Porana densiflora Hallier f.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 93 (1893)
This name is a synonym of Metaporana densiflora

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Lejoly, J. & S. Lisowski (1993). Les Convolvulaceae dans la flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre, Rwanda, Burundi). Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica 38: 351-400. [Cited as Metaporana densiflora.]
  • Myint, T. & D.B. Ward (1968). A taxonomic revision of the genus Bonamia (Convolvulaceae). Phytologia 17: 121-239. [Cited as Metaporana densiflora.]
  • Staples, G.W. (2006). Revision of Asiatic Poraneae (Convolvulaceae) -- Cordisepalum, Dinetus, Duperreya, Porana, Poranopsis, and Tridynamia.. Blumea 51: 403-491. [Cited as Metaporana densiflora.]
  • Verdcourt, B. (1963). Convolvulaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-161. [Cited as Bonamia poranoides.]
  • Verdcourt, B. (1969). Corrections and additions to the 'Flora of Tropical East Africa-Convolvulaceae': III. Kew Bulletin 23: 291-296?. [Cited as Metaporana densiflora.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Baker, J.G. & A.B. Rendle in Thiselton-Dyer, W.T. et al. (eds.) (1905). Convolvulaceae. Flora of Tropical Africa 4(2): 62-206. Secretary of State for the Colonies. [Cited as Porana densiflora.]
  • Rendel, A.B. (1908). Notes on African Convolvulaceae. - III. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 46: 177-184. James Britten. [Cited as Porana densiflora.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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