Marantaceae
Marantochloa

Marantochloa purpurea (Ridl.) Milne-Redh.

First published in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 83: 21 (1950)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Cabezas, F.J., De la Estrella, M., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2005). Marantaceae of Equatorial Guinea. Annales Botanici Fennici 42: 173-184.
  • 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.
  • 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. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Velayos, M., Aedo, C., Cabezas, F., de la Estrella, M., Barberá, P. & Fero, M. (eds.) (2014). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 11: 1-416. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Koechlin in Fl. Cam. 4: 129, t. 26.
  • Koechlin in Fl. Gabon 9: 125, t. 27
  • Mangenot in Ic. Pl. Afr., I.F.A.N. 7: 160 (1965)
  • Schnell in Bull. I.F.A.N. 19: 1128, 1131
  • in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 83: 21 (1950)
  • in F.T.E.A. Marantac. 6, fig. 2

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.
  • 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.
  • Cabezas, F.J., De la Estrella, M., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2005). Marantaceae of Equatorial Guinea. Annales Botanici Fennici 42: 173-184.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Velayos, M., Aedo, C., Cabezas, F., de la Estrella, M., Barberá, P. & Fero, M. (eds.) (2014). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 11: 1-416. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Milne-Redh. in Bulletin de la Société Royale de Botanique de Belgique 83: 21 (1950).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2006 Cheek, M. [11511] Cameroon K000339849 No
Jun 1, 2006 Harvey, Y.B. [102] Cameroon K000339848 No
Jun 1, 2006 Darbyshire, I. [211] Cameroon K000339871 No
Jun 1, 2006 Etuge, M. [5126] Cameroon K000339872 No
Jun 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [10259] Cameroon K000107605 No
Gregory, H. [9] Nigeria K:SPC-11135.000 No
Germain [4594A] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-11130.000 No
Jongkind, C.C.H.; Bilivogui, D.; Dorbor, D. [9386] Liberia K002187399 No
Andrews, F.W. [1364] Sudan K002187830 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Maley, J. [7777] Cote d'Ivoire K002187405 No
Van Meer, P.P.C. [326] Liberia K002187401 No
Adam, J.G. [21068] Liberia K002187397 No
s.coll. [8540] Sierra Leone K002187395 No
Myers, J.G. [6469] Sudan K002187837 Yes
Chandler, P. [2778] Uganda K:SPC-17125.000 No
Luke, W. R. Q.; Kabuye, C.; Festo, L.; Ntore, S. [17713] Uganda K001598520 Yes
Thomas, D.W. [10580] Cameroon K001383777 Yes
Schoenenberger, J.; et. al. [119] Cameroon K001310863 Yes
[Mann] [N 901] Sierra Leone K002187386 No
Dawkins, H.C. [346] Uganda K:SPC-11133.000 No
s.coll. [8471] Sierra Leone K002187392 No
de Nevers, G. [14935] Guinea K001970081 No
Keay, R.W.G. [37433] Cameroon K:SPC-24931.000 No
Myers, J.G. [9199] Sudan K002187838 Yes
Coombe, D.E. [184] Nigeria K:SPC-18159.000 No
Meikle, R.D. [1118] Nigeria K:SPC-18158.000 No
Van Meer, P.P.C. [489] Liberia K002187402 No
Hepper, F.N.; Maley, J. [7777] Cote d'Ivoire K002187406 No
Myers, J.G. [6392] Sudan K002187833 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [4110] Sierra Leone K002187384 No
s.coll. [8406] Sierra Leone K002187393 No
Andrews, F.W. [1199] Sudan K002187829 Yes
{Morton; Gledhill} [SL 1953] Sierra Leone K002187389 No
s.coll. [9282] Sierra Leone K002187394 No
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [2938] Cote d'Ivoire K002187407 No
Aké Assi, L. [7357] Cote d'Ivoire K002187409 No
Von Ramm, C. [172.a] Sudan K002187835 Yes
Adam, J.G. [20339] Liberia K002187396 No
Keay, R.W.J. [21043] Nigeria K:SPC-17377.000 No
K:SPC-17123.000 No
Scott Elliot, G.F. [3900] Sierra Leone K002187387 No
Jaeger, P. [4339] Sierra Leone K002187388 No
{D. R. chaffey} [1260] Ethiopia K002187831 Yes
Schnell, R. [4128] Cote d'Ivoire K002187404 No
Adames, P. [592] Liberia K002187398 No
[Manier] [901] Sierra Leone K002187385 No
Troupin, G. [4579] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-10053.000 No
Latilo [30913] Nigeria K:SPC-11132.000 No
Bidault, E.; Diabate, M.; Mas, C. [232] Guinea K002187383 No
Myers, J.G. [6469] Sudan K002187834 Yes
{Morton; Gledhill} [SL 1817] Sierra Leone K002187390 No
Blyden, F. [1004] Liberia K002187400 No
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [2938] Cote d'Ivoire K002187408 No
s.coll. [8549] Sierra Leone K002187391 No
Eggeling, W.J. [5716] Uganda K:SPC-17380.000 No
Eggeling, W.J. [5716] Uganda K:SPC-17124.000 No
Schweinfurth, G. [s.n.] Sudan K002187836 Yes
Hope-Simpson, J.F. [372] Sudan K002187832 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

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

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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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