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| Culcasia | |
|---|---|
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| Culcasia striolata[2] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Subfamily: | Aroideae |
| Tribe: | Culcasieae |
| Genus: | Culcasia P. Beauv., 1803[1] |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| Denhamia Schott | |
Culcasia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to tropical Africa.[1][3] Most of its species are climbers and resemble Cercestis, except that they do not produce flagella.[4]
- Species[1]
- Culcasia angolensis Welw. ex Schott - western + central Africa from Senegal to Angola
- Culcasia annetii Ntépé-Nyamè - Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Liberia
- Culcasia bosii Ntépé-Nyamè - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville
- Culcasia brevipetiolata Bogner - Gabon
- Culcasia caudata Engl. - Zaïre
- Culcasia dinklagei Engl - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre
- Culcasia ekongoloi Ntépé-Nyamè - central Africa from Nigeria to Zaïre
- Culcasia falcifolia Engl. - central Africa from Gabon east to Tanzania and south to Mozambique
- Culcasia glandulosa Hepper - Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Congo-Brazzaville
- Culcasia insulana N.E.Br. - Zaïre, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands
- Culcasia lanceolata Engl. - Cameroon, Gabon
- Culcasia liberica N.E.Br. - Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo
- Culcasia linearifolia Bogner - Cameroon, Gabon
- Culcasia loukandensis Pellegr - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Central African Republic
- Culcasia mannii (Hook.f.) Engl. - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea
- Culcasia obliquifolia Engl. - Cameroon, Gabon
- Culcasia orientalis Mayo - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia
- Culcasia panduriformis Engl. & K.Krause - Cameroon, Gabon
- Culcasia parviflora N.E.Br. - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre
- Culcasia rotundifolia Bogner - Gabon
- Culcasia sanagensis Ntépé-Nyamè - Cameroon
- Culcasia scandens P.Beauv. - western + central Africa from Liberia to Angola
- Culcasia seretii De Wild - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre
- Culcasia simiarum Ntépé-Nyamè - western Africa from Ivory Coast to Cameroon
- Culcasia striolata Engl. - western + central Africa from Liberia to Congo-Brazzaville
- Culcasia tenuifolia Engl. - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre
- Culcasia yangambiensis Louis & Mullend. - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Adolf Engler - Book "Das Pflanzenreich" issued 1920
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.
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