Marantaceae
Marantochloa

Marantochloa conferta (Benth.) A.C.Ley

First published in Syst. Bot. 36: 287 (2011)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to South Sudan and Angola. It is a helophyte or perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Cabezas, F.J., De la Estrella, M., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2005). Marantaceae of Equatorial Guinea. Annales Botanici Fennici 42: 173-184.
  • 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?
Testu [s.n.], Gabon Ataenidia gabonensis K000099670 isotype Yes
Jun 1, 2006 Cheek, M. [11130], Cameroon Ataenidia conferta K000339861 No
Jun 1, 2006 Cheek, M. [11617], Cameroon Ataenidia conferta K000339851 No
Jan 1, 1997 Watts, J. [1130], Cameroon Ataenidia conferta K000086568 No
Jan 1, 1995 Cheek, M. [5602], Cameroon Ataenidia conferta K000086562 No
Jan 1, 1995 Cable, S. [143], Cameroon Ataenidia conferta K000086566 No
Jan 1, 1995 Cable, S. [383], Cameroon Ataenidia conferta K000086565 No
Jan 1, 1994 Sunderland, T.C.H. [1079], Cameroon Ataenidia conferta K000086563 No
Jan 1, 1992 Sunderland, T.C.H. [1398], Cameroon Ataenidia conferta K000011051 No
Jan 23, 1952 Mann, G. [2144], Cameroon Ataenidia conferta K000099668 Unknown type material Yes
Jan 23, 1952 Mann, G. [2144], Cameroon Ataenidia conferta K000099669 Unknown type material Yes
Hope Simpson, J.F. [373], Sudan Ataenidia conferta 11119.000 No
Chandler, P. [1879], Uganda Ataenidia conferta 17116.000 No
Lumsden, R., Uganda Ataenidia conferta 17371.000 No
Eggeling, W.J. [5717], Uganda Ataenidia conferta 17373.000 No
Onochie, C. [33406], Nigeria Ataenidia conferta 18151.000 No
Dawkins, H.C. [467], Uganda Ataenidia conferta 18152.000 No
Dawkins, H.C. [478], Uganda Ataenidia conferta 23514.000 No

Sources

  • 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

    • 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 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0