Araceae

Stylochiton Lepr.

First published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 2: 184 (1834), nom. cons. prop.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 8: 187.
  • in Ann. Sci. Nat., Sér. 2, 2: 184 (1834)

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 M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Engl. in E.P. 73 (IV. 23F): 29 (1920), nom. et orth. cons. prop.
  • in Ann. Sci. Nat., sér. 2, 2: 184 (1834), as ‘Stylochaeton’

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2010 Barter, C. [3424] Nigeria K000099454 Type Yes
May 8, 1997 Merello, M.; Schmidt, H.; Ampnsah, J.; Welsing, A.; Baah, K. [1479] Ghana K000211552 Yes
Dec 1, 1983 Steere, E. [s.n.] Mozambique K000099450 Type Yes
Dec 1, 1983 Haerdi, F. [394/0] Kenya K000499418 Yes
Dec 1, 1983 Rogers, F., A. [4500] Mozambique K000099444 Type Yes
Dec 1, 1983 Rogers, F., A. [4500] Mozambique K000099445 Type Yes
Jul 1, 1983 Swynnerton, C.F.M. [717] Mozambique K000099439 Isotype Yes
Jul 1, 1983 Monteiro, J.J. [2] Mozambique K000099440 Isotype Yes
Jul 1, 1983 Monteiro, J.J. [2] Mozambique K000099441 Isotype Yes
Mar 1, 1983 Gillett, J.B.; Beckett, J.J. [23204] Somalia K000499415 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Gueinzius, W. [s.n.] South Africa K000099458 Type Yes
Apr 4, 1976 Lowe, J. [2897] Nigeria K000211555 Yes
Sep 29, 1975 Schronen, J. [220] Burkina Faso K000211547 Yes
Nov 1, 1964 Vigne, C. [4530] Ghana K000211551 No
Nov 1, 1964 Vigne, C. [3757] Ghana K000211550 Yes
Nov 1, 1964 Barker, A.J.D. [1472] Nigeria K000211554 Yes
Kuchar, P. [15761] Somalia K002556173 Yes
Faulknes [4465] Tanzania K:SPC-34522.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7343] Tanzania K:SPC-19160.000 No
Kuchar, P. [15761] Somalia K002556174 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [1760] Sudan K000499416 Yes
Beccari, O. [167] Eritrea K000099437 Type Yes
Gerrard, W.T. [750] South Africa K000099459 Isotype Yes
Mesfin, T.; Vollesen, K.B. [4167] Ethiopia K002556182 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M. [22466] Somalia K002556179 Yes
O'Brien, E.M. [51] Somalia K002556178 Yes
Botty, M. [683] Tanzania K000499417 Yes
Bogner, J. [248] Tanzania K:SPC-34231.000 No
[Phimd. Koroofan] [40] K002556180 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7344] Tanzania K:SPC-19159.000 No
Bogner South Africa K:SPC-45263.000 No
Irvine, F.R. [4601] Ghana K000211549 Yes
Beccari, O. [77] Eritrea K000099436 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sanderson, J. [309] South Africa K000099460 Unknown Type Material Yes
Menyharth, L. [s.n.] Malawi K000099442 Type Yes
Thulin, M.; Hedrén, M.; Dahir, A. [7314] Somalia K002556176 Yes
Thulin, M.; Hedrén, M.; Dahir, A. [7625] Somalia K002556181 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [3893] Nigeria K000211553 Yes
Gobbo, G.; Gilagiza, B.M. [902] Tanzania K002556264 Yes
Faulkner, H. [K.329] Mozambique K:SPC-22455.000 No
Adam, J.-.G. [3914] Ghana K000211548 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F. [24711] Somalia K002556177 Yes
Menyharth, L. [920] Malawi K000099443 Type Yes
Batty, M. [683] Tanzania K:SPC-07500.000 No
James; Thrupp [s.n.] Ethiopia K000099461 Type Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F. [24610] Somalia K002556175 Yes

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

    • '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.

  • 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