Araceae
Culcasia

Culcasia orientalis Mayo

First published in Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Arac.: 20 (1985)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to Mozambique. It is a subshrub or climbing shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Mayo in F.T.E.A., Araceae: 20 (1985).

CATE Araceae

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

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Haigh, A. & Boyce, P.C. (2012). Flora Zambesiaca 12(1): 1-54. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Harder, D.K.; Merello, M.C.; Nkhoma, C.; Mulimo, M.; Tmngonga, E. [2194] Zambia K002557377 Yes
Bogner [681659] K002557335 Yes
Harris, J.B. [BJH3830] Tanzania K000047969 Yes
Wingfield, R. [4180] Tanzania K000047971 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002557337 Yes
Harris, J.B. [BJH3830] Tanzania K000047968 Yes
Vollesen, K.B. [s.n.] Tanzania K000047974 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [2016] Tanzania K000047967 Yes
s.coll. [3067] Tanzania K002557334 Yes
Vaughan, J.H. [728] Tanzania K000047978 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Abdallah, R.; Vollesen, K.B. [1561] Tanzania K000047973 Yes
Burtt Davy, J. [22331] Tanzania K000047979 Yes
Padwa, J.H. [313] Tanzania K000047970 Yes
Lyne, R.N. [104] Tanzania K000047980 Yes
Bogner, J. [140] Tanzania K:SPC-22712.000 No
Harris, J.B.; Pócs, T.; Pocs, S. [BJH4302] Tanzania K000047972 Yes
Vaughan, J.H. [994] Tanzania K000047976 Yes
Jannerup; Mhoro [0329] Tanzania K002557338 Yes
{Dr. Kirk; Brown, N.E.} [s.n.] Tanzania K000047975 Yes
Luke, Q.; Hamerlynck, O. [s.n.] Kenya K002557333 Yes
Faulkner, H. [K.613] Tanzania K:SPC-23583.000 No
Crawford, F. [651] Mozambique K000787736 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