Marantaceae

Megaphrynium Milne-Redh.

First published in Kew Bull. 7: 169 (1952)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda.

Distribution

Native to:

Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Togo, Uganda

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Kew Bull. 7: 169 (1952).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • in K.B. 1952: 169 (1952)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [5759] Cameroon K002918966 Yes
Etuge, M.; Thomas, D.W. [290] Cameroon K002918970 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [2631] Cameroon K002918968 Yes
Ghogue; Zapfack; Kenfack; Etuge; Mackinder [536] Cameroon K001422621 Yes
Ake' Assi, L. [8423] Cote d'Ivoire K:SPC-07228.000 No
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [5759] Cameroon K002918967 Yes
Myers, J.G. [9248] South Sudan K002918971 Yes
Gille, P. [149] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002918932 Yes
Letouzey, R. [7887] Cameroon K002918969 Yes
Germain, R. [5325] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002918933 Yes
Gustar Mann [1335] K:SPC-31799.000 No

Sources

  • 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.

  • 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