Zingiberaceae
Aframomum

Aframomum polyanthum (K.Schum.) K.Schum.

First published in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 207 (1904)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Central Tropical Africa to S. South Sudan and N. Zambia. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Harris, D.J. & Wortley, A.H. (2018). Monograph of Aframomum (Zingiberaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 104: 1-204.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2010). Flora Zambesiaca 13(4): 1-151. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F. W. Andrews, Fl. Sudan 3: 253
  • Koechlin in Fl. Cam. 4: 49, t. 9
  • N. Hallé in Adansonia, sér. 2, 7: 73, tt. 1, 2 (1967).
  • in Engl., Pflanzenr. 4, 46, Zingib.: 207 (1904)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Harris, D.J. & Wortley, A.H. (2018). Monograph of Aframomum (Zingiberaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 104: 1-204.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2017 Schweinfurth, G. [3312] Sudan K000743706 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2017 Schweinfurth, G. [3092] Sudan K000743708 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2017 Schweinfurth, G. [3092] Sudan K000743707 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2017 Schweinfurth, G. [3262] Sudan K000743705 Type Yes
Tutin, C. [8] Gabon K:SPC-51533.000 No
Hoyle, A.C. [723] Sudan K:SPC-17090.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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