Cucurbitaceae
Peponium

Peponium vogelii (Hook.f.) Engl.

First published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 1: 318 (1897)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, Seychelles. It is a climbing perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre, 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.
  • Aké Assi, L. (2001). Flore de la Côte-d'Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. I. Boissiera 57: 1-396.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Castle, G.E. (1994). Flore des Seychelles Dicotylédones: 1-663. Orstom Editions.
  • 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.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Jeffrey, C. (1967). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Cucurbitaceae: 1-156.
  • Keraudren-Aymonin, M. (1975). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Cucurbitaceae: 1-152. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1978). Flora Zambesiaca 4: 1-658. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • 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. (eds.) (2021). Flore du Gabon 57: 1-173. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Cogn. & Harms in Engl. Pflanzenr. Cucurbit. 2: 214.
  • in E. & P. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 318 (1897)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Aké Assi, L. (2001). Flore de la Côte-d'Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. I. Boissiera 57: 1-396.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Castle, G.E. (1994). Flore des Seychelles Dicotylédones: 1-663. Orstom Editions.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C. Jeffrey in Kew Bulletin 15: 359 (1962).
  • Engl. in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, Nachtr.: 318 (1897).
  • Hutch. & Dalz., Flora of West Tropical Africa 1: 183 (1927)
  • Keay, Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 1: 215 (1954).
  • R. & A. Fernandes in Mem. Junta Invest. Ultram., sér. 2, 34: 52 (1962).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 1965 Holst, C. [4323] Tanzania K000310191 Type Yes
Jun 1, 1965 Bojer [s.n.] Tanzania K000310190 Holotype Yes
Jun 1, 1965 Holst, C. [3450] Tanzania K000310192 Isosyntype Yes
Faulkner, H. [2880] Tanzania K:SPC-21981.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [11406] Tanzania K:SPC-04657.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3408] Tanzania K:SPC-08116.000 No
Redhead, J.F. [47016] Nigeria K:SPC-25719.000 No
Verdcourt, B. [2121] Kenya K:SPC-06523.000 No
Bojer [75] Tanzania K000310189 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [8] Equatorial Guinea K000310203 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3440] Tanzania K:SPC-08117.000 No
Tanner, R.E.S. [1180] Tanzania K:SPC-08114.000 No
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A. [1760] Tanzania K:SPC-07432.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1342] Tanzania K:SPC-05163.000 No
Patel, H. [7411] Mozambique K000613673 Yes
Verdcourt, B. [1636] Kenya K:SPC-21985.000 No
Vogel [s.n.] Niger K001044648 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richards, H.M. [23751] Tanzania K:SPC-07619.000 No
Goossens [1646] K000310205 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richards [13523] Tanzania K:SPC-16640.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3934] Kenya K:SPC-08115.000 No
Glover, P.E. [4515] Kenya K:SPC-22764.000 No
Patel, H. [7428] Mozambique K000614045 No
Ash, J. [1463] Ethiopia K:SPC-35800.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1343] Tanzania K:SPC-22212.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1100] Kenya K:SPC-06307.000 No
Mphamba, S. [21] Mozambique K000613717 Yes
Jan 8, 2019 Osborne, J. [JO1405] Mozambique Peponium adpressipilosum K000569760 Yes

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 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