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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Baphia |
Species: | B. kirkii |
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Baphia kirkii | |
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The distribution of Baphia kirkii
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Baphia kirkii is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Mozambique, Tanzania, and possibly Kenya. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Baphia nitida, also known as camwood, barwood, and African sandalwood, is a shrubby, leguminous, hard-wooded tree from central west Africa. It is a small understorey, evergreen tree, often planted in villages, and known as osun in Yoruba.
Red colobuses are Old World monkeys of the genus Piliocolobus. It was formerly considered a subgenus within the genus Procolobus, which is now restricted to the olive colobus. They are closely related to the black-and-white colobus monkeys, and some species are often found in groups with the blue monkey. The western red colobus is frequently hunted by the common chimpanzee.
Halocarpus kirkii, or monoao, is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is native and endemic to New Zealand. It was formerly known as Dacrydium kirkii.
Baphia abyssinica is a species of flowering tree in the family Fabaceae. It is found in western Ethiopia and Sudan. It is threatened by habitat loss, categorized as "vulnerable".
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.
Baphia dewildeana is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Cameroon and Nigeria. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Baphia heudelotiana is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae.
Baphia longipedicellata is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. Subspecies keniensis is found only in Kenya and is threatened by habitat loss.
Baphia latiloi is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Cameroon and Nigeria. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Baphia macrocalyx is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Mozambique and Tanzania. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Baphia obanensis is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Cameroon and Nigeria. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Baphia pauloi is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Tanzania. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Baphia puguensis is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Tanzania. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Baphia semseiana is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Tanzania.
Baphia speciosa is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Zambia.
Dichrostachys kirkii is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Ethiopia and Somalia.
Scolecomorphus kirkii is a species of caecilian in the family Scolecomorphidae. It is known from southern Malawi east of the Shire River, northern Mozambique, and Tanzania ; the known distribution is discontinuous but the species is expected to occur in the intervening areas.
Uvariodendron kirkii is a species of flowering plant in the family Annonaceae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.
Vitellariopsis kirkii is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.
The Kirk's blenny is a species of combtooth blenny in the genus Alticus. It was described by A. Günther in 1964, originally as a member of the genus Salarias. It is a tropical blenny which is known from the Red Sea, Mozambique, Réunion, the Persian Gulf, and India, in the Indian Ocean. Kirk's blennies inhabit waters near the shore, and often spend time out of the water. They are able to breathe air when on land. They are oviparous, and form distinct pairs when mating; they also guard their eggs.