Cryptolepis nigrescens (Wennberg) L.Joubert & Bruyns

First published in Taxon 65: 498 (2016)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda and Angola. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

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  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2009 Adams, C.D. [1951], Ghana Parquetina nigrescens 40817.000 No
Jan 1, 2009 Meikle, R.D. [547], Nigeria Parquetina nigrescens 5123.000 No
Dec 1, 1959 Soyaux, H. [s.n.], Gabon Parquetina nigrescens K000814153 syntype Yes
Welwitsch, F.M.J. [4232], Angola Parquetina nigrescens K000814152 syntype Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Etuge, M. [3589], Cameroon Periploca nigrescens K000338708 No
Jul 19, 1994 Deighton, F.C. [729], Sierra Leone Periploca nigrescens K000239942 No
Jun 27, 1994 Garnier, P. [136], Côte d'Ivoire Periploca nigrescens K000239951 No
Jun 27, 1994 Wilde, W.J.J.O. de [532], Côte d'Ivoire Periploca nigrescens K000239952 Yes
Jun 27, 1994 Oldeman, R.A.A. [627], Côte d'Ivoire Periploca nigrescens K000239953 No
Jun 27, 1994 Oldeman, R.A.A. [205], Côte d'Ivoire Periploca nigrescens K000239954 No
Jun 27, 1994 Hepper, F.N. [7997], Côte d'Ivoire Periploca nigrescens K000239949 No
Jun 26, 1994 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [2384], Côte d'Ivoire Periploca nigrescens K000239950 Yes
Jul 24, 1989 Jansen, J.W.A. [1211], Liberia Periploca nigrescens K000239948 No
Jul 24, 1989 Jansen, J.W.A. [1074], Liberia Periploca nigrescens K000239944 No
May 23, 1984 Lowe, J. [4527], Nigeria Periploca nigrescens K000239956 No
Jan 1, 1971 Bos, J.J. [2492], Liberia Periploca nigrescens K000239945 No
Jan 1, 1971 Bos, J.J. [2642], Liberia Periploca nigrescens K000239947 No
Jan 1, 1971 Bos, J.J. [2110], Liberia Periploca nigrescens K000239946 No
Dec 16, 1964 Morton, J.K. [860], Sierra Leone Periploca nigrescens K000239936 No
Mar 1, 1960 Melville, F.A. [505], Sierra Leone Periploca nigrescens K000239937 No
Mar 1, 1960 Hepper, F.N. [2649], Sierra Leone Periploca nigrescens K000239933 No
Dec 1, 1959 Jacques-Félix, H. [1803], Guinea Periploca nigrescens K000239928 No
Ollerton, J. [75], Gabon Periploca nigrescens 63220.000 No
Ollerton, J. [74], Gabon Periploca nigrescens 63221.000 No
Bückenstaff, M.L. [41], Liberia Periploca nigrescens K000239932 No
Morton [1637], Sierra Leone Periploca nigrescens K000239935 No
Merello, M. [1354], Ghana Periploca nigrescens K000239958 No
Scott Elliot, G.F. [4206], Sierra Leone Periploca nigrescens K000239940 No
Eimunjeze [70242], Nigeria Periploca nigrescens K000239955 No
Garnier, P. [27], Côte d'Ivoire Periploca nigrescens K000239929 No
Deighton, F.C. [5529], Sierra Leone Periploca nigrescens K000239943 No
Scott Elliot, G.F. [5631], Sierra Leone Periploca nigrescens K000239931 No
Collenette, G.N. [26], Guinea Periploca nigrescens K000239927 No
Marus [845], Sierra Leone Periploca nigrescens K000239939 No
Hauter [s.n.], Sierra Leone Periploca nigrescens K000239941 No
Harder, D.K. [3373], Ghana Periploca nigrescens K000239957 No
s.coll. [9970], Sierra Leone Periploca nigrescens K000239934 No
Thomas, N.W. [5282], Sierra Leone Periploca nigrescens K000239930 No
Marus [845], Sierra Leone Periploca nigrescens K000239938 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 2023. 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 2023. 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