Baphia
Baphia is a small genus of legumes that bear simple leaves. Baphia is from the Greek word βάπτω, 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 M.O.Soladoye
- * subsp. longipedicellata De Wild.
- Baphia mambillensis M.O.Soladoye
- Baphia marceliana De Wild.
- * subsp. marceliana De Wild.
- * subsp. marquesii M.O.Soladoye
- Baphia nitida Lodd.
- Baphia pauloi Brummitt
- Baphia pubescens Hook.f.
- Baphia puguensis Brummitt
- Baphia punctulata Harms
- * subsp. descampsii 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 M.O.Soladoye
- Baphia gossweileri Baker f.
- Baphia incerta De Wild.
- * subsp. incerta De Wild.
- * subsp. lebrunii M.O.Soladoye
- Baphia leptostemma Baillon
- * subsp. gracilipes M.O.Soladoye
- ** var. gracilipes M.O.Soladoye
- ** var. conraui 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 M.O.Soladoye
- * subsp. spathacea Hook.f.
Section ''Bracteolaria'' (Hochst.) Benth.
- Baphia aurivellera Taubert
- Baphia capparidifolia Baker
- * subsp. bangweolensis Brummitt
- * subsp. capparidifolia Baker
- * subsp. multiflora Brummitt
- * subsp. polygalacea Brummitt
- Baphia dubia De Wild.
- Baphia heudelotiana Baillon
- Baphia kirkii Baker
- * subsp. kirkii Baker
- * subsp. ovata M.O.Soladoye
- Baphia laurentii De Wild.
- Baphia racemosa Baker
Section ''Longibracteolatae'' (Lester-Garland) M.O.Soladoye
Series ''Chrysophyllae'' M.O.Soladoye
- Baphia burttii Baker f.
- Baphia chrysophylla Taubert
- * subsp. chrysophylla Taubert
- * subsp. claessensii Brummitt
- Baphia cuspidata Taubert
- Baphia massaiensis Taubert
- * subsp. busseana M.O.Soladoye
- * subsp. floribunda Brummitt
- * subsp. gomesii Brummitt
- * subsp. massaiensis Taubert
- * subsp. obovata Brummitt
- ** var. cornifolia M.O.Soladoye
- ** var. obovata M.O.Soladoye
- ** var. whitei 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 M.O.Soladoye
- Baphia pilosa Baillon
- * subsp. batangensis 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
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.
