Baphia

Baphia is a small genus of legumes that bear simple leaves. Baphia is from the Greek word βάπτω (báptō-, "to dip" or "to dye"), 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

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 (Brummitt) M.O.Soladoye
 * subsp. longipedicellata De Wild.
 * Baphia mambillensis M.O.Soladoye
 * Baphia marceliana De Wild.
 * subsp. marceliana De Wild.
 * subsp. marquesii (M.Exell) M.O.Soladoye


 * Baphia nitida Lodd. (Camwood)


 * Baphia pauloi Brummitt


 * Baphia pubescens Hook.f.
 * Baphia puguensis Brummitt
 * Baphia punctulata Harms
 * subsp. descampsii (De Wild.) 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 (Harms) M.O.Soladoye


 * Baphia gossweileri Baker f.


 * Baphia incerta De Wild.
 * subsp. incerta De Wild.
 * subsp. lebrunii (L.Touss.) M.O.Soladoye


 * Baphia leptostemma Baillon
 * subsp. gracilipes (Harms) M.O.Soladoye
 * var. gracilipes (Harms) M.O.Soladoye
 * var. conraui (Harms) 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 (Harms) M.O.Soladoye
 * subsp. spathacea Hook.f.

Section Bracteolaria (Hochst.) Benth.

 * Baphia aurivellera Taubert


 * Baphia capparidifolia Baker
 * subsp. bangweolensis (R.E.Fries) Brummitt
 * subsp. capparidifolia Baker
 * subsp. multiflora (Harms) Brummitt
 * subsp. polygalacea Brummitt
 * Baphia dubia De Wild.


 * Baphia heudelotiana Baillon
 * Baphia kirkii Baker
 * subsp. kirkii Baker
 * subsp. ovata (Sim) M.O.Soladoye
 * Baphia laurentii De Wild.

Series Chrysophyllae M.O.Soladoye

 * Baphia burttii Baker f.


 * Baphia chrysophylla Taubert
 * subsp. chrysophylla Taubert
 * subsp. claessensii (De Wild.) Brummitt


 * Baphia cuspidata Taubert


 * Baphia massaiensis Taubert
 * subsp. busseana (Harms) M.O.Soladoye
 * subsp. floribunda Brummitt
 * subsp. gomesii (Baker f.) Brummitt
 * subsp. massaiensis Taubert
 * subsp. obovata (Schinz) Brummitt
 * var. cornifolia (Harms) M.O.Soladoye
 * var. obovata (Schinz) M.O.Soladoye
 * var. whitei (Brummitt) 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 (Harms) M.O.Soladoye
 * Baphia pilosa Baillon
 * subsp. batangensis (Harms) 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) 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.