Araceae
Culcasia

Culcasia angolensis Welw. ex Schott

First published in J. Bot. 3: 35 (1865)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Angola. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zaïre

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.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • 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.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Bot. 677
  • Engl., Pflanzenr. 4, 23B: 300
  • F.T.A. 8: 178
  • Morton, W. Afr. Lilies & Orch. 57.
  • in Seem., J. Bot. 3: 35 (1865)

CATE Araceae

  • Brown, N.E. 1901. Aroideae. Flora of Tropical Africa. 8 (1): 137-192

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.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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?
Jan 1, 2008 Sunderland, T.C.H. [1265] Cameroon K000437933 Yes
Jun 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [7511] Cameroon K000107713 Yes
Jun 1, 2003 Lane, P. [411] Cameroon K000107715 Yes
Jun 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [7511] Cameroon K000107714 Yes
Jun 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [2130] Cameroon K000107791 Yes
Jun 1, 2003 Sidwell, K. [387] Cameroon K000107696 Yes
Jun 1, 2003 Cable, S. [949] Cameroon K000107716 Yes
Jun 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [4208] Cameroon K000107676 Yes
Jun 1, 2003 Cable, S. [2852] Cameroon K000107842 Yes
Jun 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [2412] Cameroon K000107785 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Cheek, M. [3799] Cameroon K000437936 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [113] Cameroon K000437937 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [143] Cameroon K000437938 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Cheek, M. [3799] Cameroon K000437941 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Jaff, B. [86] Cameroon K000437940 Yes
Cheek, M. [10239] Cameroon K001518369 Yes
Linder [3530] K000865700 No
Johnson, W.H. [s.n.] K002556776 Yes
de Kruif, A.P.M. [323] Cote d'Ivoire K002556773 Yes
Cheek, M.; Okah; Oyugit; Kitili; Seyoum; Ngonyo [7485] Cameroon K001518370 Yes
Ashworth, J.; Ndo; John; Okon; Felix; Anya; Sylvester [160] Cameroon K001518374 Yes
Ashworth, J.; Ndo; John; Okon; Felix; Anya; Sylvexter [399] Cameroon K001518375 Yes
Cheek, M. [3897] Cameroon K000593263 Yes
Adams, C.D. [2592] K002556775 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [6983] Liberia K002556771 Yes
Salazar, G.; Gosline; Belrichard; Acan; Nana; Njume; Tadjouteu [6307] Cameroon K001518382 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [2436] Cote d'Ivoire K002556774 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [13260] Liberia K002556769 Yes
Goyder, D.J.; Maiato, F. [7802] Angola K002557341 Yes
Symoens [11864] K000865701 No
Adam, J.G. [20657] Liberia K002556767 Yes
s.coll. [3237] Cote d'Ivoire K002556772 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [10062] Liberia K002556768 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [13260] Liberia K002556770 Yes
Adam, J.G. [20657] Liberia K002556766 Yes
Schmidt, H.H.; Harder, D.K.; Amponsah, J.; Kipo, A. [1610] Ghana K002556780 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A 857] Ghana K002556777 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [7530] Ghana K002556779 Yes
Welw. [239] Angola K000524460 Unknown Type Material Yes
Morton, J.K. [A857] Ghana K002556778 Yes
Luke, Q.; Bokara, D.; Hastings, Z.; Mebulo, I.; Miller, S.; Rivas, J. [13565] Equatorial Guinea Culcasia barombensis K001560051 Yes
Preuss [388] Cameroon Culcasia barombensis K000345910 Unknown Type Material Yes
Preuss [388] Cameroon Culcasia barombensis K000345911 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • CATE Araceae

    • Haigh, A., Clark, B., Reynolds, L., Mayo, S.J., Croat, T.B., Lay, L., Boyce, P.C., Mora, M., Bogner, J., Sellaro, M., Wong, S.Y., Kostelac, C., Grayum, M.H., Keating, R.C., Ruckert, G., Naylor, M.F. and Hay, A., CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011.
    • 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

    • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images