Marantaceae
Marantochloa

Marantochloa ramosissima (Benth.) Hutch.

First published in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 338 (1936)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ivory Coast to W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Nigeria

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Cabezas, F.J., De la Estrella, M., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2005). Marantaceae of Equatorial Guinea. Annales Botanici Fennici 42: 173-184.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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

  • F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 338 (1936)
  • Koechlin in Fl. Cam 4: 33.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTOM, Bangui.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1997 Sonké, B. [1043] Cameroon K000093812 No
Jan 1, 1995 Harris, D.J. [3802] Cameroon K000086641 No
Jan 1, 1995 Watts, J. [741] Cameroon K000086638 No
Jan 1, 1995 Cheek, M. [5922] Cameroon K000086639 No
Jan 1, 1995 von Rege, I. [105] Cameroon K000086643 No
Jan 1, 1995 Harris, D.J. [3804] Cameroon K000086633 No
Jan 1, 1995 Cheek, M. [5922] Cameroon K000086640 No
Jan 1, 1995 Cable, S. [380] Cameroon K000086634 No
Jan 1, 1995 Harris, D.J. [3856] Cameroon K000086644 No
Jan 1, 1995 Harris, D.J. [3707] Cameroon K000086642 No
Jan 1, 1995 Cable, S. [210] Cameroon K000086636 No
Jan 1, 1994 Watts, J. [530] Cameroon K000086635 No
Jan 1, 1994 Wheatley, J.I. [507] Cameroon K000086637 No
Jan 1, 1992 Sunderland, T.C.H. [1378] Cameroon K000011047 No
Sep 11, 1947 Preuss. [379] Cameroon K000099660 Type Yes
Vogel, T. [178] Africa K000307662 Type No
Lowe J. [3679] Cameroon K000541879 No
[Dreunhons] [938] Cameroon K002187524 No
Cable, S.; Hurst, L.; Etuge, M.; Koopman, S.; frazer, S. [1732] Cameroon K001310880 Yes
Schoenenberger, J.; Teearu, T.; Slangen, P.; Frederick, S. [310] Cameroon K001310882 Yes
Letouzey, R. [12316] Cameroon K001766806 No
Keay, R.W.J. [28269] Nigeria K:SPC-17127.000 No
Mann [165] Africa K000307663 Type Yes
Onochie [36464] Nigeria K:SPC-23365.000 No
Carvalho [28] Equatorial Guinea K002187525 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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