Aframomum angustifolium (Sonn.) K.Schum.

First published in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 218 (1904)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, Madagascar. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Mauritius, Seychelles

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • 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.
  • Harris, D.J. & Wortley, A.H. (2018). Monograph of Aframomum (Zingiberaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 104: 1-204.
  • 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.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2010). Flora Zambesiaca 13(4): 1-151. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Walters, G., Dauby, G., Stévart, T., Dessein, S., Niangadouma, R. & Lachenaud, O. (2011). Novitates Gabonenses 80. Additions and corrections to the flora of Gabon. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68: 423-442.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Harris, D.J. & Wortley, A.H. (2018). Monograph of Aframomum (Zingiberaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 104: 1-204.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2010). Flora Zambesiaca 13(4): 1-151. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • B.L. Burtt & R.M. Smith in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 31: 188 (1972).
  • H. Perrier in Fl. Madag. 47, Zingib.: 20 (1946).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 647 (1949).
  • K. Schum. in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 46: 218, fig. 27A-C (1904).
  • Lock in Kew Bulletin 35: 302 (1980)
  • Lock in Kew Bulletin 39: 840 (1984).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 3: 406 (1955).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 14, 2023 Dique, P.; Manhiça, C.; Félix, A.; Manuel, C. [PD011A] Mozambique K009001465 No
Jan 1, 2017 Schwienfurth, G.A. [3022] Sudan K000865920 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2017 Schweinfurth, G.A. [3022] Sudan K000865921 Isolectotype Yes
Jan 1, 2017 Schweinfurth, G.A. [3335] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000865919 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2016 Schweinfurth, G.A. [3310] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000865923 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 21, 1993 Dhetchuvi, M.M. [1139] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000483089 Yes
Mar 11, 1992 Lovett, J.; Congdon, T.C.E. [3095] Tanzania K000483065 Yes
Mar 11, 1992 Lovett, J.; Congdon, T.C.E. [3095] Tanzania K000483067 Yes
Mar 11, 1992 Lovett, J.; Congdon, T.C.E. [3095] Tanzania K000483066 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Jansen, P.C.M.; Macuacua, L. [7792] Mozambique K000482996 No
Sep 5, 1979 Harris, B.J.; Pocs, T. [4517] Tanzania K000483061 Yes
May 1, 1979 Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1700] Tanzania K000483138 Yes
May 1, 1979 Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1700] Tanzania K000483137 Yes
May 1, 1979 Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1700] Tanzania K000483136 Yes
May 1, 1979 Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1700] Tanzania K000483135 Yes
Tanzania K:SPC-34544.000 No
K:SPC-66628.000 No
K:SPC-66288.000 No
K:SPC-66270.000 No
Sierra Leone K:SPC-66287.000 No
Whellan, J.A. [378] Zimbabwe K000483069 Yes
Terry, J. [7] Burundi K000483064 Yes
Nagata, K.M. [3686] K:SPC-52249.000 No
FitzGibbon, H.; Barcock, J. [41] Tanzania K000483140 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [1869] Zambia K000483068 Yes
Schweinfurth, G.A. [3310] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000865922 Unknown Type Material Yes
Daniell Dr Sierra Leone K:SPC-66318.000 No
K:SPC-66304.000 No
Kayombo, C.J. [756] Tanzania K000483063 Yes
Liberia K:SPC-66292.000 No
s.coll. [596] Seychelles K000483076 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [1869] Zambia K:SPC-17355.000 No
Brummitt, R.K.; Seyani, J.H.; Banda, E.A. [15154] Malawi K000480733 Yes
Liberia K:SPC-70000.427 No
Hack, R.B. [8062] Zimbabwe K000483070 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1745A] Tanzania K:SPC-17094.000 No
Pocs, T.; Nsolomo, V.R. [89183] Tanzania K000483139 Yes
FitzGibbon, H.; Barcock, J. [41] Tanzania K000483141 Yes
Chandler, P. [2774] Uganda K:SPC-22055.000 No
Luke, P.A.; Luke, W.R.Q.; others [7296] Kenya K000483060 Yes
K:SPC-66305.000 No
Dhetchuvi, M.M. [844] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000483090 Yes
Chase, N.C. [7220] Zimbabwe K000483071 Yes
Gautier, L.; Chatelain, C.; Derleth, P. [2415] Madagascar K000483118 Yes
Wilkin, P. [942] Madagascar K000483073 Yes
Gabon K:SPC-66281.000 No
K:SPC-70000.511 No
Wilkin, P. [942] Madagascar K000483074 Yes
Nigeria K:SPC-66306.000 No
Wilkin, P. [942] Madagascar K000483075 Yes
Dhetchuvi, M.M. [493] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000483088 Yes
Faulkner, H. [3291] Tanzania K:SPC-34459.000 No
Goodier, R.; Phipps [351] Mozambique K000482997 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [10298] Tanzania K:SPC-17354.000 No
Pawek, J. [1767] Malawi K000482999 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1177] Kenya K:SPC-18880.000 No
Wilkin, P. [942] Madagascar K000483072 Yes
Sierra Leone K:SPC-66291.000 No
Gautier, L.; Chatelain, C. [52151] Madagascar K000483077 Yes
Schatz, G.E. [1624] Madagascar K000483119 Yes
Winter [2626] Tanzania K000483133 Yes
Zjhra, L.; Hutcheon, J. [176] Madagascar K000483078 Yes
Sierra Leone K:SPC-66289.000 No
Faulkner, H. [3002] Tanzania K:SPC-25763.000 No
K:SPC-66294.000 No
Pawek, J. [2936] Malawi K000482998 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Seyani, J.H.; Banda, E.A. [15154] Malawi K000480734 Yes
K:SPC-66276.000 No
Liberia K:SPC-66300.000 No
K:SPC-66293.000 No
Pawek, J. [10428] Malawi K000480732 Yes
Pawek, J. [3222] Malawi K000483000 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1700] Tanzania K:SPC-18915.000 No
Faulkner, H.G. [3002] Tanzania K000483134 Yes
Luke, P.A.; Luke, W.R.Q.; others [7296] Kenya K000483059 Yes
Tanzania K:SPC-17346.000 No
Liberia K:SPC-66274.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7212] Tanzania Aframomum sanguineum K:SPC-22345.000 No
Chandler, P. [1928] Uganda Aframomum sanguineum K:SPC-18882.001 No
Kenya Aframomum sanguineum K:SPC-06433.000 No
Dawkins, H.C. [348] Uganda Aframomum sanguineum K:SPC-17093.000 No
Troupin, G. [2813] Rwanda Aframomum sanguineum K:SPC-18161.000 No
Hepper, F.N. [1751] Nigeria Aframomum baumannii K:SPC-22997.000 No
Onochie, C.F.A. [38499] Nigeria Aframomum baumannii K:SPC-22761.000 No
Hepper, N.F. [1751] Nigeria Aframomum baumannii K:SPC-22766.000 No
Hepper, F.N. [1751] Nigeria Aframomum baumannii K:SPC-26229.000 No
Hepper, F.N. [4129] Central African Republic Aframomum baumannii K:SPC-13903.021 No

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