Ancistrocladaceae

Ancistrocladus Wall.

First published in Numer. List: n.° 1052 (1829), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is W., W. Central & E. Tropical Africa, Tropical & Subtropical Asia.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Malaya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

  • Wormia Vahl in Skr. Naturhist.-Selsk. 6: 105 (1810), nom. illeg.

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Cheek, M. (2000). A synoptic revision of Ancistrocladus (Ancistrocladaceae) in Africa, with a new species from Western Cameroon. Kew Bulletin 55: 871-882.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Taylor, C.M., Gereau, R.E. & Walters, G.M. (2005). Revision of Ancistrocladus Wall. (Ancistrocladaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 92: 360-399.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 1: 174.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Num. List 1052 (1829), nom. conserv.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 2022 Etuge, M. [ETUGE4868] Cameroon K001422646 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1055] Singapore K001110861 Unknown Type Material Yes
Luke, Q.; Badua, A.; Bokara, D.; Hastings, Z.; Mebulo, I.; Rivas, J. [13527] Equatorial Guinea K001560595 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [10984] Liberia K000044674 No
Thomas, D.W. [10595] Cameroon K001383782 Yes
Frimodt-Møller, C.; Jøker, D.; Ndangalasi, H. [TZ 537] Tanzania K000687883 Holotype Yes
Porter, G. [Cat. no. 1054] Malaysia K001110859 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7262] K001127045 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1052] Burma K001110854 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1053] K001110856 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 1052] Bangladesh K001110855 Unknown Type Material Yes
Louis, J. [s.n.] K000240206 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1052] Burma K001110853 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1053] K001110858 Unknown Type Material Yes
Porter, G. [Cat. no. 1054] Malaysia K001110860 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [5839] Liberia K000044669 Type Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [5839] Liberia K000044673 No
Baldwin, J.T. [5839] Liberia K000044667 Type Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [5839] Liberia K000044670 No
Baldwin, J.T. [5839] Liberia K000044668 No
Baldwin, J.T. [5839] Liberia K000044672 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1055] Singapore K001110862 Unknown Type Material Yes
Leonard, J. [1057] K000240205 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1053] K001110857 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-61752.000 No

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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