Marantaceae
Trachyphrynium

Trachyphrynium braunianum (K.Schum.) Baker

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 319 (1898)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Uganda

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.
  • Cabezas, F.J., De la Estrella, M., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2005). Marantaceae of Equatorial Guinea. Annales Botanici Fennici 42: 173-184.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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].
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Koechlin in Fl. Cam. 4: 106, t. 21.
  • Koechlin in Fl. Gabon 9: 98, t. 22
  • Léonard & Mullenders in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Beige 83: 11, t. 1 A, B (1950)
  • Milne-Redhead In F.T.E.A. Marantac.: 2 (1952)
  • in F.T.A. 7: 319 (1898)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Cabezas, F.J., De la Estrella, M., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2005). Marantaceae of Equatorial Guinea. Annales Botanici Fennici 42: 173-184.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Baker in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 319 (1898).
  • Milne-Redh. in Bulletin de la Société Royale de Botanique de Belgique 83: 7, 11 (1950).
  • Milne-Redh. in Kew Bulletin 1950: 158 (1950).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2006 Cheek, M. [11876] Cameroon K000339846 Yes
Jun 1, 2006 Etuge, M. [5127] Cameroon K000339852 Yes
Jun 1, 2006 Cheek, M. [11919] Cameroon K000339845 Yes
Jun 1, 2006 Cheek, M. [11919] Cameroon K000339844 No
Jun 1, 2006 Cheek, M. [11135] Cameroon K000339853 Yes
Carvalho, M.F.; Fernandez Casas, J. [11560(1)] Equatorial Guinea K002919066 Yes
Letouzey, R.; Villiers, J.F. [10516] Cameroon K002919047 Yes
Mahon, J. [s.n.] Uganda K002919119 Yes
Carvalho [4410] Equatorial Guinea K002919058 Yes
Germain [5142] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919082 Yes
Keay, R.W. [37469] Cameroon K:SPC-24533.000 No
Rowland [s.n.] Nigeria K002919012 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [11021] Liberia K002918990 Yes
Reekmans, M. [5806] Burundi K002919111 Yes
Evrard [4750] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919105 Yes
Carvalho [2341] Equatorial Guinea K002919060 Yes
Paulo, S. [602] Uganda K002919132 Yes
Bos, J.J. [6435] Cameroon K002919053 Yes
Latilo; Oguntayo [FHI70515] Nigeria K002919026 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [s.n.] Nigeria K002919023 Yes
Leonard [11] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919097 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [832] Nigeria K002919006 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [28674] Cameroon K:SPC-20329.000 No
Lisowski, S. [C-31] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919088 Yes
Lisowski, S. [s.n. ] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919106 Yes
Fernandez Casas, J.; Carvalho, M.F. [12038(3)] Equatorial Guinea K002919068 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [3061] Sudan K002919116 Yes
Eimunjeze; Oguntayo [FHI72572] Nigeria K002919008 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [2160] Cote d'Ivoire K002918993 Yes
Eggeling [5707] Uganda K002919128 Yes
Fay, J.M. [3111] Central African Republic K002919034 Yes
Wallace [[8421]] Uganda K002919133 Yes
Letouzey, R. [11893] Cameroon K002919042 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [3044] K000099654 Type Yes
Jean Louis [12156] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919076 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K002919000 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [5707] Uganda K:SPC-20327.000 No
Stanfield, D.P. [164] Nigeria K002919019 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [67] Uganda K002919125 Yes
de Wit, H.C.D. [7240] Cameroon K002919051 Yes
Léonard, J.J.G. [188] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919071 Yes
Benoît, M. [2291] Cameroon K002919056 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [1264] Nigeria K002919031 Yes
Lisowski, S. [15399] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919108 Yes
Mann [1175] Equatorial Guinea K002919063 Yes
Tuley, P.; Redhead [696] Nigeria K002919009 Yes
Kennedy, J.D. [2399] Nigeria K002919022 Yes
Carvalho, M.F.; Fernandez Casas, J. [2341-5] Equatorial Guinea K002919065 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [1617] Cameroon K002919045 Yes
Carvalho [4410] Equatorial Guinea K002919069 Yes
s.coll. [238] Uganda K002919123 Yes
Bates, G.L. [201] Cameroon K002919040 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [5880] Cameroon K002919046 Yes
Jackson, G. [U136] Uganda K002919131 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [1139] Nigeria K002919030 Yes
Sheil, D. [1301] Uganda K002919121 Yes
Bos, J.J. [3699] Cameroon K002919052 Yes
Rowland [s.n.] Nigeria K002919013 Yes
Lowe, J.L. [3894] Nigeria K002919029 Yes
s.coll. [8121] Angola K002919134 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI 28674] Cameroon K002919147 Yes
Lisowski, S. [15143] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919107 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [4464] Sierra Leone K002918988 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [4100] Central African Republic K002919033 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [5151] Cameroon K002919054 Yes
Hippance, F. [s.n.] K002919143 Yes
Beentje, H.J. [674] Cote d'Ivoire K002918991 Yes
Synnott, T.J. [556] Uganda K002919130 Yes
Lebrum, J. [5830] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919095 Yes
Poulsen, A.D.; Nkuutu, D.; Dumba, H. [906] Uganda K002919122 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002919145 Yes
Jean Louis [6064] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919078 Yes
Jean Louis [6064] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919077 Yes
Myers, J.G. [9189] Sudan K002919114 Yes
Masens, B. [994] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919083 Yes
Degel. [13] Niger K002918999 Yes
Persson, I. [16] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919102 Yes
[Mann] [1175] Equatorial Guinea K002919062 Yes
Latilo; Oguntayo [FHI70515] Nigeria K002919027 Yes
