Araceae

Cercestis Schott

First published in Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 7: 414 (1857)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa to Uganda and Angola.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Engl., Pflanzenr. 4, 23C: 114 (1911).
  • F.T.A. 8: 180
  • in Oest. Bot. Woehenbl. 7: 414 (1857)

CATE Araceae

  • Mayo, S.J., Bogner, J. & Boyce, P.C. 1997. The genera of Araceae. 370 pp.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2008. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1994 Mbani, J., M. [17] Cameroon K000381236 No
Mar 4, 1987 Apema, A.K. [100b] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000499443 Yes
Apr 1, 1947 Jans [472] Congo, Republic of the K000499444 Yes
Jones, A.P.D. [18747] Nigeria K000541798 No
Onochie, C.F. [34829] Nigeria K:SPC-25722.000 No
K:SPC-36029.000 No
Coombe, D.E. [169] Nigeria K:SPC-18251.000 No
Onyeachusim, H.D.; Latilo, M.G. [54208] Nigeria K000541797 No

Sources

  • CATE Araceae

    • Haigh, A., Clark, B., Reynolds, L., Mayo, S.J., Croat, T.B., Lay, L., Boyce, P.C., Mora, M., Bogner, J., Sellaro, M., Wong, S.Y., Kostelac, C., Grayum, M.H., Keating, R.C., Ruckert, G., Naylor, M.F. and Hay, A., CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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