Family:
Araceae Juss.
Genus:
Culcasia P.Beauv.

Culcasia sanagensis Ntépé-Nyamè

This species is accepted, and its native range is S. Central Cameroon.

[CATE]

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

Diagnostic
This species approaches Culcasia barombensis because of its often parallel primary veins, the deep nework translucent in the mesh of veinlets, the spathe constricted towards the base, the bilocular ovary; It differs by the acute base of the blade, decurrent on the petiole, the densely verrucose stem , the short peduncles, the exserted spadix, and the plants ability to flower at less than 2 m above the ground.
Distribution
This species is known only in Cameroon, in the Centre-South (Nanga Eboko, Obala, Ngoro, Evodoula, Yaoundé).
General Description
Plant climbing, reaching 1-2 m above the ground; Anchor roots short, ± numerous, 0.5 - 3 cm long; Stem densely and finely verrucose, rugose, 3-4 mm thick when dry; Internodes long, 1.5-5 cm. LEAVES: Petiole 7-13 (-16) cm, sheathed for 1/4 to 1/2 its length; Sheath broad; Blade 16-24 x 7-14 cm, oblong to oblong-ovate, ± assymetric, base slightly acute to obtuse, even subrounded with the blade clearly decurrent to 1.5 cm on the petiole, apex acute to acuminate, acumen 0.5-1 cm; 5-8 pairs of primary veins, prominent, arcuate ascending, finely doubling or tripling on departing the midrib, irregularly reunited with each other by attenuate secondary veins, forming with the tertiary veins, a dense, rather prominent network; Between the meshes of this network, a deeper translucent network, corresponding to the parenchyma with holes. On the lower surface of the blade, some sparse hydathodes and numerous glandular dashes orientated parallel with the edge of the blade, near the margin. INFLORESCENCES terminal, 2-3 rarely solitary; Peduncles short, 3-6 cm; Spathe 2-3 cm long, constricted towards the base, mucronate at apex, pale green to cream green; Spadix exserted, not stipitate; Male flowers yellowish; Female flowers pink or yellowish cream; Stigma circular, finely striate radially, ovary bilocular, each locule uniovulate; Ovule anatropous.
Habitat
In the forest understorey or gallery forest.

Native to:

Cameroon

Culcasia sanagensis Ntépé-Nyamè appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 1992 Jaff, B. [231], Cameroon K000510823 No

First published in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1984: 318 (1984)

Accepted by

  • 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.

Literature

CATE Araceae

  • Ntépé-Nyame, C. 1988. 31. Aracées. Flore du Cameroun. 140 pp.

  • 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0