Zingiberaceae
Siphonochilus

Siphonochilus aethiopicus (Schweinf.) B.L.Burtt

First published in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40: 372 (1982)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2010). Flora Zambesiaca 13(4): 1-151. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2010). Flora Zambesiaca 13(4): 1-151. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Kew Plants for Health

  • "UPWTA (Burkill, 2025)"
  • "World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)"
  • GRIN (USDA)
  • MPNS Import
  • US-FDA GSRS (2025)
  • WHODrug Herbal Substances 2025

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • B.L. Burtt in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 40: 372 (1982).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
{Kirk} [s.n.] Tanzania K002425944 Yes
Troupin, G. [3434] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-11113.000 No
Leedal, G.P. [5187] Tanzania K002425925 Yes
{Congdon} [45] Tanzania K002425930 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.W.B.H.; Taylor, P.G. [7734A] Tanzania K002425943 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [9503] Kenya K002425900 Yes
Haerdi, F. [428/0] Tanzania K002425922 Yes
{Congdon} [45] Tanzania K002425929 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.W.B.H.; Taylor, P.G. [10726] Tanzania K002425939 Yes
Björnstad, A. [716] Tanzania K002425902 Yes
Chandler, P. [633] Uganda K002425889 Yes
Scheinfirth, G. [1341] Ethiopia K000099543 Type Yes
[E. Adeleyses] [49] Tanzania K002425945 Yes
s.coll. [2939] Tanzania K002425949 Yes
s.coll. [469] Tanzania K002425918 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [1999] Tanzania K002425906 Yes
Mrs. [Jing] Adamson [2] Kenya K002425898 Yes
Richards, H.M. [7073] Tanzania K002425910 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [2717] Zambia K:SPC-34719.000 No
{Congdon} [54] Tanzania K002425933 Yes
Mkeya, A.S. [1085] Tanzania K002425947 Yes
Luke, Q.; Kibure, O.; Nacamo, E. [9962] Tanzania K002425937 Yes
Carvalho, M.F. [402] Mozambique K002426086 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [261] Mozambique K002426089 Yes
Koritzschoner, H. [1832] Tanzania K002425904 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.W.B.H.; Taylor, P.G. [7500] Tanzania K002425936 Yes
Chandler, P. [633] Uganda K002425890 Yes
Davies, R.M. [D779] Tanzania K002425927 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [6714] Tanzania K:SPC-17105.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7734] Tanzania K:SPC-25981.000 No
Van Rensburg, H.J. [156] Tanzania K002425915 Yes
Wild, H. [4210] Zimbabwe K:SPC-17106.000 No
Archer, P.G. [304] Kenya K002425896 Yes
Congdon, T.C.E. [131] Tanzania K002425934 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [881] Tanzania K002425913 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.W.B.H.; Taylor, P.G. [7734] Tanzania K002425941 Yes
Lovett, J.; Congdon, C. [1079] Tanzania K002425935 Yes
Elliott, G.F.S. [6299] Kenya K002425895 Yes
Kibure, O.A. [78] Tanzania K002425946 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [14771] Tanzania K002425924 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [262] Tanzania K002425912 Yes
Rayner, R.W. [619] Kenya K002425897 Yes
{Miss R. D. Bax} [376] Tanzania K002425903 Yes
Luke, Q.; Kibure, O. [9797] Tanzania K002425916 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.W.B.H.; Taylor, P.G. [7500] Tanzania K002425938 Yes
Leedal, P.; Nicholson, H. [6452] Tanzania K002425948 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [427] Mozambique K002426088 Yes
[Riun] [s.n.] Mozambique K002426084 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [1999] Tanzania K:SPC-18203.000 No
[J. Purseglove] [P1273] Uganda K002425893 Yes
Harris, T. [49] Mozambique K000545047 Yes
{Miss R. D. Bax} [376] Tanzania K002425901 Yes
Goetze, W. [346] Tanzania K002425920 Yes
Gereau, R.; Kayombo, C.J.; Kayombo, M.J. [1271] Tanzania K002425919 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [1524] Uganda K002425894 Yes
Congdon, T.C.E. [135] Tanzania K002425932 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.W.B.H.; Taylor, P.G. [7734] Tanzania K002425940 Yes
Clunies-Ross; Sheil [1] Tanzania K002425917 Yes
Steudner, H. [496] Ethiopia K000099542 Type Yes
Boaler, S.B. [761] Tanzania K002425923 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [25852] Nigeria K:SPC-17108.000 No
Schlieben, H.J. [1482] Tanzania K002425926 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [E1666] Uganda K002425892 Yes
Oxtoby, E. [15337] Kenya K002425899 Yes
Musk, H. [38] Tanzania K002425921 Yes
Luke, Q.; Luke, P.A. [16755] Tanzania K002425905 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [131] Central African Republic K000099544 Unknown Type Material Yes
Goyder, D.J.; Burrows, J.; Burrows, S. [5061] Mozambique K000738992 Yes
Congdon [45] Tanzania K:SPC-49695.000 No
Luke, W.R.Q.; Sidibe, O. [15629] Mali K001393140 No
Hornby, H.E. [435] Tanzania K002425914 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Hummel, F.C. [7333] Uganda K002425891 Yes
Banze, A. [332] Mozambique K000662678 Yes
Hornby, M.G. [3455] Mozambique K002426085 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [8217] Tanzania K002425909 Yes
Emson, H.E. [530] Tanzania K002425928 Yes
Goyder, D.J.; Griffiths, P.; Harvey, Y.B.; Kamwela, H.; Paton, A.J. [3760] Tanzania K002425907 Yes
Burrows, J.E.; Burrows, S.M.; Matimele; Banze [11387] Mozambique K000787745 Yes
Burnett, G.F. [48/29] Tanzania K002425908 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [261] Mozambique K002426087 Yes
Richards, H.M. [11641] Tanzania K002425911 Yes
s.coll. [1703] Tanzania K002425931 Yes
Goldblatt, P.; Brummitt, R.K.; Mwasumbi, L.; Lovett, J. [8284] Tanzania K002425942 Yes
Wylie, J.; Wood, J.M. [11723] Siphonochilus natalensis K002426255 Yes
Medley Wood, J. [s.n.] Siphonochilus natalensis K002426254 Yes
Medley Wood, J. [544] South Africa Siphonochilus natalensis K002426253 Yes
Wylie, J.; Wood, J.M. [11723] Siphonochilus natalensis K002426256 Yes
Sanderson, J. [906] South Africa Siphonochilus natalensis K002426252 Yes
[544] South Africa Kaempferia natalensis K000099560 Type Yes
Wood, J.M. [1942] South Africa Kaempferia stenopetala K000308014 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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