Flagellariaceae
Flagellaria

Flagellaria guineensis Schumach.

First published in Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 181 (1827)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Sri Lanka. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Geerinck, D. (2012). Contribution à la flore d' Afrique centrale: Colchicaceae et Flagellariaceae. Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 33: 1-30.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter E-F: 1-50919.
  • 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.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2010). Flora Zambesiaca 13(4): 1-151. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wepfer, P.H. & Linder, H.P. (2014). The taxonomy of Flagellaria (Flagellariaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 27: 159-179.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Bot. 672.
  • F.T.A. 8: 90
  • in Schum. & Thonn., Beskr. Guin. Pl. 181 (1827)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Geerinck, D. (2012). Contribution à la flore d' Afrique centrale: Colchicaceae et Flagellariaceae. Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 33: 1-30.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Wepfer, P.H. & Linder, H.P. (2014). The taxonomy of Flagellaria (Flagellariaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 27: 159-179.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 51 (1968).
  • Hiern in Cat, Afr. Pl. Welw. 2: 81 (1899).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 237 (1949).
  • R. O. Williams, Useful and Ornamental Plants in Zanzibar and Pemba p. 266, fig. (1949).
  • Schumach. in Schumach. & Thonn., Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 181 (1827)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 17, 2008 Tweedie [3139] Kenya K000204934 Yes
Apr 17, 2008 Bjornstad, I. [210] Kenya K000204933 Yes
Vigne, C. [1441] Ghana K002998745 Yes
Farmar, L. [365] Cote d'Ivoire K002998723 Yes
Raynal, J.; Raynal, A. [13507] Benin K002998760 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [1416] Nigeria K002998759 Yes
Louis, A.M. [1719] Gabon K002998768 Yes
Strey, R.G. [8311] South Africa K002998963 Yes
Adams, C.D. [5182] Ghana K002998750 Yes
Smith, G.G. [s.n.] South Africa K002998971 Yes
Brown, T.W. [352] Ghana K002998737 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [28754A] Mozambique K002998868 Yes
Sosef, M.S.M. [1749] Gabon K002998770 Yes
Worsdell, W.C. [s.n.] South Africa K002998951 Yes
Peak, F.A. [798] South Africa K002998953 Yes
Lebrun, J.A. [625] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002998772 Yes
Warnecke [102] Togo K002998765 Yes
Chipp, T.F. [393] Ghana K002998738 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [SRS568/3] Somalia K002998781 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [2258] Nigeria K002998754 Yes
Oldeman, R.A.A. [164] Cote d'Ivoire K002998732 Yes
Léonard, J.J.G. [67] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002998777 Yes
Sosef, M.S.M. [1711] Gabon K002998771 Yes
Cheke, R.A. [17] Cote d'Ivoire K002998725 Yes
Bernardi, L. [8570] Cote d'Ivoire K002998734 Yes
Schmidt, H.H.; Merello, M.; Amponsah, J.; Chintoh, M. [2287] Ghana K002998747 Yes
Beentje, H.J. [505] Cote d'Ivoire K002998720 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [10885] South Africa K002998962 Yes
Rehmann, A. [8090] South Africa K002998967 Yes
de Kruif, A.P.M. [388] Cote d'Ivoire K002998729 Yes
s.coll. [3009] Angola K002998879 Yes
Coombe, D.E. [155] Nigeria K002998753 Yes
Debeaux, G. [s.n.] Liberia K002998719 Yes
s.coll. [[2172]] Nigeria K002998758 Yes
Strey, R.G. [9604] South Africa K002998965 Yes
de Figueiredo Gomes e Sousa, A. [3629] Mozambique K002998876 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC8449] Ghana K002998751 Yes
Simons, E.L.A.; Damen, T.H.J.; Opponggouaka, J.; Goustain [1028] Gabon K002998769 Yes
