Araceae
Rhaphidophora

Rhaphidophora africana N.E.Br.

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897: 286 (1897)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • 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.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Bot. 678
  • F.T.A. 8: 200
  • Morton, Lilies & Orch. fig. 60.
  • in Kew Bull. 1897: 286

CATE Araceae

  • Knecht, M. 1983. Aracées de la Côte dIvoire - Contribution à l'étude biosystématique des représentants d'Aracées de la Côte d'Ivoire.' Phanerogamarum Monographiae Tom.. XVII: 290 pp.
  • Ntépé-Nyame, C. 1988. 31. Aracées. Flore du Cameroun. 140 pp.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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].
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 114 (1968).
  • N.E. Br. in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1897: 286 (1897)
  • N.E. Br. in Flora of Tropical Africa 8: 200 (1901).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2001 Ghogue, J.-P. [71] Cameroon K000107707 Yes
Jun 1, 2001 Sidwell, K. [373] Cameroon K000107698 Yes
Jun 1, 1997 Cheek, M. [8107] Cameroon K000107835 Yes
Sep 1, 1995 Lane, P. [448] Cameroon K000107830 Yes
Sep 1, 1995 Cheek, M. [6073] Cameroon K000107834 Yes
Sep 1, 1995 Groves, M. [31] Cameroon K000107833 Yes
Sep 1, 1995 Cheek, M. [7069] Cameroon K000107832 Yes
Sep 1, 1995 Cable, S. [948] Cameroon K000107831 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Mbani, J., M. [25] Cameroon K000510769 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Nguembock, F. [79] Cameroon K000510770 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Wheatley, J.I. [830] Cameroon K000510773 Yes
Jan 1, 1936 Deighton, F.C. [3123] Sierra Leone K000499422 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [5524] Sierra Leone K000345860 Syntype Yes
Dummer, R. [2817] Uganda K002466252 Yes
Loveridge, M.V. [89] Uganda K002466254 Yes
Louis [8986] Belgium K002466235 Yes
Cummins, H.A. [47] Ghana K000345864 Syntype Yes
Louis [7270] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002466234 Yes
Thomas, D.W. [10111] Cameroon K000510765 Yes
{W. J. J. O. de Wilde; B. E. E. de Wilde; Duyfjes} [1885] Cameroon K002466244 No
Maitland, T.D. [680] Uganda K002466249 Yes
Bogner, J. [100] K:SPC-32065.000 No
{Cheek, M.; Hermans; Bull.; Epic, D.; Newane, S.} [6073] Cameroon K000107829 Yes
Mann [103] Equatorial Guinea K000345862 Type Yes
Mann [103] Equatorial Guinea K000345861 Type Yes
Mann [103] Equatorial Guinea K000345863 Type Yes
Onochie, C.F.A. [36321x] Nigeria K:SPC-27454.000 No
Guinea, E. [671] K002466242 Yes
Poulsen, A.D. [1164] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002466239 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [473] Uganda K:SPC-22452.000 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [8787] Nigeria K:SPC-17088.000 No
Dümmer, R. [2817] Uganda K002466251 Yes
Pouis, J. [7829] Belgium K002466237 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [4940] Sierra Leone K000345859 Type Yes
Louis [7270] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002466233 Yes
{Mat. Alcool; Troupin, G.} [3693] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002466236 Yes
Gerard [2309] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002466238 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [680] Uganda K002466250 Yes
Letouzey, R. [12068] Cameroon K002466243 Yes
{Louis, A.M.; Breteler, F.J.; de Bruijn, J.} [351] Gabon K002466241 Yes
Bogner, J. [708] Gabon K:SPC-37463.000 No
Dawkins, H.C. [D473] Uganda K002466253 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • CATE Araceae

    • Haigh, A., Clark, B., Reynolds, L., Mayo, S.J., Croat, T.B., Lay, L., Boyce, P.C., Mora, M., Bogner, J., Sellaro, M., Wong, S.Y., Kostelac, C., Grayum, M.H., Keating, R.C., Ruckert, G., Naylor, M.F. and Hay, A., CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images