Commelinaceae
Aneilema

Aneilema welwitschii C.B.Clarke

First published in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 229 (1881)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tanzania to S. Tropical Africa. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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?
Aug 1, 2010 Welwitsch, F.M.J. [6597] Angola K000739925 Isosyntype Yes
Miller, O.B. [3829] Zimbabwe K002404098 No
Gilliland, H.B. [K868] Zimbabwe K002404097 No
Whyte [s.n.] Malawi K002404064 No
Pawek, J. [10486] Malawi K002404065 No
Hornby [3551] Mozambique K002404057 No
Henriques, C. [721] Angola K002404102 No
Nuvunga, A. [470] Mozambique K002404059 No
Robson, N.K.B.; Jackson [1208] Malawi K002404060 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [14066] Tanzania K002403572 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [A50] Angola K002404103 No
Robinson, E.A. [4098] Zambia K002404078 No
Francisco, M.; Cachissapa, M. [FM1842] Angola K001634812 Yes
Maiato, F.; Goyder, D.J. [2077] Angola K001622085 Yes
Maiato, F.; Chisingui, V.; Camôngua, J. [FM1808] Angola K001622107 Yes
Watermeyer, A. [AW/189] Tanzania K002403571 Yes
Azancot de Menezes [342] Angola K002404105 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [2236] Zambia K002404075 No
Richards, H.M. [10631] Malawi K002404063 No
Lewis, W.H. [6229] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002402805 No
de Leyser, E. [115] Tanzania K002403568 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; P. Taylor [8261] Tanzania K002403574 Yes
Pawek, J. [3110] Malawi K002404061 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [7792] Tanzania K002403569 Yes
Merrett, L. [1993] Zambia K001561852 Yes
Phillips, E. [805] Malawi K002404069 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [2571] Zambia K002404082 No
Strid, P.A.K. [2656] Zambia K002404087 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [2571] Zambia K002404081 No
s.coll. [8494] Zimbabwe K002404091 No
Evelyn Cecil, M.P. [166] Zimbabwe K002404095 No
s.coll. [8495] Zimbabwe K002404099 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002404058 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [16894] Zambia K002404080 No
Strid, P.A.K. [2656] Zambia K002404079 No
Robinson, E.A. [1859] Zimbabwe K002404096 No
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; K. Vollesen [8127] Tanzania K002403566 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [55] Zambia K002404089 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [2266] Zambia K002404077 No
Hopkins, J.C. [13135] Zimbabwe K002404094 No
Salubeni, A.J. [641] Malawi K002404068 No
Fries, T.C.E.; Norlindh, N.T.; Weimarck, H. [2699] Zimbabwe K002404092 No
Wild, H. [584] Zimbabwe K002404090 No
Holmes, W.D. [H1427] Zambia K002404083 No
Chapman, J.D. [1113] Malawi K002404071 No
Pawek, J. [3340] Malawi K002404062 No
Luke, W.R.Q.; Luke, P.A. [16751] Tanzania K002403565 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8261] Tanzania K002403573 Yes
Kenyon, E. [41] K002404074 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [2298] Zambia K002404076 No
Gossweiler, J. [s.n.] Angola K002404106 No
Pawek, J. [13318] Malawi K002404070 No
Couto, C. [258] Angola K002404104 No
Saint Clair Thompson, G.W. [501a] Tanzania K002403567 Yes
Barbosa, G. [9698] Angola K002404100 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [22721] Malawi K002404066 No
Wild, H. [1516] Zimbabwe K002404093 No
Bullock, A.A. [2075] Zambia K002404088 No
Lewis, W.H. [6143] Zambia K002404084 No
Semsei, S.R. [2573] Tanzania K002403570 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [3712] Zambia K002404086 No
Henriques, C. [737] Angola K002404101 No
Moriarty, A. [531] Malawi K002404072 No
Brummitt, R.K. [9578] Malawi K002404073 No
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K.B.; Bidgood, S. [9548] Zambia K002404085 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