Araceae
Anubias

Anubias barteri Schott

First published in Prodr. Syst. Aroid.: 159 (1860)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011. araceae.e-monocot.org

General Description
LEAVES: Stem creeping and rooting, 2-3 lin. thick, glabrous. Leaves erect, variable, glabrous above; petiole 2-11 in. long, slender, its sheath 1-11/2 in. long, dilated at the base; blade 23/4-8 in. long, 11/4-4 in. broad, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate at the apex, rounded, subtruncate or more or less cordate-hastate at the base; basal lobes often unequal, short and rounded or deltoid, obtuse; veins numerous, parallel, curved, ascending; midrib and primary veins minutely, but distinctly, puberulous beneath. INFLORESCENCE: Peduncle 2 1/2-7 in. (or more ?) long, slender, glabrous. Spathe 1-1 1/4 in. long, about 5 lin. broad, oblong, subulate-pointed, expanded nearly to the base when in flower, convolute when in fruit, glabrous, green. Spadix 1-1 1/4 in. long, slender, cylindric; female part 21/2-6 lin. long. Ovary depressed-globose; style short; stigma discoid.
Distribution
SE Nigeria, Cameroon, Fernando Po, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory coast, Cameroon, Guinea, Nigeria, Gabon, Congo.
[CATE]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/185219/140382044

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Araceae, F. N. Hepper. Flora of West Tropical Africa 3:1. 1968

Morphology General Habit
Herb in dense masses
Ecology
In rocky streams
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Spathe
Spathes green.
[FWTA]

Sources

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