Commelinaceae
Aneilema

Aneilema lanceolatum Benth.

First published in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 546 (1849)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a perennial or tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • C. B. Cl. in DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 227 (1881)
  • F.T.A. 8: 72, partly
  • F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 314
  • Irvine, Pl. Gold Coast 30 (1930)
  • J. K. Morton in J. Linn. Soc. 59: 453 (1966), (See Appendix, p. 464.)
  • Nielsen, Introd. Fl. Pl. W. Afr. 183 (1965)
  • in Fl. Nigrit. 546 (1849)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 1961 Vogel [101] Cameroon K000345699 Type Yes
Jun 3, 1949 Schweinfurth, G. [1886] Sudan K000345705 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1949 Schweinfurth, G. [214] Sudan K000345706 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hazel, C. [459] Uganda K002403549 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1332] Sudan K000345704 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [553] Sudan K000345707 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wellby, M.S. [s.n.] Kenya K002403553 Yes
Chandler, P. [548] Uganda K002403551 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [772] Nigeria K:SPC-04532.000 No
Vogel; Aurell [s.n.] Nigeria K000345691 Type Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P1509] Uganda K002403548 Yes
Aurell [s.n.] Nigeria K000345690 Type Yes
Vogel [s.n. K000345689 Type No
Chandler, P. [166] Uganda K002403550 Yes
s.coll. [548] Uganda K002403552 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0