Aponogetonaceae
Aponogeton

Aponogeton subconjugatus Schumach. & Thonn.

First published in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 183 (1827)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda. It is a tuberous hydrogeophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burkina, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Uganda

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Andrews, F.W. (1956). The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 1-579. T.Buncle & co., LTD., Arbroath, Scotland.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • 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.
  • Lye, K.A. (1989). Aponogetonaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-10.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Symoens, J.J. & Villiers, J.-F. (1984). Alismatidées, Flagellariacées. Flore du Cameroun 26: 1-84. Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche scientifique (Mesres), Yaoundé.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • A. heudelotii Engl. (1887).
  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. 179, 185
  • F.T.A. 8: 217
  • in Beskr. Guin. Pl. 183 (1827)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Bennett in Flora of Tropical Africa 8: 217 (1901).
  • Berhaut in Fl. Sénégal, ed. 2: 304, 315, fig. p. 317 (1967).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 233, fig. 63 (1956).
  • H. Bruggen in Bibl. Bot. 33, 137: 58 (1985).
  • H. Bruggen in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 43: 211, fig. 4/8 (1973).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 15, fig. 321 (1968).
  • Lye in A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 650 (1974).
  • Schumach. & Thonn., Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 183 (1827).
  • Symoens in Fl. Cameroun 26: 51, t. 13 (1984).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 8, 1972 Davey, J.T. [1] Mali K000452142 No
Apr 8, 1972 Hall, J.B. [3247] Ghana K000452147 No
Apr 8, 1972 Irvine, F.R. [4917] Ghana K000452143 No
Apr 8, 1972 Hepper, F.N. [4037] Cameroon K000452149 Yes
Apr 8, 1972 Irvine, F.R. [1468] Ghana K000452146 No
Aug 10, 1971 Heudelot [433] K000346035 Type Yes
Aug 9, 1971 Davey, J.T. [41] Mali K000452140 No
Aug 9, 1971 Dalziel, J.M. [226] Nigeria K000452148 No
Apr 9, 1971 Morton, J.K. [8245] Ghana K000452145 No
Apr 9, 1971 Morton, J.K. [992] Ghana K000452144 No
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; Duyfjes, B.E.E. [3585] Cameroon K002908629 No
Thomas, A.S. [Th 3696] Uganda K002908664 No
Hepper, F.N. [4037] Cameroon K:SPC-32744.000 No
Sita, P. [1994] Congo, Republic of the K002908631 No
Letouzey, R. [7162] Cameroon K002908628 No
s.coll. [3414] Cameroon K002908630 No
Wailly, M., de [4731] Mali K000452141 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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