Zingiberaceae
Aframomum

Aframomum mildbraedii Loes.

First published in G.W.J.Mildbraed (ed.), Wiss. Erg. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 66 (1907-1908 publ. 1910)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. DR Congo to Uganda and NW. Tanzania. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Harris, D.J. & Wortley, A.H. (2018). Monograph of Aframomum (Zingiberaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 104: 1-204.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Harris, D.J. & Wortley, A.H. (2018). Monograph of Aframomum (Zingiberaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 104: 1-204.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Lock in Kew Bulletin 31: 268 (1976).
  • Loes. in Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908, 2 (Botanik) p. 66 (1910).
  • Robyns & Tournay in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 25: 255 (1955)
  • Robyns & Tournay in Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert. 3: 408, t. 56 (1955).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Purseglove, J.W. [P3302] Uganda K002671559 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [D420] Uganda K002671555 Yes
Linder, P. [3519] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002671197 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [4560] Uganda K002671562 Yes
Festo, L.; Rugambua, K. [28] Tanzania K002671572 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [D555] Uganda K002671556 Yes
Chandler, P. [2773] Uganda K002671569 Yes
Poulsen, A.D.; Nkuutu, D.N.; Waiswa, D. [1331] Uganda K001553626 Yes
Luke, W. R. Q.; Kabuye, C.; Festo, L.; Ntore, S. [17694] Uganda K001600927 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [3302] Uganda K002671560 Yes
[A. C. Tallantire]; Lee, J.M. [T638] Uganda K002671558 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [555] Uganda K:SPC-17353.000 No
Dummer, R.A. [4470] Uganda K002671564 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [4560] Uganda K002671561 Yes
de Witte, G.F. [9612] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002671196 Yes
Robyns [4027] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002671194 Yes
Chandler, P. [2773] Uganda K002671568 Yes
Froment [460] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002671195 Yes
Katende, A.B. [K2303] Uganda K002671566 Yes
Lye, K.A.; Faden, R.B.; Evans; Lock [LY4089] Uganda K002671565 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [555] Uganda K002671557 Yes
Procter, J. [886] Tanzania K002671571 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P389] Uganda K002671554 Yes
{H. Fredericq in de Witte} [8022] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002671193 Yes
Matchu-Mandje, D. [1130] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002671198 Yes
Dümmer, R. [2454] Uganda K002671567 Yes
Festo, L. [750] Tanzania K002671570 Yes
Poulsen, A.D.; Nkuutu, D.; Dumba, H. [908] Uganda K002671563 Yes
Sangster [545] Uganda K:SPC-22056.000 No

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

  • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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