Pontederiaceae
Pontederia

Pontederia brevipetiolata (Verdc.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn

First published in PhytoKeys 108: 58 (2018)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a helophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burkina, Central African Repu, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • 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].

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 12, 2023 Konomou, G. ; Kolie, S.I. ; Kone, F. ; Bah, I. [994] Guinea K000010470 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Santo [2777] Guinea-Bissau Monochoria brevipetiolata K000321231 Type Yes
Jan 17, 1979 Lisowski, S. [51247] Guinea Monochoria brevipetiolata K000211596 Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Parker, C. [1988] Mali Monochoria brevipetiolata K000211593 Yes
Mar 1, 1963 Pobéguin, M. [1107] Guinea Monochoria brevipetiolata K000211595 Yes
Bergen, V. [8761] Senegal Monochoria brevipetiolata K000211592 Yes
Aké Assi, L. [8287] Cote d'Ivoire Monochoria brevipetiolata K000211599 Yes
Frith, A.C. [258] Gambia, The Monochoria brevipetiolata K000211594 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [966] Sierra Leone Monochoria brevipetiolata K000211597 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [966] Sierra Leone Monochoria brevipetiolata K000211598 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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