Cercestis mirabilis (N.E.Br.) Bogner

First published in Aroideana 8: 73 (1985 publ. 1986)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda and Angola. It is a liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Nigeria, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

CATE Araceae

  • Brown, N.E. 1901. Aroideae. Flora of Tropical Africa. 8 (1): 137-192

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1994 Ndam, N. [685] Cameroon K000437931 No
Jan 1, 1994 Cheek, M. [5197] Cameroon K000437934 No
Chapman, J.D. [5342] Nigeria K002556715 Yes
Mann [101] Equatorial Guinea K000345922 Syntype Yes
Mann [101] Equatorial Guinea K000345921 Type Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [8162] Cameroon K002556742 Yes
Salazar, G.; Pollard; Sima; Bhandol; Bisby; Nana; Reis [6305] Cameroon K001518381 Yes
Cheek, M.; Sama; Ndive, E.; Enow, B. [14118] Cameroon K001518597 Yes
Cheek, M.; Ngame, C.; Zappi; Lumba; Galla [11462] Cameroon K001518594 Yes
Cheek, M.; Ngame, C.; Zappi; Lumba; Galla [11462] Cameroon K001518595 Yes
K000345925 Holotype Yes
K000345924 Holotype Yes
Cable, S.; Manthi F., Kahinju S., Ekpe K., Iwatt J., Schenenberger J., Slangen P., Teearu T., Mambo P., Iwatt T. [2262] Cameroon K000542383 Yes
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] K002556747 Yes
Barter [s.n.] Equatorial Guinea K000345923 Type Yes
[M. Chuhalpoluor] [FHI 14041] Cameroon K002556738 Yes
Bililong, M.; Bullook, S.H. [305] Cameroon K002556739 Yes
Bogner, J. [707] Gabon K002556744 Yes
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] K002556751 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [8162] Cameroon K002556741 Yes
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] K002556750 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [7239] K002556745 Yes
K:SPC-29047.471 No
Thomas, D.W. [999] Cameroon K002556740 Yes
Cable, S. [2262] Cameroon K000542382 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002556752 Yes
K000345926 Holotype Yes
[Mosiley] [12201] Singapore K002556753 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [5342] Nigeria K002556714 Yes
[Jean Louis] [16268] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002556746 Yes
Nicolson, D.H. [1695] Thailand K002556755 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K002556717 Yes
Croat, T.B. [53495] Nigeria K002556716 Yes

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  • 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
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • 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/
  • 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
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