Marantaceae
Megaphrynium

Megaphrynium macrostachyum (K.Schum.) Milne-Redh.

First published in Kew Bull. 7: 170 (1952)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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].
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Velayos, M., Aedo, C., Cabezas, F., de la Estrella, M., Barberá, P. & Fero, M. (eds.) (2014). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 11: 1-416. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Megaphrynium macrophyllum.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Koechlin in Fl. Cam. 4: 154, t. 31.
  • Koechlin in Fl. Gabon 9: 156
  • in F.T.E.A. Marantac.: 4
  • in Kew Bull. 7: 170 (1952)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Milne-Redh. in Kew Bulletin 1952: 170 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2006 Cheek, M. [11015] Cameroon K000339860 Yes
Jun 1, 2006 Cheek, M. [11739] Cameroon K000339862 Yes
Jun 1, 2006 Cheek, M. [11134] Cameroon K000339863 Yes
Jun 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [4360] Cameroon K000107649 Yes
Jun 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [10252] Cameroon K000107648 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Ekema, N. [1102] Cameroon K000086649 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Cable, S. [547] Cameroon K000086646 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Cable, S. [346] Cameroon K000381308 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Baker, W.J. [328] Cameroon K000086645 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Cable, S. [346] Cameroon K000381307 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [795] Cameroon K000086648 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Baker, W.J. [318] Cameroon K000086647 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Ndam, N. [515] Cameroon K000011050 Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Mann, G. [1335] Cameroon K000099645 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Preuss. [387] Cameroon K000099647 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Preuss. [387] Cameroon K000099648 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Preuss. [343] Cameroon K000099643 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Preuss. [343] Cameroon K000099644 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Mann, G. [s.n.] Cameroon K000099646 Type Yes
Deighton, F.C. [5239] Sierra Leone K:SPC-20325.000 No
Ake' Assi, L. Cote d'Ivoire K:SPC-07229.000 No
Gossweiler, J. [7618] Angola K002918980 Yes
Adams, C.D. [5168] Ghana K:SPC-24649.000 No
Batoum, A. [25] Cameroon K001518043 Yes
Kennedy, H. [4133] United States K002918983 Yes
Maggs [164] Nigeria K:SPC-18160.000 No
Gossweiler, J. [7618] Angola K002918979 Yes
Ake' Assi, L. [8390] Cote d'Ivoire K:SPC-07230.000 No
Eggeling, W.J. Uganda K:SPC-17129.000 No
Fay, J.M.; Harris, D,J. [8658] Central African Republic K:SPC-63259.000 No
Deighton, F.C. [5270] Sierra Leone K:SPC-17126.000 No
Gossweiler, J. [7618] Angola K002918981 Yes
Preuss [381] Cameroon Phrynium oxycarpum K:SPC-31719.000 No

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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