Araceae
Pistia

Pistia stratiotes L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 963 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropics & Subtropics. It is a helophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine, has environmental uses and for fuel and food.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Arkansas, Aruba, Azores, Bermuda, Canary Is., Colorado, Connecticut, Germany, Great Britain, Hawaii, Illinois, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Madeira, Maryland, Morocco, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New York, Palestine, Samoa, St.Helena, Türkey, Ukraine

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2023). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.589.2.4. epublication.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Ara, H. (2001). An Annotated Checklist of Aroids of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 8(2): 19-34.
  • Arias Granda, I. (1998). Flora de la República de Cuba, Ser. A., 1(1): 1-46.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Boyce, P.C., Sookchaloem, D., Hetterscheid, W.L.A., Gusman, G., Jacobsen, N., Idei, T. & Nguyen, V.D. (2012). Flora of Thailand 11(2): 101-325. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Gomes Gonçalves, E. & Nadruz Coelho, M.A. (2009). Araceae. Flora dos estados de Goiás e Tocantins 39: 1-109. Universidade Federal de Goiás.
  • 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.
  • Güner, A., Kandemir, A., Menemen, Y., Yıldırım, H., Aslan, S., Ekşi, G., Güner, I. & Çimen, A.Ö. (eds.) (2018). Resimli Türkiye Florası (Illustrated Flora of Türkiye) 2: 1-1054. ANG Vakfı Nezahat Gökyiğit. Botanik Bahçesi Yayınları. İstanbul.
  • Haigh, A. & Boyce, P.C. (2012). Flora Zambesiaca 12(1): 1-54. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Hernandez, J. (2007). In Hawaiian rainforests: exotic aroid ecologies. Aroideana 30: 91-97.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
  • Kurniawan, A., Adjie, B. & Boyce, P.C. (2011). Studies on the Araceae of Sulawesi I: New taxa of Schismatoglottis and Homalomena, and a preliminary checklist and keys for Sulawesi. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 61: 40-50.
  • Lambdon, P. (2012). Flowering plants & ferns of St Helena: 1-624. Pisces publications for St Helena nature conservation group.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
  • Mansor, M., Boyce, P.C., Othman, A.S. & Sulaiman, B. (2012). The Araceae of peninsular Malaysia: 1-146. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Nguyễn Văn Du (2017). Thực Vật Chí Việt Nam. Flora of Vietnam 16: 1-458. Nhà xuất bản khoa học và kỹ thuật, Hà Nội.
  • Powell, A.M. & Worthington, R.D. (2018). Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and adjacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.
  • Sasikala, K., Vajravelu, E. & Daniel, P. (2019). Fascicles of Flora of India 29: 1-357. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil. Acta Amazonica 45: 111-132.
  • von Raab-Straube, E. & Raus, T. (eds.) (2013). Euro+Med-Checklist notulae, 2. Willdenowia 43: 239-249.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. 184
  • Chev. Bot. 685
  • F.T.A. 8: 140
  • Morton, W. Afr. Lilies & Orch. fig. 61
  • Sp. Pl. 963 (1753)
  • Wild in Kirkia 2: 13, t. 2.

CATE Araceae

  • Brown, N.E. 1901. Aroideae. Flora of Tropical Africa. 8 (1): 137-192
  • Hen(g) Li, Guang Hua Zhu, Boyce, P.C., Murata, J., Hetterscheid, W.L.A., Bogner, J. & Jacobsen, N. 2010. Araceae in Flora of China @ efloras.org.
  • Mayo, S.J., Bogner, J. & Boyce, P.C. 1997. The genera of Araceae. 370 pp.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2022). https://newfs.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/Flora_Novae_Angliae_Addenda_22Nov22.pdf. epublication.
