Commelinaceae
Aneilema
Aneilema umbrosum

Aneilema umbrosum var. ovato-oblongum (P.Beauv.) Brenan

First published in Kew Bull. 7: 200 (1952)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda, Panama to Brazil. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Panamá, Peru, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244. [Cited as Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2009). Checklist of Commelinaceae of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Mundi). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 159: 106-122.
  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
  • 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].
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 22, 1952 Schomburgk [1000] Guyana K000531990 Type Yes
Keay, R.W.J.; Jones, A.P.D. [FHI 13767] Nigeria K002402407 No
Steinbach, J. [7096] Bolivia K002404326 Yes
Stanfield, D.P. [82B] Nigeria K002402406 No
Schlechter, R. [12783] K002402797 No
Daramola, B.O. [FHI 72344] Nigeria K002402410 No
Beck, S.G. [22652] Bolivia K002404325 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Keay, R.W. [928] Nigeria K002402403 No
Stromayer, K.K.; Meye, D.O. [87/7] Cameroon K002402798 No
Guinea, E. [1172] K002402802 No
Badcock, W.J. [148] Bolivia K002404328 Yes
Schomburgk [1000] Guyana K000531989 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gillett, J.B. [15314] Nigeria K002402405 No
Mexia, Y.E.J. [6477a] Peru K002404323 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL 3927] K002402408 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002404345 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [5237] Colombia K002404314 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [5237] Colombia K002404313 Yes
Letouzey, R. [11976] Cameroon K002402795 No
Slayback, D. [94-10] Cameroon K001636500 No
Dalziel, J.M. [s.n.] Nigeria K002402401 No
Letouzey, R. [14106] Cameroon K002402793 No
Lowe, J.L. [2485] Nigeria K002402409 No
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [6786] Cameroon K002402794 No
Schultes, R.E. [6647] Colombia K002404312 Yes
Kahn, B. [90-11] Cameroon K002402799 No
H. [illegible] [1975] Bolivia K002404327 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [255] Nigeria K002402404 No
Wood, J.R.I. [8524] Bolivia K002404329 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [5237] Colombia K002404315 Yes
Jungner, J.R. [117] Cameroon K002402796 No
s.coll. [8852] Trinidad and Tobago K002404304 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [9829] Bolivia K002404324 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [1472] Nigeria K002402402 No
Thomas, N.W. [1420] Sierra Leone Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402376 No
Chandler, P. [2172] Uganda Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002403558 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL 1485] Sierra Leone Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402381 No
Lanjouw, J.; Lindeman, J.C. [1805] Guyana Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002404307 Yes
Jenman [3706] Guyana Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002404305 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Evans, A.W.; Lye, K. [69/997] Uganda Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002403556 Yes
Lowe, J.L. [1854] Sierra Leone Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402383 No
Jordan, H.D. [547] Sierra Leone Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402378 No
Chandler, P. [1640] Uganda Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002403562 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [1204] Sierra Leone Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402371 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Liberia Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402388 No
Morton, J.K. [s.n.] Ghana Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402399 No
Morton, J.K. [8087] Ghana Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402392 No
Morton, J.K. [SL 1485] Sierra Leone Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402382 No
Luke, Q. [13144] Equatorial Guinea Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402800 No
Linder, D.H. [1079] Liberia Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402385 No
Symes, Y.E. [446] Uganda Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002403559 Yes
Harley, W.J. [1370] Liberia Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402389 No
Thomas, N.W. [3714] Sierra Leone Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402372 No
Morton, J.K. [K321] Cameroon Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402393 No
Linder, D.H. [325] Liberia Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402386 No
Morton, J.K. [p1259] Ghana Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402397 No
West-Skinn, R. [75] Ghana Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402396 No
Slayback, D. [94-10] Cameroon Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402792 No
Morton, J.K. [GC 8096] Ghana Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402395 No
Loveridge, M.V. (Mrs) [236] Uganda Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002403560 Yes
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [6109] Liberia Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402387 No
Morton, J.K. [GC 8170] Ghana Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402400 No
Deighton, F.C. [4931] Sierra Leone Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402375 No
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [927] Uganda Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002403563 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ghana Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402394 No
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B. [749] South Sudan Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002403000 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [5969] Sierra Leone Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402370 No
[Puderalecon] [s.n.] Uganda Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002403561 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [4250] Sierra Leone Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402373 No
[Dan Slayback] [93-1] Cameroon Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402790 No
Fisher, J.D. [55] Sierra Leone Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402374 No
Scott Elliot, G.F. [s.n.] Sierra Leone Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402377 No
de Wilde, W.J.J.O. [171] Cote d'Ivoire Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402391 No
Lanjouw, J.; Lindeman, J.C. [1805] Guyana Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002404306 Yes
Tweedie [3480] Uganda Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002403557 Yes
Harvey, M.J. [119] Sierra Leone Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402380 No
Baldwin Jr., J.T. [13222] Liberia Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402384 No
Harris, D.J.; Moutsamboté, J.M.; Thomas, D.; Gereau, R. [3163] Congo, Republic of the Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402804 No
Morton, J.K. [A100] Ghana Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402398 No
King, E.L. [109B] Sierra Leone Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402379 No
Aké Assi, L. [9069] Cote d'Ivoire Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402390 No
Jordan, H.D. [95] Sierra Leone Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402369 No
Morton, J.K. [s.n.] Cameroon Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402791 No
Hall, J. [JH005/94] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002402803 No

Sources

  • 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