Amorphophallus impressus Ittenb.

First published in Willdenowia 27: 154 (1997)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tanzania to Malawi. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Malawi, Tanzania

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Haigh, A. & Boyce, P.C. (2012). Flora Zambesiaca 12(1): 1-54. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

CATE Araceae

  • Ittenbach, S. & Lobin, W. 1997. Notes on the gunus Amorphophallus (Araceae), 6: Six new species and two new subspecies from Africa Willdenowia. 27: 147-160

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 8, 1995 Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9998] Tanzania K000950242 Holotype Yes
Oct 8, 1995 Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9998] Tanzania K000950243 Type Yes
Milne Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [9998] Tanzania K002979149 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [10355] Tanzania K002979148 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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  • 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.
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  • 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