Araceae
Culcasia

Culcasia falcifolia Engl.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 418 (1899)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Gabon to Ethiopia and Zambia. It is a climber and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Central African Repu, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Haigh, A. & Boyce, P.C. (2012). Flora Zambesiaca 12(1): 1-54. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.

CATE Araceae

  • Mayo, S.J. 1985. Araceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 71 pp.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Engl. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 418 (1899).
  • Mayo in F.T.E.A., Araceae: 18 (1985).
  • N.E. Brown in F.T.A. 8: 175 (1901).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Engl. in A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 2: 239 (1908).
  • Engl. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 26: 418 (1899).
  • Engl. in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich 21 (IV. 23B): 301 (1905)
  • N.E. Br. in Flora of Tropical Africa 8: 175 (1901).
  • Peter in Nachr. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, Math.-Phys. Kl. 1929(3): 199 (1930).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 1983 Meyer, F.G. [8916] Ethiopia K000499428 Yes
Patel, I.H.; Herrmann, E.; Spottiswoode, C. [400] Mozambique K002557342 Yes
Nawa, M.M.; Harder, D.K.; Luwiika, B.; Zimba, N.B. [41] Zambia K002557361 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [870] Uganda K:SPC-18457.000 No
Last, J.T. [s.n.] Mozambique K002557344 Yes
Müller, T. [549] Zimbabwe K002557374 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [2951A] Zambia K002557363 Yes
Ngoni, J.F.; Simon, B.K. [1295] Zimbabwe K002557368 Yes
Michelmore [305] Zimbabwe K002557372 Yes
Richards, H.M. [10600] Malawi K002557351 Yes
Blackmore, S.; Brummitt, R.K. [1483] Malawi K002557354 Yes
Blackmore, S.; Brummitt, R.K. [1483] Malawi K002557353 Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [98] Zimbabwe K002557370 Yes
Chase, N.C. [3217] Zimbabwe K002557371 Yes
Harris, T. [11] Mozambique K000545016 No
Ngoni, J.F.; Simon, B.K. [1295] Zimbabwe K002557367 Yes
White, F. [3371] Zambia K002557366 Yes
Pope, G.; Smith, A.R.; Goyder, D.J. [2338] Malawi K002557347 Yes
de Koning, J. [7386] Mozambique K002557343 Yes
Wild, H. [6243] Malawi K002557349 Yes
Mutimushi, J.M. [445] Zambia K002557357 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F4874] Zambia K002557358 Yes
Pawek, J. [2000] Malawi K002557345 Yes
Richards, H.M. [10600] Malawi K002557350 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [148] Malawi K002557348 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [1564] Malawi K002557356 Yes
Wild, H. [2105] Zimbabwe K002557369 Yes
White, F. [3373] Zambia K002557364 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [361] Uganda K:SPC-18458.000 No
Goldsmith, B. [15/61] Zimbabwe K002557375 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [2951A] Zambia K002557362 Yes
Verdcourt, B. [1648] Kenya K:SPC-22441.000 No
Dawkins, H.C. [350] Uganda K:SPC-18456.000 No
White, F. [3409] Zambia K002557365 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F4846] Zambia K002557359 Yes
Obermeyer, A.A. [2187] Zimbabwe K002557376 Yes
Richards, H.M. [10188] Zambia K002557360 Yes
Osborne, J.; Agostenho, M.; Darbyshire, I.; Fansdeo, G.; Mucaleque, P. [JO1261] Mozambique K000569730 Yes
s.coll. [305] Zimbabwe K002557373 Yes
Thompson, A.; Rawlins, J.E. [6247] Malawi K002557346 Yes
Pawek, J. [11160] Malawi K002557355 Yes
Banze, A.; Darbyshire, I.; Timberlake, J.; Fijamo, V. [364] Mozambique K000662702 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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 Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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

    • 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