Xanthocercis zambesiaca (Baker) Dumaz-le-Grand GRIN-Global

Taxon: Xanthocercis zambesiaca (Baker) Dumaz-le-Grand

Summary

Genus:

Xanthocercis

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Sophoreae

Nomen number:

101974

Place of publication:

Bull. Soc. Bot. France 99:314. 1953

Verified:

11/07/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Sophora zambesiaca Baker

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Pseudocadia zambesiaca (Baker) Harms

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Reference(s)

Corby, H. D. L. 1974. Systematic implications of nodulation among Rhodesian legumes. Kirkia 9(2):301-329.
Drummond, R. B. 1972. A list of Rhodesian legumes. Kirkia 8:229.
Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
Palmer, E. & N. Pitman. Trees of southern Africa. 1972-1973

Common names

English
nyala-tree –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Malawi
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zambia
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Botswana
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Transvaal

Native
Africa

SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, South Africa [Transvaal]

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=101974. Accessed 1 May 2026.