Commelinaceae
Aneilema

Aneilema nicholsonii C.B.Clarke

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 8: 70 (1901)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Kenya to Limpopo. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Drummond, R.B. [5352] Zimbabwe K002404050 No
Hammond, M.M. [262] Tanzania K002403694 No
Philcox, D.; Leppard, M.J.; Dini, E. [8521] Zimbabwe K002404045 No
Chase, N.C. [6824] Zimbabwe K002404056 No
Chase, N.C. [4386] Zimbabwe K002404051 No
Wild, H. [4088] Zimbabwe K002404048 No
Astle, W.L. [5537] Zambia K002404043 No
Faden, R.B.; Evans, A.W. [71/504] Kenya K002403692 No
Pawek, J. [12545] Malawi K002404037 No
Chase, N.C. [4386] Zimbabwe K002404053 No
Mahinda, H.S. [507] Tanzania K002403691 No
Macaulay (Mrs.) [602] Zambia K002404040 No
Philcox, D.; Leppard, M.J.; Dini, E. [8637] Zimbabwe K002404046 No
Rutherford-Smith, R.O.B. [613] Zimbabwe K002404049 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [17598] Tanzania K002403699 No
Bjørnstad, A. [AB 974] Tanzania K002403704 No
Wild, H. [4104] Zimbabwe K002404047 No
Pawek, J. [11050] Malawi K002404036 No
Myres, R.J. [671] Zimbabwe K002404054 No
Chase, N.C. [6824] Zimbabwe K002404055 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [17598] Tanzania K002403700 No
Van Rensburg, H.J. [K.B.S. 2780] Zambia K002404044 No
Bidgood, G.S.; Sitoni, D.; Vollesen, K.B.; Whitehouse, C. [3330] Tanzania K002403706 No
Chase, N.C. [4386] Zimbabwe K002404052 No
Burtt, B.D. [2121] Tanzania K002403695 No
Bjørnstad, A. [AB 1298] Tanzania K002403701 No
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [13944] Tanzania K002403703 No
Holly, K. [10] Tanzania K002403698 No
Wild, H. [41935] Zimbabwe K:SPC-02155.000 No
Lovett, J. [1621] Tanzania K002403705 No
Vaughan, J.H. [3112] Tanzania K002403697 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1125] Tanzania K002403693 No
Wild, H. [41914] Zimbabwe K:SPC-02156.000 No
Smith, P.P. [0562] Zambia K002404039 No
Richards, M. [21314] Tanzania K002403702 No
Pawek, J. [14021] Malawi K002404038 No
Hornby [588] Tanzania K002403696 No
Bingham, M.G.; Fichtl, R. [11389] Zambia K002404041 No
Prince, S.D. [144] Zambia K002404042 No
Nicholson, J., G. [s.n.] Malawi K000345725 Type 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