Dubois [228] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002998776 Yes
Gomes E Sousa, A. [4494] Mozambique K002998875 Yes
{Barbosa, L.A.G.; F. De lemos} [8008] Mozambique K002998870 Yes
Moggi, G.; Bavazzano, R. [1705] Somalia K002998782 Yes
Bos, J.J. [4459] Cameroon K002998766 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [453] Ghana K002998740 Yes
Drège [4484] South Africa K002998966 Yes
Uahrmeÿes; Tölken [299] South Africa K002998956 Yes
Schäfer, P. [6756] Mozambique K002998869 Yes
{Jansen, P.C.M.; J. de Koning} [7522] Mozambique K002998878 Yes
Ern, H. [2883] Togo K002998763 Yes
Geerling, C.; Bokdam, J. [384] Cote d'Ivoire K002998728 Yes
Anderson, J.G. [32] South Africa K002998961 Yes
Bachmann, F. [253] South Africa K002998968 Yes
de Figueiredo Gomes e Sousa, A. [3850] Mozambique K002998871 Yes
Harvey [s.n.] South Africa K002998958 Yes
PASCH [8059] Togo K002998764 Yes
Ern, H. [2322] Togo K002998762 Yes
Oldeman, R.A.A. [234] Cote d'Ivoire K002998727 Yes
Fishlock, W.C. [24] Ghana K002998742 Yes
Makany, L. [320] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002998779 Yes
Reid, C. [897] South Africa K002998960 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [2358] Cote d'Ivoire K002998735 Yes
{Chr. Smith; Mauer} [[I]] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002998775 Yes
Jongkind, C.C.H.; Abbiw, D.K.; Nieuwenhuis, C.M.J. [1380] Ghana K002998748 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O. [343] Cote d'Ivoire K002998726 Yes
Barbosa, L.A.G.; Carvalho, M. [4266] Mozambique K002998873 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [3245] Cote d'Ivoire K002998721 Yes
Aké Assi, L. [8314] Cote d'Ivoire K002998733 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [14029] Ghana K002998749 Yes
Strey, R.G. [5701] South Africa K002998957 Yes
Rudatis, H. [794] South Africa K002998950 Yes
Hambler, D.J. [405] Nigeria K002998757 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [3140] Cote d'Ivoire K002998722 Yes
Stephen; Graan, V.; Schwabe [1121] South Africa K002998964 Yes
s.coll. [824] South Africa K002998970 Yes
Watmough, R. [424] South Africa K002998959 Yes
Chipp, T.F. [393] K002998746 Yes
Louis, A.M. [136] Gabon K002998767 Yes
Robyns, W. [541] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002998773 Yes
Barbosa, L.A.G.; Carvalho, M. [4190] Mozambique K002998874 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [15346] Nigeria K002998752 Yes
Gerrard, W.T. [403] South Africa K002998969 Yes
Wells, M.J. [3449] South Africa K002998973 Yes
Roberty, G. [12268] Cote d'Ivoire K002998724 Yes
Wells; Edwards [27] South Africa K002998955 Yes
{Barbosa, L.A.G.; F. de Lemos} [8148] Mozambique K002998877 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana K002998736 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [13095] South Africa K002998952 Yes
Watmough, R. [424] South Africa K002998954 Yes
Onochie, C.F.A. [32040] Nigeria K002998755 Yes
Thijssen, M.T. [249] Cote d'Ivoire K002998730 Yes
Barbosa, L.A.G.; Carvalho, M. [3897] Mozambique K002998872 Yes
Léonard, J.J.G. [518] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002998780 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [28959] Mozambique K002998867 Yes
Vigne, C. [2835] Ghana K002998744 Yes
Mauer [425] Nigeria K002998756 Yes
Makany, L. [320] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002998778 Yes
Vogel [s.n.] Ghana K002998739 Yes
Vogel [14] Ghana K002998743 Yes
Enti, A.A. [FE1279] Ghana K002998741 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O. [8] Cote d'Ivoire K002998731 Yes
Ern, H.; Hein, B.; Pircher, A. [277] Togo K002998761 Yes
Louis, J. [12890] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002998774 Yes

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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • 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.
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0