  • (2022). https://publications.cm-funchal.pt/jspui/handle/100/1721. epublication.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Ara, H. (2001). An Annotated Checklist of Aroids of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 8(2): 19-34.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Güner, A., Kandemir, A., Menemen, Y., Yıldırım, H., Aslan, S., Ekşi, G., Güner, I. & Çimen, A.Ö. (eds.) (2018). Resimli Türkiye Florası (Illustrated Flora of Türkiye) 2: 1-1054. ANG Vakfı Nezahat Gökyiğit. Botanik Bahçesi Yayınları. İstanbul.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Hernandez, J. (2007). In Hawaiian rainforests: exotic aroid ecologies. Aroideana 30: 91-97.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
  • Kurniawan, A., Adjie, B. & Boyce, P.C. (2011). Studies on the Araceae of Sulawesi I: New taxa of Schismatoglottis and Homalomena, and a preliminary checklist and keys for Sulawesi. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 61: 40-50.
  • Lambdon, P. (2012). Flowering plants & ferns of St Helena: 1-624. Pisces publications for St Helena nature conservation group.
  • MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
  • Mansor, M., Boyce, P.C., Othman, A.S. & Sulaiman, B. (2012). The Araceae of peninsular Malaysia: 1-146. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
  • von Raab-Straube, E. & Raus, T. (eds.) (2013). Euro+Med-Checklist notulae, 2. Willdenowia 43: 239-249.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 706 (1974).
  • Bogner in Fl. Madag. 31: 66, t. 12 (1975).
  • Engl. in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich 73 (IV. 23F): 259, fig. 63 (1920).
  • Engl., Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 132 (1895).
  • Engl., Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 2: 257, fig. 173 (1908)
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 963 (1753).
  • N.E. Br. in Flora of Tropical Africa 8: 140 (1901).
  • Peter in Nachr. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, Math.-Phys. Kl. 1929 (3): 187 (1930).
  • R. O. Williams, Useful and Ornamental Plants in Zanzibar and Pemba p. 414 (1949).
  • Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59:108 (1980).

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Holland, J.H. [233] Nigeria K002820044 Yes
Samuels, J.A. [22] Suriname K002820235 Yes
Smith, H.H.; Smith, G.W. [224] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines K002820228 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [4050] Chad K002820086 Yes
Wild, H. [3215] Zambia K002820173 Yes
Duthie, J.F.; Harsukh [22846] India K002979979 Yes
s.coll. [11078] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002820097 Yes
Gachathi; [Opon] [136/81] Kenya K002820117 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M.; Hunde, A.; Kanuri [1711] Kenya K002820112 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1100] Sudan K002820102 Yes
Kennedy, J.D. [1421] Nigeria K002820060 Yes
Gibbs Russell, G.E. [2110] Malawi K002820158 Yes
Millar, A.N.; Dockrill, A.W. [NGF35158] Papua New Guinea K002820041 Yes
van Royen, P.; Sleumer, H.O. [6600] Indonesia K002820033 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cambodia K002820007 Yes
Piggott, A.G. [1516] Malaysia K002979996 Yes
Bechara Zainum, J.; Molina, J.A.; Barkley, F.A. [19Bo076] Bolivia K002820244 Yes
s.coll. [5616] India K002820022 Yes
Pander [s.n.] Jamaica K002820226 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [1466] Egypt K002820009 Yes
Robison, T. [2893] Tanzania K002820123 Yes
Harsukh [22846/a] India K002979977 Yes
Harley, W.J. [1298] Liberia K002820049 Yes
s.coll. [18110] Philippines K002820028 Yes
Leach; Rutherford Sm. [11096] Zambia K002820171 Yes
Ngoni, J.F. [142] Zimbabwe K002820182 Yes
Smith, P.A. [470] Botswana K002820165 Yes
Leach; Smith, R. [11048] Malawi K002820160 Yes
{Leistner; Oliver; Steenkamp; Vorster} [302] South Africa K002820195 Yes
