Bafodeya is a genus of plants in the family Chrysobalanaceae described in 1976.[2][4]

Bafodeya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Chrysobalanaceae
Genus: Bafodeya
Prance ex F.White[2]
Species:
B. benna
Binomial name
Bafodeya benna
(Scott-Elliot) Prance ex F.White
Synonyms[3]

Parinari benna Scott-Elliot

There is only one known species, Bafodeya benna, native to tropical West Africa (Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone).[3][5]

The species is listed as vulnerable.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Crook, V. (2011). "Bafodeya benna". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T35798A9954223. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T35798A9954223.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Bafodeya". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  3. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Ghillean Prance ex White, Frank. 1976. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 46(3–4): 271
  5. ^ Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.