COMBRETACEAE R.Br.
Family composed of 10 genera, composed of species of trees, shrubs and lianas distributed throughout the forests and savannas of tropical and subtropical areas of almost the entire planet. In North Africa, it is represented by 3 genera: Terminalia, Combretum y Guiera.
Guiera Adans. ex Juss., a monotypic genus, from sub-Saharan Africa, that, in the southern boundary of this project’s area presents the species G. senegalensis J.F. Gmel., an evergreen shrub characterised by having numerous black glands scattered among its leaves and branchlets. Typical of the drier inland areas that extends north to the southern Sahara, from Senegal to Sudan.
Maurin, O., Chase M.W., Jordaan, M., & Van der Bank, M. 2010. Phylogenetic relationships of Combretaceae inferred from nuclear and plastid DNA sequence data: implications for generic classification. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 162: 453-476.
Maurin, O; Gere, J; Van Der Bank, M. & Boatwright, J.S. 2017. The inclusion of Anogeissus, Buchenavia and Pteleopsis in Terminalia (Combretaceae: Terminaliinae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 184(3): 312–325. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/box029
Key to genera
1 Flowers with petals 2
1 Flowers without petals Terminalia
2 Fruit with 4-5 winged angles, from glabrous to pubescent Combretum
2 Fruit narrowly cylindrical, not winged, densely covered in long silky hairs Guiera
Updated by: J. Charco.