Araceae
Sauromatum

Sauromatum venosum (Aiton) Kunth

First published in Enum. Pl. 3: 28 (1841)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, SW. Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent to China (Yunnan) and N. Myanmar. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Central African Repu, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tanzania, Tibet, Uganda, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • 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.
  • Haigh, A. & Boyce, P.C. (2012). Flora Zambesiaca 12(1): 1-54. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sasikala, K., Vajravelu, E. & Daniel, P. (2019). Fascicles of Flora of India 29: 1-357. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • 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. [Cited as Typhonium venosum.]

Kew Species Profiles

  • Huxley, A., Griffiths, M. & Levy, M. (eds) (1999). The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, Volume 4 (R to Z). Macmillan Reference, London.
  • Mabberley, D. J. (2008). Mabberley’s Plant-book: a Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classification and Uses. 3rd Edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • Thacker, H. (2009). Sauromatum venosum. Assessment using IUCN Categories and Criteria 3.1 (IUCN 2001). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010). Sauromatum venosum. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • enum. Pl. 3: 28 (1841).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Hepper in F.W.T.A., ed.2 3: 116 (1968).
  • Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 28 (1841).
  • Mayo in F.T.E.A., Araceae: 58 (1985).

CATE Araceae

  • Hen(g) Li, Guang Hua Zhu, Boyce, P.C., Murata, J., Hetterscheid, W.L.A., Bogner, J. & Jacobsen, N. 2010. Araceae in Flora of China @ efloras.org.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Haigh, A. & Boyce, P.C. (2012). Flora Zambesiaca 12(1): 1-54. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 705, 706 (1974).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 116 (1968).
  • Hepper in Kew Bulletin 21: 492 (1968)
  • Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 28 (1841).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 1980 Edgeworth [178] India K002824178 Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Bauer, P.J. [166] Cameroon K000390811 Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Sanford, W.W. [6245] Cameroon K000390810 Yes
Collett, H. [323] India K000390857 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1750] Tanzania K000390834 Yes
J.J. [s.n.] India K000390889 Yes
E.M.R. [1290] India K000390871 Yes
D.H.; J.J. [803] India K000390873 Yes
Richards, H.M. [8733] Tanzania K000390827 Yes
Burger, W. [2992] Ethiopia K000390814 Yes
Patel, I.H.; Morris, B. [480] Malawi K000390846 Yes
Tanner, R.E.S. [692] Tanzania K000390825 Yes
Stolz, A. [38] Tanzania K000390835 Yes
Collett, H. [667] India K000390858 Yes
Meyer [7470] Ethiopia K000390815 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Seyani, J.H.; Banda, E.A. [15157] Malawi K000390844 Yes
Collett, H. [s.n.] India K000390859 Yes
Barnes, E. [1553] India K000390877 Yes
Rich, H.H. [469] India K000390884 Yes
s.coll. [4408] India K000390853 Yes
Watermeyer [158] Tanzania K000390830 No
Harwood [90] Tanzania K000390831 Yes
Ward, F.K. [8181] India K000390868 Yes
Angus, A. [441] Zambia K000390851 Yes
Aitchison [15] India K000390864 Yes
Barnes, E. [1552] India K000390878 Yes
Jarrett, F.M.; Saldanha, C. [736] India K000390869 Yes
Aitchison [16] India K000390888 Yes
Salubeni, A.J. [896] Malawi K000390843 Yes
Woodrow, G.M. [s.n.] India K000390890 Yes
Gilbert, E.F. [433] Ethiopia K000390816 Yes
Chandler, P. [2784] Uganda K000390818 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] India K000390881 Yes
s.coll. [4408] India K000390855 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A. [2101] Tanzania K000390832 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [22854] Pakistan K000390891 Yes
Tweedie [62] Kenya K000390826 Yes
Barnes, E. [39] India K000390876 Yes
s.coll. [4408] India K000390856 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [6242] India K000390863 Yes
Major, E.J.; Lugard, C. [580] Kenya K000390819 Yes
Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [1570] Eritrea K000390813 Yes
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [10] India K000390880 Yes
Aitchison [268] India K000390893 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1485] Tanzania K000390829 Yes
Tweedie [62] Kenya K000390823 Yes
Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [1570] Eritrea K000390812 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [3003] Zambia K000390850 Yes
Stolz, A. [38] Tanzania K000390836 Yes
Deane, H. [178] Pakistan K000390892 Yes
Adeleysen, E. [172] Tanzania K000390841 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000390872 Yes
Jarrett, F.M.; Saldanha, C. [736] India K000390870 Yes
Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [489] Eritrea K000390817 Yes
Jack, C. [425] Kenya K000390821 Yes
O'Brien, J.; Buchanan, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000390842 Yes
Mainwaring [12] Kenya K000390820 Yes
s.coll. [4408] India K000390854 Yes
Barnes, E. [39] India K000390874 Yes
Barnes, E. [39] India K000390875 Yes
Aitchison [s.n.] India K000390886 Yes
Aitchison, J.E.T. [154] Pakistan K000390895 Yes
Barnes, E. [1617] India K000390879 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [4661] India K000390860 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1485] Tanzania K000390828 Yes
Richards, H.M. [16439] Zambia K000390848 Yes
Rich, H.H. [469] India K000390862 Yes
Tweedie [62] Kenya K000390824 Yes
Schafer, H. [376] India K000390882 Yes
Rich, H.H. [469] India K000390883 Yes
Rich, H.H. [469] India K000390885 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [3003] Zambia K000390849 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [4661] India K000390861 Yes
Aitchison [15] India K000390894 Yes
Pawek, J. [13393] Malawi K000390845 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1750] Tanzania K000390833 Yes
Typhonium venosum K:SPC-18898.000 No
Bauer, P.J. [166] Cameroon Typhonium venosum K:SPC-34392.000 No
Tanner, R. [692] Tanzania Typhonium venosum K:SPC-06923.000 No
Anderson [2773] Kenya Typhonium venosum K:SPC-25723.000 No
Thomson, J. [s.n.] India Typhonium venosum K000390867 Type Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1750] Tanzania Typhonium venosum K:SPC-41041.000 No
Kultan, D. India Typhonium venosum K:SPC-06915.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10446] Tanzania Typhonium venosum K:SPC-18896.000 No
India Typhonium venosum K:SPC-29047.122 No
Tweedie, E.M. Kenya Typhonium venosum K:SPC-07172.000 No
United Kingdom Sauromatum guttatum K:SPC-80192.000 No

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    • 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.
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • 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

  • Kew Species Profiles

    • Kew Species Profiles
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