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Gambeya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Sapotaceae
Subfamily:	Chrysophylloideae
Genus:	Gambeya Pierre (1891)

Gambeya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapotaceae.^[1]

Its native range is tropical Africa. It is found in the countries of Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, the Gulf of Guinea Islands, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.^[1]

The genus of Gambeya was named in honour of Henri Gambey (1787–1847), French mechanic and entrepreneur who made precision instruments (sextants, compasses, etc.) for many scientists.^[2] It was first described and published by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre in Notes Bot. Sapot. on page 61 in 1891.^[1]

Species

Known species, according to Kew:^[1]

Gambeya africana (A.DC.) Pierre – western and central Africa
Gambeya albida (G.Don) Aubrév. & Pellegr. - western and central Africa to Kenya and Tanzania
Gambeya azaguieana (J.Miège) Aubrév. & Pellegr. – Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, and Ghana
Gambeya beguei (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. – Côte d'Ivoire and central Africa
Gambeya boiviniana Pierre – Madagascar and Comoro Islands
Gambeya boukokoensis Aubrév. & Pellegr. – central Africa
Gambeya gigantea (A.Chev.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. – western and west-central Africa
Gambeya gorungosana (Engl.) Liben – Afromontane eastern and southeastern Africa, Angola, Gabon, and Cameroon
Gambeya korupensis Ewango & Kenfack – Cameroon
Gambeya lacourtiana (De Wild.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. – west-central Africa
Gambeya lungi (De Wild.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. – Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gambeya muerensis (Engl.) Liben – South Sudan, Uganda, and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gambeya perpulchra (Mildbr. ex Hutch. & Dalziel) Aubrév. & Pellegr. – west and central Africa to Uganda and Tanzania
Gambeya prunifolia (Baker) Aubrév. & Pellegr. – Nigeria and Bioko
Gambeya subnuda (Baker) Pierre – western and central Africa to Uganda
Gambeya taiensis (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. – Côte d'Ivoire

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Gambeya Pierre | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

Taxon identifiers
Gambeya	Wikidata: Q47490824 Wikispecies: Gambeya APDB: 190885 CoL: 8WFWC GBIF: 7333571 GRIN: 21182 IPNI: 36740-1 IRMNG: 1354473 NCBI: 2851910 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:36740-1 Tropicos: 40012221 WFO: wfo-4000015269

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