Commelinaceae
Aneilema

Aneilema richardsiae Brenan

First published in Kew Bull. 15: 219 (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, Zaïre

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?
Oct 10, 1961 Richards, H.M. [1789] Zambia K000345730 Holotype Yes
Oct 10, 1961 Richards, H.M. [1789] Zambia K000345731 Holotype Yes
Richards (Mrs) [1626] Zambia K002404181 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [12284] Zambia K002404185 Yes
Richards, H.M. [1789] Zambia K:SPC-04535.000 Holotype No
Richards, H.M. [1626] Zambia K:SPC-02167.000 No
Bidgood, G.S.; Sitoni, D.; Vollesen, K.B.; Whitehouse, C. [3628] Tanzania K002403662 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [9960A] Zambia K002404186 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [9608] Zambia K002404184 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [9276] Zambia K002404182 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [1626] Zambia K002404180 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [16358] Tanzania K002403661 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [5753] Zambia K002404183 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Sitoni, D.; Vollesen, K.B.; Whitehouse, C. [3379] Tanzania K002403663 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

  • 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