Araceae
Stylochaeton

Stylochaeton zenkeri Engl.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 424 (1899)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bogner, J. (2011). Four new species of Culcasia and Stylochaeton (Araceae) from tropical Africa. Willdenowia 41: 57-66.
  • 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.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • 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.

CATE Araceae

  • Brown, N.E. 1901. Aroideae. Flora of Tropical Africa. 8 (1): 137-192
  • Ntépé-Nyame, C. 1988. 31. Aracées. Flore du Cameroun. 140 pp.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2010 Cheek, M. [11964] Cameroon K000673370 Yes
Jun 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [8932] Cameroon K000107678 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Watts, J. [139] Cameroon K000510768 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Wheatley, J.I. [192] Cameroon K000510766 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Watts, J. [351] Cameroon K000510767 Yes
Nov 1, 1964 [3021] Sierra Leone K000499413 Yes
Bos, J.J. [4159] Cameroon K002556146 Yes
Louis, A.M.; Breteler, F.J.; de Bruijn, J. [252] Cameroon K002556149 Yes
Bogner, J. Cameroon K:SPC-06049.363 No
Zenker, G.A. [4180] Cameroon K002556144 Yes
Mann [1880] Cameroon K002556133 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [3960] Sierra Leone K:SPC-25896.000 No
Letouzey, R. [10264] Cameroon K002556147 Yes
Zenker, G.A. [3009a] Cameroon K002556136 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [7785] Congo, Republic of the K002556155 Yes
Cheek, M.; Ndive; Sama; Enow; Enow; Tampie, J.; Tampie, D.; Tako, T.; Obi, M. [14437] Cameroon K001518599 Yes
Thomas, D.W.; Mcleod, H.L. [5857] Cameroon K002556140 Yes
Mann, G. [s.n.] Gabon K002556154 Yes
Bogner, J. [631] Gabon K002556152 Yes
Webb, J.; Bullock, S. [495] Cameroon K002556141 Yes
Zenker, G.A. [2800] Cameroon K002556139 Yes
Zenker, G.A. [3690] Cameroon K002556138 Yes
K:SPC-58115.000 No
Letouzey, R. [14413] Cameroon K002556134 Yes
Mann, G. [1042] Gabon K002556153 Yes
Massunde, J.; Timberlake, J.; Banze, A.; Fijamo, V.; Meque, S. [147] Mozambique K000662638 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; Duyfjes, B.E.E. [2056] Cameroon K002556148 Yes
[illegible] [1470] Cameroon K002556132 Yes
Breteler, F.J.; Lemmens, R.H.M.J.; Nzabi, T. [8072] Gabon K002556150 Yes
Bos, J.J. [6369] Cameroon K002556135 Yes
Zenker, G.A. [3328] Cameroon K002556137 Yes
Satabié, B. [234] Cameroon K002556142 Yes
Bogner, J. [631] Gabon K002556151 Yes
Zenker, G.A. [1936] Cameroon K000099453 Type Yes
Zenker, G.A. [2013] Cameroon K002556143 Yes
Mildbraed, J. [10593] Cameroon K002556145 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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.
    • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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