Arecaceae
Eremospatha

Eremospatha dransfieldii Sunderl.

First published in Kew Bull. 58: 988 (2003 publ. 2004)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Guinea to Ghana. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sunderland, T.C.H. (2012). A taxonomic revision of the rattans of Africa (Arecaceae: Calamoideae). Phytotaxa 51: 1-76.

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  • T.C.H Sunderland, A taxonomic revision of the rattans of Africa (Arecaceae: Calamoideae) in Phytotaxa 51. 2012
  • T.C.H Sunderland, Two new species of rattan (Palmae: Calamoideae) from the forests of West and Central Africa. 2003

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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].
  • Sunderland, T.C.H. (2012). A taxonomic revision of the rattans of Africa (Arecaceae: Calamoideae). Phytotaxa 51: 1-76.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2018 Jongkind, C.C.H. [13501] Liberia K001287557 No
Apr 8, 2010 van der Burgt, X.; Kabbie M. T. Kanu; Julius Sesay [1483] Sierra Leone K000582326 Yes
May 26, 1999 Sunderland, T.C.H. [2261] Ghana K000462427 Holotype Yes
Tomlinson [s.n.] Ghana K000209154 Yes
Jongkind, C.C.H.; Daniels, A.K.; Dorbor, D. [11840] Liberia K001666895 No
Moriba, J.; Xander van der Burgt; Lucia Lopez Poveda; John Sessay; Thomas Kamara; Abu K. Kamara [7] Sierra Leone K000745696 Yes
Brunt, M. [207] Cameroon K000209155 Yes
Tomlinson [s.n.] Ghana K000209153 Yes
Tomlinson [s.n.] Ghana K000209152 Yes
Moriba, J.; Xander van der Burgt; Lucia Lopez Poveda; John Sessay; Thomas Kamara; Abu K. Kamara [9] Sierra Leone K000745697 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

    • Palmweb 2011. Palmweb: Palms of the World Online. Published on the internet http://www.palmweb.org. Accessed on 21/04/2013
    • Content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0