Rubiaceae
Argostemma

Argostemma africanum K.Schum.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 423 (1896)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a tuberous subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 23: 423 (1896).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2006 Tchiengue, B. [2754] Cameroon K000518683 Yes
May 1, 2002 Cable, S. [3290] Cameroon K000026350 Yes
May 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [8953] Cameroon K000026353 Yes
May 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [4689] Cameroon K000026352 Yes
Oct 1, 1995 Lane, P. [212] Cameroon K000086130 Yes
Dec 1, 1994 Thomas, D.W. [9140] Cameroon K000086129 Yes
Dec 1, 1994 Watts, J. [528] Cameroon K000086127 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Watts, J. [874] Cameroon K000086125 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Cheek, M. [5543] Cameroon K000086124 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Harris, D.J. [3862] Cameroon K000093835 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Cable, S. [66] Cameroon K000086128 Yes
Tchouto Mbatchou, G.P. [490] Cameroon K001401255 Yes
Thomas, D.W. [9693] Cameroon K001401252 Yes
Watts, J. [962] Cameroon K000086197 Yes
Cheek, M. [3758] Cameroon K000608691 Yes
Cheek, M.; et al. [5543] Cameroon K:SPC-61700.000 No
Ekema, S.N. [474] Cameroon K001401126 Yes
Schlechter, F.R.R. [15793] Cameroon K000510072 Yes
Thomas, D.W. [9715] Cameroon K000086126 Yes
Cable, S. [207] Cameroon K000086123 Yes

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