Araceae
Amorphophallus

Amorphophallus aphyllus (Hook.) Hutch.

First published in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 362 (1936)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Chad. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burkina, Central African Repu, Chad, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • 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. & 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. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Ittenbach, S. (2003). Revision der afrikanischen Arten de Gattung Amorphophallus (Araceae). Englera 25: 1-263.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. 4, 11.
  • F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 362 (1936)

CATE Araceae

  • Ittenbach, S. 2003. Revision der afrikanischen Arten der Gattung Amorphophallus (Araceae). Englera. 25: 5-263

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 11, 1995 Jones, T.S. [390] Sierra Leone K000452221 Yes
Sep 11, 1995 Scott Elliot, G.F. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K000452223 Yes
Sep 11, 1995 Thomas, N.W. [8697] Sierra Leone K000452225 Yes
Sep 11, 1995 Deighton, F.C. [2464] Sierra Leone K000452224 Yes
Sep 11, 1995 Deighton, F.C. [5850] Sierra Leone K000452219 Yes
Sep 11, 1995 Masters [s.n.] Sierra Leone K000345947 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 11, 1995 Alves Pereira, J. [3092] Guinea-Bissau K000452217 Yes
Sep 11, 1995 s.coll. [327] Guinea-Bissau K000452218 Yes
Sep 11, 1995 Masters [s.n.] Sierra Leone K000345978 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 11, 1995 Deighton, F.C. [5779] Sierra Leone K000452220 No
Sep 11, 1995 Scott Elliot, G.F. [7768] Sierra Leone K000452226 Type Yes
Sep 11, 1995 Masters [s.n.] Sierra Leone K000345946 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 7, 1995 Thomas, N.W. [493] Sierra Leone K000452222 Yes
Feb 2, 1995 Masters [s.n.] Sierra Leone K000345945 Unknown Type Material 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 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/

  • 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