Lentibulariaceae
Genlisea

Genlisea africana Oliv.

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 145 (1865)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Guinea to Liberia, W. Tanzania to S. Tropical Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Berhaut, J. (1975). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 4: 1-625. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fleischmann, A. (2012). A monograph of the genus Genlisea: 1-728. Redfern Natural History productions, Poole, England.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1988). Flora Zambesiaca 8(3): 1-118. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Bot. 484.
  • F.T.A. 4, 2: 497
  • in J. Linn. Soc. 9: 145 (1865)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fleischmann, A. (2012). A monograph of the genus Genlisea: 1-728. Redfern Natural History productions, Poole, England.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 13, 1904 Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Angola K000430297 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [3645] Zambia K:SPC-01125.000 No
Merrett, L. [LM87] Zambia K001634764 Yes
Chevalier, A. [18415] Guinea K000430300 Unknown Type Material Yes
M.R [4173] Angola K001009208 Yes
Richards, H.M. [10744] Zambia K:SPC-06367.000 No
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8452] Zambia K001765005 Yes
Welwitsch. [260] Angola K000430298 Type Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Gillett, J.B. [3644] Zambia K000430299 Type Yes
Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Angola K000430296 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sierra Leone K:SPC-06368.000 No
Baldwin, J.T. [13031] Liberia K:SPC-06543.000 No
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5479] Tanzania K000190709 Yes
Richards, H. [9322] Zambia K:SPC-03512.000 No
Richards, H.M. [12659] Zambia K:SPC-06365.000 No
Robinson, E.A. [4593] Zambia K:SPC-03517.000 No
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K.; Bidgood, S. [9779] Zambia K001765014 Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K.; Bidgood, S. [9694] Zambia K001765039 Yes
Stopp, K. [BO217] Angola K001009209 Yes
Richards, H.M. [16424] Zambia K:SPC-06366.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [4173] Angola K:SPC-01644.000 No
Richards, M. Zambia K:SPC-06533.000 No
Robinson, E.A. [4592] Zambia K:SPC-03518.000 No
Richards, H.M. [5657] Zambia K:SPC-06532.000 No
Richards, H.M. [9995] Zambia K:SPC-07058.000 No
Richards, P.W. [5247] Cameroon K000028926 Yes
Wild, H. [44041] Zimbabwe K:SPC-13040.000 No
Richards, H.M. [5269] Zambia K:SPC-06535.000 No
Richards, M. Zambia K:SPC-06538.000 No
Gore-Brown, L. [21] Zambia K:SPC-03514.000 No
Gore-Brown, L. [84] Zambia K:SPC-03516.000 No
Corby, H.D.L. [779] Zimbabwe K:SPC-03513.000 No
Watermeyer, A. [166A] Tanzania K:SPC-04790.000 No
Wild, H. [3868] Zimbabwe K:SPC-13039.000 No
Richards, H.M. [5607] Zambia K:SPC-13038.000 No
Stopp, K. [BO217] Angola K001009210 Yes
Richards, M. Zambia K:SPC-13037.000 No
Richards, H. [8308] Zambia K:SPC-03515.000 No

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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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  • 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