Araceae

Amorphophallus Blume ex Decne.

First published in Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 366 (1834), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. Australia.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

China North-Central, Comoros, Cook Is., Fiji, Korea, Marquesas, New Caledonia, Niue, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Tibet, Trinidad-Tobago

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boyce, P.C., Ipor, I.B. & Hetterscheid, W.L.A. (2010). A review of the white-flowered Amorphophallus (Araceae: Thomsonieae) species in Sarawak. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 61: 249-268.
  • 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. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Ittenbach, S. (2003). Revision der afrikanischen Arten de Gattung Amorphophallus (Araceae). Englera 25: 1-263.
  • Yuzammi (2009). The genus Amorphophallus Blume ex Decaisne (Araceae - Thomsonieae) in Java. Reinwardtia 13: 1-12.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Engl., Pflanzenr. 4, 23C: 16 (1911). Nom. cons.
  • F.T.A. 8: 144
  • Herb. Timor 38 (1835)

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.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by S. Ittenbach & W. Lobin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Engl. in E. P. 48 (IV. 23C): 61 (1911), nom. conserv.
  • N. E. Br. in F.T.A. 8: 144 (1901)
  • in Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 366 (1834)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 2000 Pollard, B.J. [311], Cameroon K000678184 No
Jun 1, 1997 Cable, S. [2650], Cameroon K000107758 No
Sep 1, 1995 Cheek, M. [7218], Cameroon K000107755 No
Sep 1, 1995 Lane, P. [344], Cameroon K000107757 No
Sep 1, 1995 Lane, P. [169], Cameroon K000107756 No
Jan 1, 1994 Baker, W.J. [340], Cameroon K000461195 No
Jan 1, 1994 Mbani, J. M. [93], Cameroon K000461196 No
16864.000 No
Harley, W.J. [2145], Liberia 16866.000 No
Kat Titi, K. 21977.000 No
Lamb, A., Malaysia 29047.369 No
Thailand 29047.798 No
Hepper, F.N. [4118] 33349.000 No
Palawan Bot.Expdn. [156], Philippines 56031.000 No
Cheek, M. [7463], Cameroon 63822.000 No
Pam [s.n.], Thailand 7167.000 No
Boyce, P.C. [1144], Thailand 64483.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8937] K001131880 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8936] K001131875 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8936] K001131876 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8937], India K001131879 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8937], India K001131878 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8938] K001131881 Yes
Pseudodracontium 58899.000 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 Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images