Apiaceae
Cryptotaenia

Cryptotaenia africana (Hook.f.) Drude

First published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(8): 189 (1898)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nigeria to SW. Ethiopia and Tanzania. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the montane tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Exell, A.W. (1973). Angiosperms of the islands of the gulf of Guinea (Fernando Po, Príncipe, S.Tomé, and Annobon). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Botany 4: 325-411.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hedberg, I., Edwards, S. & Nemomissa, S. (eds.) (2003). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 4(1): 1-352. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Townsend, C.C. (1989). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Umbelliferae: 1-127.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in E. & P. Pflanzenfam. 3, 8: 189 (1898).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 355 (1974).
  • Drude in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien III. 8: 189 (1898).
  • H. Wolff in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 228, heft 90: 114 (1927).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 704 (1948).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2008 Cheek, M.; Nfon, R.; Fon of Dom; Tah, K.; Nana, V.; Sene, O. [13422] Cameroon K000580184 Yes
May 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [9583] Cameroon K000008492 Yes
Jun 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [4608] Cameroon K000338799 Yes
Jun 1, 2000 Pollard, B.J. [317] Cameroon K000338803 Yes
May 1, 1999 Etuge, M. [3604] Cameroon K000338802 Yes
May 1, 1999 Cable, S. [3006] Cameroon K000338798 Yes
May 1, 1999 Cable, S. [3006] Cameroon K000338797 Yes
May 1, 1999 Cheek, M. [8745] Cameroon K000338829 Yes
Mar 1, 1997 Buzgo, M. [609] Cameroon K000338801 Yes
Apr 1, 1980 Mann G. [1234] Cameroon K000051384 Type Yes
Apr 1, 1980 Mann G. [1234] Cameroon K000051382 Type Yes
Apr 1, 1980 Mann G. [1234] Cameroon K000051383 Type Yes
Dec 1, 1979 Mann G. [2023] Cameroon K000051381 Type Yes
Dec 1, 1979 Mann G. [2023] Cameroon K000051380 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Brenan, J.P.M. [9351] Cameroon K000051397 Yes
Jan 1, 1952 Morton, J.K. [7115] Cameroon K000051392 Yes
Richards H.M. (Mrs.) [21743] Tanzania K002737022 Yes
{Etuge, M.; Pollard; Amy; Phil; Richard; Angella; Ce} [3604] Cameroon K002736971 Yes
s.coll. [3159] Burundi K002736985 Yes
Wood, G.H.S. [931] Tanzania K002737018 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P734] Uganda K002736994 Yes
Thomas; Wheatley; Ndam [9185] Cameroon K001401555 Yes
Thomas, D. [9395] Cameroon K001401553 Yes
Tweedie [3683] Kenya K002737015 Yes
Carvalho [3692] Equatorial Guinea K002736976 Yes
Grote [5046] Tanzania K002737025 Yes
Richards H.M. (Mrs.) [20910] Tanzania K002737020 Yes
Verdcourt, B.; Moggi, G. [2481] Kenya K002737003 Yes
Richards H.M. (Mrs.) [21743] Tanzania K002737021 Yes
Pollard, B.J.; Etuge; Yama; Toh; Edmondo; Maroyi [317] Cameroon K002736972 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [530] Uganda K002736992 Yes
Tweedie [2461] Kenya K002737007 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [655] Cameroon K000051396 Yes
Napier, E.R. [5912] Kenya K002736996 Yes
Lambinon, J. [74/648] Rwanda K002736984 Yes
Irwin [377] Kenya K002737008 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [227] Cameroon K000051386 Yes
Linder, D.H. [2256] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002736980 Yes
Stauffer, H.U. [683] Uganda K002736990 Yes
Stauffer, H.U. [451] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002736981 Yes
Mabberley; McCall [35] Kenya K002737013 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [530] Uganda K002736993 Yes
Lebrun, J.A. [8702] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002736978 Yes
Luke, Q.; Sidibe, O. [15704] Mali K002736967 Yes
[Naiga] [s.n.] Uganda K002736995 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [2185] Kenya K002737010 Yes
Coll. Nat. d'Agric. de Dschang [CNAD 1841] Cameroon K000051385 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [1083] Tanzania K002737027 Yes
Hedberg, O. [4751] Tanzania K002737016 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [2039] Cameroon K000051389 Yes
Geilinger [4399] Tanzania K002737031 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [3557] Nigeria K002736968 Yes
Archbold, M.E. [2914] Tanzania K002737023 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [6869] Uganda K002737001 Yes
Auquier, P. [4500] Rwanda K002736982 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [7866] Kenya K002736999 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [2194] Cameroon K000051391 Yes
{Etuge, M.; Cheek; Nadan; Yila; Nariana; Naibana; Loah} [4608] Cameroon K002736974 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; Duyfjes, B.E.E. [9334] Ethiopia K002736987 Yes
Geilinger [s.n.] Tanzania K002737030 Yes
Kabuye, C.H.S. [79] Kenya K002737012 Yes
Robert, E.; Fries, T.C.E. [641] Kenya K002736998 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [4715] Kenya K002737005 Yes
Cheek, M.R.; Satabie; Onana; Nana [8745] Cameroon K002736973 Yes
Friis, I.; Aweke, G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [2131] Ethiopia K002736988 Yes
s.coll. [6698] Burundi K002736983 Yes
Grimshaw, J. [JMG 93150] Tanzania K002737024 Yes
Breteler, F.J. [261] Cameroon K000051388 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [1166] Tanzania K002737026 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [2194] Cameroon K000051390 Yes
Wood, D. [755] Kenya K002737011 Yes
Bequaert [[3749]] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002736979 Yes
Whittall, E. [178] Kenya K002737004 Yes
Gedye [6742] Kenya K002737000 Yes
Jacques-Félix, H. [9031] Cameroon K002736970 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [4578a] Tanzania K002737032 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; Duyfjes, B.E.E. [7700] Ethiopia K002736986 Yes
Irwin [377] Kenya K002737009 Yes
Luke, Q. [13387] Equatorial Guinea K002736975 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [463] Kenya K002737002 Yes
Wrigley, T.C.; Melville, F.A. [479] Equatorial Guinea K002736977 Yes
Friis, I.; Hounde, A.; Jacobsen, K. [310] Ethiopia K002736989 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [3854] Tanzania K002737028 Yes
Mabberley; McCall [35] Kenya K002737014 Yes
Stolz, A. [1337] Tanzania K002737033 Yes
Napier, E.R. [3162] Kenya K002736997 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [935] Uganda K002736991 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [4715] Kenya K002737006 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [822] Cameroon K000051395 Yes
Thomas, D.W. [2972] Cameroon K000051387 Yes
Tuley, P.; Magaji, S.O.; Jackson, J.J. [1974] Nigeria K002736969 Yes
Wood, G.H.S. [931] Tanzania K002737017 Yes
Onana, J.-M. [444] Cameroon K000338800 Yes
Geilinger [4095] Tanzania K002737029 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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

    • '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