Magogo, F.; Glover, P. [908] Kenya K002820116 Yes
Smith, J.D. [s.n.] Guatemala K002820212 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [KBS 2304] Zambia K002820174 Yes
[illegible] [5200] India K002979988 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Jayasuriya, M. [4609] Sri Lanka K002979984 Yes
[Petterick] [s.n.] Sudan K002820103 Yes
Schodde, R. [2356] Papua New Guinea K002820040 Yes
Salubeni, A.J. [698] Malawi K002820162 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [2356] Angola K002820183 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [00739] Sudan K002820099 Yes
Yuncker, T.G.; Koepper, J.M.; Wagner, K.A. [8125] Honduras K002820214 Yes
Burchell [1579] Brazil K002820222 Yes
Walter, M.A. [17] Paraguay K002820243 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [2658] Argentina K002820254 Yes
Ariwaodo [ARS 1118] Nigeria K002820066 Yes
Smith, P.A.; Gibbs-Russell, G.E. [2162] Botswana K002820166 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [345] Uganda K002820152 Yes
Thulin, M.; Mohamed, B. [7086] Somalia K002820105 Yes
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [6730] Liberia K002820048 Yes
Lévy, P. [90] Nicaragua K002820223 Yes
Buechner, H.K. [96] Uganda K002820147 Yes
Thulin, M.; Mhoro, B. [762] Tanzania K002820141 Yes
Horsfield, T. [s.n.] Indonesia K002820019 Yes
Bourne [[1877]] India K002979970 Yes
Giles; Woolliams [41063] K002820263 Yes
Heyde; Lux [s.n.] Guatemala K002820213 Yes
Harris, W.H. [10836] Jamaica K002820225 Yes
Arsene, F.G. [8417] Mexico K002820221 Yes
Spare, G.H. [s.n.] Malaysia K002979993 Yes
Boyce, P.C. [879] Vietnam K002820002 Yes
Whellan, J.A. [20036] Zimbabwe K002820177 Yes
Vogel, E.; Hildebrandt [41] Nigeria K002820071 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [3838] Niger K002820051 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [91] Philippines K002820032 Yes
Sintenis, P. [6798] Puerto Rico K002820227 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H855] Haiti K002820224 Yes
Ward, C.J. [8612] South Africa K002820196 Yes
Piggett, A.G. [1518] Malaysia K002979992 Yes
Menendez, F. [311] Mexico K002820219 Yes
Brass, L.J. [27262] Papua New Guinea K002820036 Yes
Innes, R.R. [114] Ghana K002820047 Yes
Adames, P. [71] Sierra Leone K002820052 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1061] Sudan K002820101 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K002820234 Yes
Eimunjeze; Latilo [FHI65623] Nigeria K002820067 Yes
[illegible] [8417] Mexico K002820220 Yes
Steyn, L.; Jacot Guillarmod, A. [8578] South Africa K002820198 Yes
Seagrief, S.C. [3097] Malawi K002820161 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [KBS 2926] Zambia K002820175 Yes
Kennedy, J.D. [1421] Nigeria K002820059 Yes
Gibbs Russell, G.E. [2110] Malawi K002820157 Yes
Chandler, P. [1107] Uganda K002820145 Yes
Buwalda, P. [3348] Indonesia K002820020 Yes
Vogel [s.n.] Niger K002820062 Yes
Batty, M. [147] Tanzania K002820139 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Rutherford-Smith, R.O.B. [7651] Zimbabwe K002820181 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [1466] Tanzania K002820138 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002979981 Yes
Parsons, A.C. [s.n.] Nigeria K002820058 Yes
Beechey [s.n.] Mexico K001733846 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [9820] Argentina K002820255 Yes
Philcox, D.; Stoelzel, V.; Kalloo, B. [8383] Trinidad and Tobago K002820230 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [2687] United States K002820200 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan K002820104 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [7976] Central African Republic K002820085 Yes
s.coll. [1561] Malaysia K002820004 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Hailu, A.; Getachew, E.; Abdela, A. [12903] Ethiopia K002820107 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [506] Uganda K002820151 Yes
Mildbraed [9709] Cameroon K002820079 Yes
