Marantaceae
Marantochloa

Marantochloa congensis (K.Schum.) J.Léonard & Mullend.

First published in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 83: 17 (1950)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Cabezas, F.J., De la Estrella, M., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2005). Marantaceae of Equatorial Guinea. Annales Botanici Fennici 42: 173-184.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. 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. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • 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 West Tropical Africa

  • Aké Assi, Contrib. 2: 28 [236]
  • Koechlin in Fl. Cam. 4: 123, t. 25.
  • Koechlin in Fl. Gabon 9: 120, t. 26
  • in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 83: 17 (1950)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Cabezas, F.J., De la Estrella, M., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2005). Marantaceae of Equatorial Guinea. Annales Botanici Fennici 42: 173-184.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Thompson, C.P. [s.n.] Nigeria K002187244 Yes
Harley, W.J. [1311] Liberia K002187190 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [6734] Liberia K002187191 Yes
Jones, A.P.D. [FHI 1089] Nigeria K002187246 Yes
Thompson, C.P. Nigeria K:SPC-17378.000 No
Hall, J.B. [GC 37161] Ghana K002187231 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Maley, J. [7950] Cote d'Ivoire K002187201 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [5220] Sierra Leone K002187186 Yes
Arboretum, A.; Linder, D.H. [924] Liberia K002187192 Yes
Daramola, B.O. [FHI. 72455] Nigeria K002187239 Yes
{Jongkind, C.C.H.; Kwewon, D.; Kpadeyeah, J.; Konie, J.; D. C. Morgan, A. K. Daniels} [6222] Liberia K002187193 Yes
{Keay} [F.H.I. 25568] Nigeria K002187247 Yes
Obeng-Darko, K. [672] Ghana K002187204 Yes
Cable, S.; Hurst, L.; Kennedy, Koopman, S.; Frazer, S.; Mphala, V.; Biese, C.; Hermans, M. [1904] Cameroon K001310885 Yes
Schoenenberger, J.; Teearu, T.; Slangen, P.; Frederick, S. [298] Cameroon K001310876 Yes
Schoenenberger, J.; Gosline, G.; Slangen, P.; Thomas [222] Cameroon K001310875 Yes
Marmo, V. [200] Sierra Leone K002187189 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [3935] Cote d'Ivoire K002187196 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Maley, J. [8026] Cote d'Ivoire K002187202 Yes
Adams, C.D. [5111] Ghana K002187236 Yes
Daramola, B.O. [FHI. 72455] Nigeria K002187240 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC 8354] Ghana K002187235 Yes
Jongkind, C.C.H.; Bilivogui, D.; Koenen, E.J.M.; Kortekaas, K.; Mulbah, D.M. [10739] Guinea K002187181 Yes
Stanfield, D.P. [110] Nigeria K002187241 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [557] Nigeria K002187251 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [5220] Sierra Leone K:SPC-18231.000 No
Deighton, F.C. [5230] Sierra Leone K002187183 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O. [264] Cote d'Ivoire K002187198 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A 3622] Ghana K002187233 Yes
Bosch, C.H.; Haba, J.; Keita, M. [314] Guinea K002187182 Yes
Deighton [5783] Sierra Leone K002187187 Yes
Boughey, A.S. [13529] Cote d'Ivoire K002187200 Yes
[M. S. A. Shneon] [691] Ghana K001731695 Yes
Adam, J.G. [20120] Liberia K002187194 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [633] Nigeria K002187248 Yes
Ashanti, J.; Irvine, F.R. [320] K002187237 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC 8187] Ghana K002187234 Yes
Deighton [3668] Sierra Leone K002187188 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI 25568] Nigeria K002187250 Yes
Adams, P. [502] Liberia K002187195 Yes
Jongkind, C.C.H.; Bilivogui, D.; Koenen, E.J.M.; Kortekaas, K.; Mulbah, D.M. [10918] Guinea K002187180 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC 6544] Ghana K002187232 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [5230] Sierra Leone K:SPC-17379.000 No
Hepper, F.N.; Maley, J. [7810] Cote d'Ivoire K002187203 Yes
Adams, C.D. [2700] Ghana K002187205 Yes
Kennedy, J.D. [2315] Nigeria K002187245 Yes
Lowe, J.L. [4810] Nigeria K002187238 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [5220] Sierra Leone K002187185 Yes
Bernardi, L. [8303] Cote d'Ivoire K002187197 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [557] Nigeria K:SPC-18232.000 No
Aké Assi, L. [7291] Cote d'Ivoire K002187199 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [633] Nigeria K002187249 Yes
Talbot, P.A. [881] Nigeria K002187243 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [1181] Sierra Leone K002187184 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K002187242 Yes
Mann, G. [2142] Cameroon Marantochloa inaequilatera K000099655 Type 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

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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