Vitaceae
Ampelocissus

Ampelocissus africana (Lour.) Merr.

First published in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 24(2): 253 (1935)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to Botswana. It is a climber and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. 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].
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) in Thulin, M. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Somalia 2: 1-303. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1993). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Vitaceae: 1-149.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517. [Cited as Ampelocissus grantii.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) in Thulin, M. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Somalia 2: 1-303. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Descoings in Fl. Cameroun 13: 10, t. 2 (1972).
  • Haerdi in Acta Trop., Suppl. 8: 111 (1964).
  • Lavie, Vitacées Ouest afric., Esp. sénégal.: 10, t. 1 (1990).
  • Merr. in Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., n.s. 24: 253 (1935).
  • Reekmans in Fl. Rwanda 2: 354 (1983).
  • Suesseng. in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, ed. 2, 20d: 302 (1953).
  • Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 61 (1980).
  • Wild & Drummond in Flora Zambesiaca 2: 442, t. 93 (1966).
  • Wild & Drummond in Kirkia 3: 17 (1963).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [7011] Cameroon K000197594 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Watts, J. [255] Cameroon K000086469 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Nguembock, F. [74] Cameroon K000086473 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Wheatley, J.I. [60] Cameroon K000086472 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Sunderland, T.C.H. [1458] Cameroon K000086470 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Watts, J. [255] Cameroon K000086468 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Sunderland, T.C.H. [1458] Cameroon K000086471 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Fay, J.M. [5784] Central African Republic K000801166 No
Sinsin, B.; Agbani, P.; Yédomonhan, H. [2222] Benin K001418968 Yes
Merrett, L. [2010] Zambia K001567004 Yes
Jaeger, P. [4972] Mali K000385987 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8343] Tanzania K:SPC-03197.000 No
Bojeri K000322766 Syntype Yes
Jaeger, P. [4999] Mali K000385989 Yes
Speke and Grant, Capt's. [208] K000322767 Type Yes
Volkens, G. [2239] Tanzania K000322764 Isotype Yes
Meller, C.J. Tanzania K000322765 Type Yes

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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