Latilo; Oguntayo [67617] Nigeria K002919028 Yes
Van der Ben, D. [1251] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919086 Yes
Thonet, J. [114] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919090 Yes
Latilo, M.G. [FHI34027] Nigeria K002919010 Yes
Thonner, F. [258] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919079 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O. [1004] Cote d'Ivoire K002918994 Yes
Hall, J.B. [1581] Nigeria K002919007 Yes
[T. H. Gérand] [1517] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919099 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [1264] Nigeria K:SPC-11138.000 No
von Ramm, C. [172b] Sudan K002919113 Yes
Thompson, C.P. [s.n.] Nigeria K002919021 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [842] Uganda K002919120 Yes
Sharland [999] Nigeria K002918996 Yes
Badre, F. [9] Central African Republic K002919037 Yes
Fernandez Casas, J.; Carvalho, M.F. [FC12038] Equatorial Guinea K002919057 Yes
Van der Ben, D. [1445] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919084 Yes
Jean Louis [10131] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919096 Yes
[P. Chandler] [1172] Uganda K002919126 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K002919137 Yes
Carvalho; Fidalgo, M. [2853] Equatorial Guinea K002919059 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [832] Nigeria K:SPC-20328.000 No
Mahon, J. [s.n.] Uganda K002919118 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [2136] Cote d'Ivoire K002918992 Yes
Germain, R. [2584] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919074 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [3372] Sierra Leone K002918987 Yes
Robyns, W. [700] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919094 Yes
Baker [303] Sierra Leone K002918986 Yes
Oldeman, R.A.A. [754] Ghana K002919003 Yes
Jean Louis [11496] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919089 Yes
[Homer] White [1784] Niger K002918998 Yes
Mann, G. [2146] Cameroon K002919038 Yes
Thonner, F. [4258] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919080 Yes
Scott-Elliot [4464] Sierra Leone K002918984 Yes
Leonard, A. [5632] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919081 Yes
Wieringa, J.J.; Nzabi, T.; Boussiengui, J.N. [4380] Gabon K002919110 Yes
Jean Louis [12156] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919075 Yes
Latilo, M.G.; Daramola, B.O. [FHI28746] Nigeria K002919016 Yes
Sharland, R.E. [1264] Nigeria K002918997 Yes
Mann, G. [1909] Equatorial Guinea K002919064 Yes
Eggeling [5707] Uganda K002919127 Yes
Léonard, J.J.G. [11] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919098 Yes
Harris, D.J.; Fay, J.M. [127] Central African Republic K002919036 Yes
Eggeling [5707] Uganda K002919129 Yes
Germain, R. [4238] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919073 Yes
Letouzey, R. [2024] Cameroon K002919044 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [9468] Cameroon K002919055 Yes
Jean Louis [944] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919091 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [K15] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919104 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th27] Uganda K002919124 Yes
Fay, J.M.; Ngaindiro, S.; Foucaud, J.; Raymond, S.; Remy, N. [s.n.] Central African Republic K002919032 Yes
Carvalho, M.F.; Fernandez Casas, J. [12079-1] Equatorial Guinea K002919067 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [8121] Angola K002919136 Yes
Persson, I. [16] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919103 Yes
Jean Louis [10290] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919093 Yes
Latilo, M.G. [FHI62243] Nigeria K002919011 Yes
Myers, J.G. [6520] Sudan K002919115 Yes
Carvalho [2341] Equatorial Guinea K002919070 Yes
Callewaert, C. [s.n. ] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919100 Yes
Flamigni [10282] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919092 Yes
Thompson, C.P. Nigeria K:SPC-17134.000 No
Thonner, F. [4258] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919085 Yes
Furtado, C.X. [s.n.] K002919144 Yes
Evrard [5664] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919101 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [989] Cameroon K002919049 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [1293] Sudan K002919112 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI37469] Cameroon K002919024 Yes
Tamajong, S. [FHI20277] Nigeria K002919015 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [902] Sierra Leone K002918985 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [832] Nigeria K002919005 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O. [467] Cote d'Ivoire K002918995 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002919146 Yes
Zenker, G.A. [4506] Cameroon K002919039 Yes
Burton, R.F. [s.n.] Cameroon K002919002 Yes
Lisowski, S. [15003] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919109 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K002919135 Yes
s.coll. [4846] Cameroon K002919041 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A146] Ghana K002919001 Yes
[Mann] [1175] Equatorial Guinea K002919061 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A146] Ghana K002919004 Yes
Fay, J.M. [1942] Central African Republic K002919035 Yes
Biholong, M. [249] Cameroon K002919048 Yes
Letouzey, R. [3415] Cameroon K002919043 Yes
Thomson, W.C. [108] Sierra Leone K002918989 Yes
Sosef, M.S.M.; Breteler, F.J.; Issembé, I.; Moussavou, J.M. [1298] Gabon K002919072 Yes
Ariwaodo [1106] Nigeria K002919014 Yes
Lowe, J.L. [3774] Cameroon K002919025 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002919141 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [372] Uganda K002919117 Yes
Daramola, B.O. [FHI55201] Nigeria K002919017 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; J.P. [10388Z] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002919087 Yes
Kennedy, J.D. [2399] Nigeria K002919020 Yes
[Fur] [s.n.] K002919142 Yes
Letouzey, R. [4490] Cameroon K002919050 Yes

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    • 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