Commelinaceae
Aneilema

Aneilema chrysopogon Brenan

First published in Kew Bull. 15: 222 (1961)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tanzania to N. Zambia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Tanzania, Zambia

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Bidgood, G.S.; Sitoni, D.; Vollesen, K.B.; Whitehouse, C. [3376] Tanzania K002403688 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [16114] Tanzania K002403689 No
Faden, R.B.; Phillips, S.M.; Muasya, A.M.; Macha, E. [96/235] Tanzania K002403685 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [8462] Tanzania K002403690 No
Richards, H.M. [9550] Zambia K002404142 Yes
Richards, H.M. [12513] Zambia K002404140 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Phillips, S.M.; Muasya, A.M.; Macha, E. [96/217] Tanzania K002403687 No
Richards, H.M. [4471] Zambia K000345727 Type Yes
Richards, H.M. [4471] Zambia K000345728 Type Yes
Faden, R.B.; Phillips, S.M.; Muasya, A.M.; Macha, E. [96/269] Tanzania K002403686 No
Richards, H.M. [8314] Zambia K002404141 Yes

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

  • 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