Hernandiaceae
Illigera

Illigera pentaphylla Welw.

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 26 (1869)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to SW. Kenya and Angola. It is a liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Uganda, Zaïre

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • 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].
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). Vasc. Pl. Dzanga-Sangha: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10. [Cited as Illigera vespertilio.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Fl. Viv. 1: 49
  • Keay in Kew Bull. 1952: 157, 158.
  • —F.T.A. 6, 1: 192

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak.f. et al. in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 37: 152 (1905).
  • Dunn in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 38: 295 (1908).
  • Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 1(2): 355 (1898).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 59, fig. 15 (1954).
  • Keay in Kew Bulletin 7: 158 (1952)
  • Kubitzki in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 89: 174 (1969).
  • Sprague in Flora of Tropical Africa 6: 192 (1909), pro parte.
  • Verdc. in Kew Bulletin 21: 258 (1967).
  • Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc., Bot. 27: 26 (1869).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2006 Cheek, M. [11536] Cameroon K000339022 Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Cheek, M. [10508] Cameroon K000746237 Yes
Mar 1, 2003 Cable, S. [897] Cameroon K000008594 No
Mar 1, 2002 Cheek; Plot Voucher [B 274] Cameroon K000008592 No
Mar 1, 2002 Cable, S. [1228] Cameroon K000008593 No
Mar 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [9400] Cameroon K000008591 No
Apr 1, 1995 Cheek, M. [5646] Cameroon K000011477 No
Jan 1, 1986 Mambo, P. [65] Cameroon K000008595 No
Welwitsch [1753] Angola K000350850 Type Yes
Adam, J.G. [25728] Liberia K000044599 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [665] Cameroon K000182091 Yes
Onochie, C. [34899] Nigeria K:SPC-05530.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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/

  • 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