Commelinaceae
Aneilema

Aneilema lanceolatum Benth.

First published in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 546 (1849)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a perennial or tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
  • 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. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • C. B. Cl. in DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 227 (1881)
  • F.T.A. 8: 72, partly
  • F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 314
  • Irvine, Pl. Gold Coast 30 (1930)
  • J. K. Morton in J. Linn. Soc. 59: 453 (1966), (See Appendix, p. 464.)
  • Nielsen, Introd. Fl. Pl. W. Afr. 183 (1965)
  • in Fl. Nigrit. 546 (1849)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 1961 Vogel [101] Cameroon K000345699 Type Yes
Jun 3, 1949 Schweinfurth, G. [1886] Sudan K000345705 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1949 Schweinfurth, G. [214] Sudan K000345706 Unknown Type Material Yes
Audry, P. [A29] Chad K002402827 Yes
Vogel; Aurell [s.n.] Nigeria K000345691 Type Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2031] Sudan K002402968 Yes
Biholong, M. [87] Cameroon K002402809 Yes
Myers, J.G. [8473] South Sudan K002402981 Yes
Raad, H.J. [103] South Sudan K002402973 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [772] Nigeria K:SPC-04532.000 No
Troupin, G. [1155] South Sudan K002402983 Yes
Chandler, P. [548] Uganda K002403551 Yes
Meurillon, A. [866] Cameroon K002402818 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1332] Sudan K000345704 Unknown Type Material Yes
[illegible] [A735] K002402978 Yes
Letouzey, R. [6231] Cameroon K002402812 Yes
Weiner, D. [87/4] Cameroon K002402821 Yes
Darko [459] Burkina Faso K002402411 No
Jacques-Félix, H. [8274] Cameroon K002402819 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [2255] South Sudan K002402982 Yes
Hazel, C. [459] Uganda K002403549 Yes
Turner, L. [249] K002402979 Yes
Bounougou, Ed. [18] Cameroon K002402813 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [553] Sudan K000345707 Unknown Type Material Yes
Johnston, H.B. [13K] South Sudan K002402974 Yes
Wellby, M.S. [s.n.] Kenya K002403553 Yes
Vaillant, A. [346/1] Cameroon K002402814 Yes
Myers, J.G. [8898] South Sudan K002402980 Yes
Sanford, W.W. [6202] Cameroon K002402817 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [3612] Sudan K002402970 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P1509] Uganda K002403548 Yes
Macintosh, D.C.H. (Miss) [8.K] South Sudan K002402984 Yes
Letouzey, R. [6402] Cameroon K002402811 Yes
Aglen (Mrs) [45] Sudan K002402971 Yes
Michael Fay, J.; Ngaindiro, S.; Jules, F.; Raymond, S.; Remy, N. [s.n.] Central African Republic K002402831 Yes
Jacques-Félix, H. [8415] Cameroon K002402808 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [83] Sudan K002402967 Yes
III, H.I. [88-1] Cameroon K002402823 Yes
Vogel [s.n. K000345689 Type No
MacIntosh, D. (Mrs) [124] Sudan K002402972 Yes
Aurell [s.n.] Nigeria K000345690 Type Yes
Sanford, W.W. [6251] Cameroon K002402816 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [3086] Sudan K002402969 Yes
Weiner, D. [87/11] Cameroon K002402822 Yes
Letouzey, R. [4708] Cameroon K002402815 Yes
Gaston, A. [829] Chad K002402826 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [6259] Central African Republic K002402832 Yes
Noirfalise, A. [97] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002402824 Yes
Saxer, A. [408] Cameroon K002402810 Yes
Jacques-Félix, H. [3839] Cameroon K002402820 Yes
Broun, A.F.; Broun, H.M. [s.n.] Sudan K002402975 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [A561] South Sudan K002402977 Yes
[Miss O. C. H. Macintosh] [94.K] South Sudan K002402976 Yes
Chandler, P. [166] Uganda K002403550 Yes
Noirfalise, A. [97] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002402825 Yes
s.coll. [548] Uganda K002403552 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