Commelinaceae
Aneilema
Aneilema umbrosum

Aneilema umbrosum var. ovato-oblongum (P.Beauv.) Brenan

First published in Kew Bull. 7: 200 (1952)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda, Panama to Brazil. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Panamá, Peru, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244. [Cited as Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2009). Checklist of Commelinaceae of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Mundi). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 159: 106-122.
  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
  • 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].
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 22, 1952 Schomburgk [1000] Guyana K000531990 Type Yes
Slayback, D. [94-10] Cameroon K001636500 No
Schomburgk [1000] Guyana K000531989 Unknown Type Material Yes
Symes, Y.E. [446] Uganda Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002403559 Yes
Chandler, P. [2172] Uganda Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002403558 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Evans, A.W.; Lye, K. [69/997] Uganda Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002403556 Yes
Chandler, P. [1640] Uganda Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002403562 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [927] Uganda Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002403563 Yes
Loveridge, M.V. (Mrs) [236] Uganda Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002403560 Yes
Tweedie [3480] Uganda Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002403557 Yes
[Puderalecon] [s.n.] Uganda Aneilema umbrosum subsp. ovato-oblongum K002403561 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