King [10600] Malaysia K002820024 Yes
Toussaint, L. [269] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002820093 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Argentina K002820259 Yes
Aitken, T.H.G. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K002820233 Yes
Stubbings, H.G. [129] Nigeria K002820057 Yes
Reekmans, M. [3459] Burundi K002820072 Yes
Festo, L.; Luke, Q.; Luke, P. [2685] Kenya K002820120 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [178] India K002979967 Yes
Fay, J.M.; Doka, J. [s.n.] Central African Republic K002820083 Yes
Kirk [s.n.] Mozambique K002820069 Yes
Mitchell, B.L. [2693] Zambia K002820176 Yes
s.coll. [214] Angola K002820185 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Vietnam K002820006 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [833] Tanzania K002820136 Yes
Engler, A. [277] K002820187 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [13741] Tanzania K002820142 Yes
Rakotovao, C.; Andrianarivelo, S.; Bernard, R. [6641] Madagascar K001635341 Yes
s.coll. [4344] Cameroon K002820088 Yes
Martin, R.; Plowman, T.C.; Lau-Cam, C. [1725] Peru K002820249 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [7831] Zimbabwe K002820180 Yes
Hedberg, O. [2047] Uganda K002820150 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; Duyfjes, B.E.E. [3662] Cameroon K002820076 Yes
Steyn, L.A.; Jacot Guillarmod, A. [8579] South Africa K002820199 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] Afghanistan K002820008 Yes
Carter; Abdallah; Newton [2625] Tanzania K002820155 Yes
Keenan, R.L. [s.n.] India K002979982 Yes
[P. Goude] [49] Zimbabwe K002820178 Yes
Giles; Wooliams [s.n.] Borneo K:SPC-29047.737 No
Drummond, R.B. [5808] South Africa K002820193 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon K002820075 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.W.B.H.; Taylor, P.G. [9468] Tanzania K002820144 Yes
André, É. [1829] Ecuador K002820246 Yes
Lindheimer, F.J. [1231] United States K002820203 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [4011] Egypt K002820014 Yes
Reekmans, M. [8166] Burundi K002820073 Yes
Walker [82] Sri Lanka K002979989 Yes
Ward, C.J. [6735] South Africa K002820194 Yes
[34] South Africa K000499481 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [4585] Nigeria K002820089 Yes
Matuda, E. [2698] Mexico K002820218 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Argentina K002820258 Yes
McClintock, A. (Miss) [44] Cameroon K002820082 Yes
Riedel [837] Brazil K002820260 Yes
Law [s.n.] Bangladesh K002979966 Yes
{Kennedy, H.; C. von Chong} [3082] Panama K002820247 Yes
Heckman, C.W. [A-1] Thailand K002979997 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5200] K001120107 Unknown Type Material Yes
Archbold, N.E. [431] Tanzania K002820126 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [2172] Madagascar K002820188 Yes
[illegible] [16522] Paraguay K002820239 Yes
Fosberg, F.R.; Mueller-Dombois, D.; Wirawan, N.; Cooray, R.G.; Balakrishnan, N. [51076] Sri Lanka K002979985 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [15152] Tanzania K002820127 Yes
Balansa, B. [2059] Vietnam K002820003 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5200] K001120105 Unknown Type Material Yes
Meurillon, A. [CNAD 676] Cameroon K002820080 Yes
Ern, H.; Hein, B.; Pircher, A. [247] Togo K002820055 Yes
Adames, P. [71] Sierra Leone K002820053 Yes
s.coll. [14358] Philippines K002820027 Yes
Leippert, H. [5224] Kenya K002820111 Yes
Ryff, F.M. [s.n.] Nigeria K002820050 Yes
McKee, H.S. [8339] Australia K002820043 Yes
Shabetai, J.R. [55] Egypt K002820012 Yes
s.coll. [8508] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002820090 Yes
Gomes Pedro, J. [4313] Mozambique K002820163 Yes
Vogel, C. (Dr.) [12] Niger K002820061 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B6199] Kenya K002820115 Yes
Vogel, E. [[3]] Central African Republic K002820087 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [1744] Comoros K002820186 Yes
