Colchicaceae
Wurmbea
Wurmbea tenuis

Wurmbea tenuis subsp. tenuis

This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Bioko, Nigeria to Cameroon. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Nigeria

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1968). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(1): 1-276.
  • Hoenselaar, K. (2005). Colchicaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-20.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2003 Pollard, B.J. [959] Cameroon K000212734 Yes
Dec 1, 2003 Pollard, B.J.; Oketch; Azamah; Njume; Nucam; Cha [959] Cameroon K:SPC-77173.000 No
Jan 1, 1978 Maitland, T.D. [1511] Cameroon K000541648 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Ejiofor, M.C. [FHI 29385] Cameroon K000541654 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Richards, P.W. [5322] Cameroon K000541649 Yes
Bauer, P.J. [65] Cameroon K000541657 Yes
Ujor, E.U. [FHI 30007] Cameroon K000541651 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [1407] Cameroon K000541646 Yes
Daramola, B., O. [FHI 41175] Cameroon K000541650 Yes

Sources

  • 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