Zingiberaceae
Aframomum

Aframomum strobilaceum (Sm.) Hepper

First published in Kew Bull. 21: 136 (1967)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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. (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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Kew Bull. 21: 136, fig. 3 (1967).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1965 Chevalier, A. [illegible] Cote d'Ivoire K000099576 Type No
Aké Assi, L. [7358] Cote d'Ivoire K002670958 Yes
Adam, J.G. [21545] Liberia K002670955 Yes
Schmidt, H.H.; et al. [3411] Ghana K002670965 Yes
s.coll. [1160] Sierra Leone K002670949 Yes
Enti, A.A. [FE1321] Ghana K002670966 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Maley, J. [8160] Cote d'Ivoire K002670957 Yes
Adames, P. [605] Liberia K002670952 Yes
Daville, W.J. [s.n.] Guinea K002670943 Yes
Morton; Jarr [SL3442] Sierra Leone K002670946 Yes
Adam, J.G. [20460] Liberia K002670950 Yes
Adam, J.G. [021545] Liberia K002670954 Yes
Aké Assi, L. [7358] Cote d'Ivoire K002670959 Yes
s.coll. [1747] Sierra Leone K002670945 Yes
Aké Assi, L. [7170] Cote d'Ivoire K002670961 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [2500] Sierra Leone K002670941 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Maley, J. [8160] Cote d'Ivoire K002670960 Yes
Afzelius [c 1790] Sierra Leone K002670944 Yes
Harley, W.J. [2216] Liberia K002670953 Yes
Gledhill, D. [352] Sierra Leone K002670942 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL1779] Sierra Leone K002670947 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Pyne, C.T. [2500] Sierra Leone K002670940 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [2979] Cote d'Ivoire K002670956 Yes
Hall; Enti [GC38442] Ghana K002670962 Yes
Schmidt, H.H.; Stone, J.; Amponsah, J.; Chintoh, M. [3411] Ghana K002670964 Yes
Adam, J.G. [20857] Liberia K002670951 Yes
s.coll. [9535] Sierra Leone K002670948 Yes
Enti, A.A. [FE1321] Ghana K002670963 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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/

  • 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 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