Gentle, P.H.; Lundell, C.L. [1492] Belize K002820207 Yes
Ward, C.J. [8612] South Africa K002820197 Yes
Robyns [[7]40] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002820092 Yes
s.coll. [[6065]] Angola K002820184 Yes
Philcox, D.; Philcox, D.J. [8250] Trinidad and Tobago K002820231 Yes
Wellby, M.S. [s.n.] Ethiopia K002820118 Yes
Wild, H. [26411] Zimbabwe K:SPC-24295.000 No
Muerillon, A. [1429] Cameroon K002820077 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [5960] United States K002820201 Yes
Thompson, S.A.; Nishida, J.H. [3061] United States K002820206 Yes
Fischer, C.E.C. [4010] India K002979971 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [7754] Argentina K002820253 Yes
van Royen, P.; Sleumer, H.O. [6600] Indonesia K002820034 Yes
Orcutt, C.R. [3166] Mexico K002820217 Yes
Carvalho [4159] Equatorial Guinea K002820074 Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [7158] Philippines K002820029 Yes
Letouzey, R. [6565] Cameroon K002820078 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [8770] Nigeria K002820064 Yes
Verdcourt [717] Kenya K002820113 Yes
Robison, T. [1071] Tanzania K002820128 Yes
Beals, E.; Prosser, M. [s.n.] Ethiopia K002820108 Yes
Martin, R.; Plowman, T.C.; Lau-Cam, C. [1725] Peru K002820250 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [8325] Thailand K002820001 Yes
Ash, J. [1602] Ethiopia K002820109 Yes
Lock, J.M. [83/1] Sudan K002820100 Yes
Gomes e Sousa [1762] Mozambique K002820164 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [5194] Egypt K002820011 Yes
s.coll. [2941] Panama K002820248 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [3399] Tanzania K002820137 Yes
Loher, A. [2419] Philippines K002820030 Yes
Rankin, E.J. [EJR 321] Trinidad and Tobago K002820232 Yes
Boulos, L.; Mashali, I.; Awad, E.R. [s.n.] Egypt K002820015 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J.; Beetle, A.A. [22961] Argentina K002820252 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002979983 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [8826] Uganda K002820149 Yes
Riddell [s.n.] United States K002979991 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [11340] Tanzania K002820129 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [4714] South Africa K002820191 Yes
Fischer, C.E.C. [737] India K002979972 Yes
Cummins, H.A. [s.n.] Ghana K002820045 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002820262 Yes
[Schomburgk] [315] K002979990 Yes
[Ranku] [176] Nigeria K002820070 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [10227] Tanzania K002820133 Yes
Heyde; Lux [s.n.] Guatemala K002820210 Yes
Ward, C.J. [5939] South Africa K002820192 Yes
Lanjouw, J. [285] Suriname K002820236 Yes
Wild, H. [3215] Zambia K002820172 Yes
Cooke, T. [s.n.] India K002979978 Yes
Smith, J.D. [s.n.] Guatemala K002820211 Yes
Wight [s.n.] India K002979968 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [2928] Thailand K002980000 Yes
Buwalda, P. [6045] Indonesia K002820023 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [1633] Sudan K002820098 Yes
Pawek, J. [7399] Malawi K002820156 Yes
Mutimushi, J.M. [JMM 2286] Zambia K002820170 Yes
Bateson, G. [37] United Kingdom K002820038 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Paraguay K002820240 Yes
Coûteaux [1015] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002820094 Yes
[Schaffer] [s.n.] Mexico K002820215 Yes
Chipp, T.F. [505] Australia K002820046 Yes
Smith, H. [2267] Colombia K002820245 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J.; Beetle, A.A. [22529] Argentina K002820257 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] India K001733845 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia K002820021 Yes
Harrison, S.G. [1749] Guyana K002820238 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Philippines K002820026 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [1678] Sierra Leone K002820054 Yes
