Apocynaceae
Alafia

Alafia landolphioides (A.DC.) K.Schum.

First published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 165 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Alafia scandens.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Alafia scandens.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • 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, 1995 Heudelot [626] Guinea K000233927 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Heudelot [626] Guinea K000233928 Type No
Morton, J.K. [s.n.] Ghana Alafia scandens K000453044 No
Poisson, E. [s.n.] Benin Alafia scandens K000453033 No
Santo, E. [2114] Guinea-Bissau Alafia scandens K000453030 No
Adams, C.D. [3637] Ghana Alafia scandens K000453041 No
Paroisse, M.G. [29] Guinea Alafia scandens K000453046 No
Le Testu, M.G. [93] Benin Alafia scandens K000453032 No
Meikle, R.D. [933] Nigeria Alafia scandens K000453048 No
Morton, J.K. [4676] Ghana Alafia scandens K000453043 No
Meikle, R.D. [503] Nigeria Alafia scandens K000453051 No
Morton, J.K. [1517] Sierra Leone Alafia scandens K000453023 No
Garnier, P. [653] Cote d'Ivoire Alafia scandens K000453039 No
Brenan, J.P.H. [8648] Nigeria Alafia scandens K:SPC-15254.000 No
Warnecke [333] Togo Alafia scandens K000453037 No
Ern, H. [2669] Togo Alafia scandens K000453036 No
Jordan, H.D. [391] Sierra Leone Alafia scandens K000453025 No
Scott Elliot, G.F. [4809] Sierra Leone Alafia scandens K000453027 No
Unwin, A.H. [7] Nigeria Alafia scandens K000453052 No
Chevalier, A.J.B. [2671] Senegal Alafia scandens K000453021 No
Orey, J. [284] Guinea-Bissau Alafia scandens K000453028 Yes
Orey, J. [246] Guinea-Bissau Alafia scandens K000453029 No
Brenan, J.P.M.; Jones, E.W.; Keay, R.W.J. [8648] Nigeria Alafia scandens K000453050 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [5181] Ghana Alafia scandens K:SPC-14766.000 No
Morton, J.K. [6360] Ghana Alafia scandens K000453042 No
Deighton, F.C. [2565] Sierra Leone Alafia scandens K000453026 No
Gillett, J.B. [15215] Nigeria Alafia scandens K000453047 No
Brenan, J.P.M.; Jones, E.W.; Keay, R.W.J. [8648] Nigeria Alafia scandens K000453049 No
Poisson, E. [s.n.] Benin Alafia scandens K000453035 No
Onochie, C.F.A.; Latilo, M.G. [44577] Nigeria Alafia scandens K000453053 No
Warnecke [110] Togo Alafia scandens K000453038 No
Morton, J.K. [4124] Ghana Alafia scandens K000453040 No
Chevalier, A.J.B. [2671] Senegal Alafia scandens K000453022 No
Pobéguin, M. [1198] Guinea Alafia scandens K000453045 No
Morton, J.K. [1774] Sierra Leone Alafia scandens K000453024 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [933] Nigeria Alafia scandens K:SPC-15256.000 No
Santo, E. [1909] Guinea-Bissau Alafia scandens K000453031 No
Poisson, E. [s.n.] Benin Alafia scandens K000453034 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

    • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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