O.Soladoye
Baphia leptobotrys Harms
subsp. leptobotrys Harms
subsp. silvatica (Harms) M.O.Soladoye
Baphia pilosa Baillon
subsp. batangensis (Harms) M.O.Soladoye
subsp. pilosa Baillon
Section Macrobaphia Harms emend. M.O.Soladoye
Baphia bergeri De Wild.
Baphia macrocalyx Harms
Baphia semseiana Brummitt
Incertae sedis
Baphia cymosa Breteler
Baphia madagascariensis (A.Heller) A.Heller
Species names with uncertain taxonomic status
The status of the following species is unresolved:
Baphia glauca A. Chev.
Baphia longepetiolata Taub.
Baphia madagascariensis C.H. Stirt. & Du Puy
Baphia megaphylla Breteler
Baphia radcliffei Baker f.
References
Fabaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Plant dyes
Afrotropical realm flora