Peck, M.E. [418] Belize K002820208 Yes
[E. M. Culick] [8] Tanzania K002820146 Yes
Murata, G.; Fukuoka, N.; Phengklai, C. [T-17204] Thailand K002979999 Yes
Parker [s.n.] K001733847 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1111] South Sudan K002820084 Yes
Cuming, H. [1114] Philippines K002820031 Yes
Geilinger [2564] Tanzania K002820143 Yes
{J. de Bruijn} [1317] Venezuela K002820251 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5200] K001120106 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [3257] Malaysia K002820005 Yes
Furuse, M. [5418] Japan K002820016 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002979986 Yes
Lebrun [9260] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002820095 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [5184] Egypt K002820010 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12300] Tanzania K002820130 Yes
Vaughan, J.H. [982] Tanzania K002820154 Yes
[Gard Wallen] [s.n.] Sri Lanka K002979987 Yes
Streimann, H.; Kairo, A. [NGF39298] Papua New Guinea K002820039 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [1357] Tanzania K002820153 Yes
Brass, L.J. [13985] Indonesia K002820035 Yes
Kramer, K.U.; Hekking, W.H.A. [2612] Suriname K002820237 Yes
West, O. [3939] Zimbabwe K002820179 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] India K002979980 Yes
Robyns [740] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002820096 Yes
Brass, L.J. [28670] Papua New Guinea K002820037 Yes
Decary, M.R. [9258] Madagascar K002820190 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [7710] India K002979976 Yes
Yapp [s.n.] K002979995 Yes
Yapp, R.H. [272] Malaysia K002979994 Yes
Lundell, C.L. [2666] Guatemala K002820209 Yes
Möller, H.A. [s.n.] Indonesia K002820018 Yes
Brown, E.S. [72] Tanzania K002820121 Yes
Drummond, T. [378] United States K002820202 Yes
Palmer, E. [206] Mexico K002820216 Yes
Nicolson, D.H. [1609] Thailand K002979998 Yes
Loveridge, M.V. [447] Uganda K002820148 Yes
Giles, C.J. [673] Malaysia K002820025 Yes
Cook, C.D.K. [524] Nigeria K002820065 Yes
Thompson, S.A.; Nishida, J.H. [2729] United States K002820205 Yes
Speke; Grant [s.n.] Kenya K002820119 Yes
Hassler, E. [11512] Paraguay K002820242 Yes
Rankin, M. [2721] Australia K002820042 Yes
Saldanha, C.J. [16906] India K002979973 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [5194] K:SPC-36482.000 No
Batten-Poole, W.H. [75] Nigeria K002820056 Yes
Verdcourt [1817] Kenya K002820110 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5200] K001120104 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [3163] Madagascar K002820189 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [3258] Zambia K002820169 Yes
Astle, W.L. [956] Zambia K002820168 Yes
Richards, M. [18280] Tanzania K002820122 Yes
Furuse, M. [5622] Japan K002820017 Yes
Vogel [s.n.] Niger K002820063 Yes
Bjørnstad, I. [235] Tanzania K002820131 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB1563] Kenya K002820114 Yes
Lebrun, J.A. [9260] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002820091 Yes
Zenker, G.A. [1167] Cameroon K002820081 Yes
Thompson, S.A.; Nishida, J.H. [2768] United States K002820204 Yes
Sintenis, P. [831] Puerto Rico K002820229 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Wilmot-Dear, M.; Tur, N. [3580] Argentina K002820256 Yes
Hall-Martin, A.J. [7[8]3] Malawi K002820159 Yes
[H. Lbush] [124] Tanzania K002820140 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [3265] Tanzania K002820124 Yes
[D. P. M. Covile] [0118] Hong Kong K002979965 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [3265] Tanzania K002820125 Yes
Davis, R.L. [220] Tanzania K002820132 Yes
Balansa, B. [574] Paraguay K002820241 Yes
Richards, H.M. [9055] Zambia K002820167 Yes
Lorentz, P. [871] Uruguay K002820261 Yes
Ash [2153] Ethiopia K002820106 Yes
[Moh. Eff. Dran] [4085] Egypt K002820013 Yes
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