Zingiberaceae
Aframomum

Aframomum corrorima (A.Braun) P.C.M.Jansen

First published in Agric. Res. Rep. Center Agric. Publishing Doc. 1981: 906 (1981)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to Burundi and NE. Tanzania. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2023). https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.99146. epublication.
  • Harris, D.J. & Wortley, A.H. (2018). Monograph of Aframomum (Zingiberaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 104: 1-204.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Poulsen, A.D.; Nkuutu, D.N.; Waiswa, D. [1332] Uganda K002671530 Yes
Myers, J.G. [10612] K002671365 Yes
Meyer, F.G. [7873] Ethiopia K002671371 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [8657] Ethiopia K002671368 Yes
Poulsen, A.D.; Nkuutu, D.; Dumba, H. [932] Uganda K002671533 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A. [1652] Tanzania K002671547 Yes
Cribb, P.; Grey-Wilson, C. [10290] Tanzania K002671549 Yes
Poulsen, A.D.; Katende, A.; Muhanguzi, H.; Nkuutu, D. [512] Uganda K002671535 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1443] Tanzania K002671545 Yes
Poulsen, A.D.; Eilu, G.; Nkuutu, D. [1021] Uganda K002671536 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A. [1625] Tanzania K002671546 Yes
Janncrup; Mhoro [0263] Tanzania K002671539 Yes
Poulsen, A.D.; Nkuutu, D.N.; Dumba, H. [932] Uganda K002671531 Yes
Grey-Wilson, C.; Criff, P.; Dransfield, S. [10290] Tanzania K002671550 Yes
Greenway [2965] Tanzania K002671541 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [9187] Ethiopia K002671370 Yes
Meyer, F.G. [8152] Ethiopia K002671372 Yes
Gilbert, E.F. [302] Ethiopia K002671366 Yes
Ntemi Sallu, A. [389] Tanzania K002671548 Yes
Iversen, S.T.; Mziray, W.R.; Pettersson, B. [87212] Tanzania K002671552 Yes
Poulsen, A.D.; Katende, A.; Muhanguzi, H.; Nkuutu, D. [512] Uganda K002671534 Yes
Poulsen, A.D.; Nkuutu, D.; Dumba, H. [932] Uganda K002671532 Yes
Synnott, T.J. [1737] Tanzania K002671551 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1443] Tanzania K002671544 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [2965] Tanzania K002671542 Yes
Iversen, S.T.; Mziray, W.R.; Pettersson, B. [87212] Tanzania K002671553 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; Duyfjes, B.E.E. [7788] Ethiopia K002671369 Yes
Jannerup; Mhoro [0263] Tanzania K002671540 Yes
Poulsen, A.D.; Eilu, G.; Nkuutu, D. [1021] Uganda K002671537 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; Duyfjes, B.E.E. [7788] Ethiopia K002671367 Yes
Reekmans, M. [I0044] Burundi K002671175 Yes
Poulsen, A.D.; Eilu, G.; Nkuutu, D. [1021] Uganda K002671538 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1443] Tanzania K002671543 Yes
Friis, I.; Aweke, G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [2133] Ethiopia K002671373 Yes
Oct 1, 1975 Verdcourt, B. [140] Tanzania Aframomum usambarense K000099596 Type Yes
Oct 1, 1975 Verdcourt, B. [140] Tanzania Aframomum usambarense K000099595 Holotype Yes
Oct 1, 1975 Verdcourt, B. [140] Tanzania Aframomum usambarense K000099597 Type Yes
Grey-Wilson, C.; Drausfield, J.; Cribb, P. [10290] Tanzania Aframomum usambarense K:SPC-37247.000 No
Mooney, H.F. [9187] Ethiopia Aframomum korarima K:SPC-26522.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • 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

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    • Common Names from Kew's Living Collection Database

  • 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