Araceae
Lasimorpha

Lasimorpha senegalensis Schott

First published in Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 127 (1857)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Chad and Angola. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • 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.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

CATE Araceae

  • Hay, A. 1988. Cyrtosperma (Araceae) and its Old World allies. Blumea. 33: 427-469.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2010 Etuge, M. [5178] Cameroon K000339206 Yes
Sep 1, 2010 Etuge, M. [5178] Cameroon K000339205 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Jaff, B. [31] Cameroon K000510725 Yes
Holland, J.H. [s.n.] K002556042 Yes
[Maure] [244] K002556049 Yes
Bigger, M. [2447] Ghana K002556035 Yes
Brown, N.E. [9] K002556053 Yes
Kennedy, J.D. [A92/36] Nigeria K002556044 Yes
Koubemba, G.; Burgt, X.M.; Douhi, L.; Anicet Mivouya. [141] Congo, Republic of the K000582427 Yes
Koubemba, G.; Burgt, X.M.; Douhi, L.; Anicet Mivouya. [141] Congo, Republic of the K000746065 Yes
Louis [10196] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002556075 Yes
Harder, D.K.; Merello, M.C.; Welsing, A.; Amponsah, J.; Gyeke, D. [3448] Ghana K002556038 Yes
Koubemba, G.; Burgt, X.M.; Douhi, L.; Anicet Mivouya. [141] Congo, Republic of the K000746066 Yes
Jaff, B. [31] Cameroon K002556067 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [1873] Cote d'Ivoire K002556028 Yes
Thomas, D. [2499] Cameroon K002556065 Yes
Bamps, P. [1654] Cameroon K002556062 Yes
Harder, D.K.; Merello, M.C.; Welsing, A.; Amponsah, J.; Gyeke, D. [3448] Ghana K002556039 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [875] Nigeria K002556046 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [1873] Cote d'Ivoire K002556026 Yes
Spinage, E.A. [296] Central African Republic K002556068 Yes
Heudelot [639] K000345866 Unknown Type Material Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC6569] Ghana K002556033 Yes
K:SPC-58102.000 No
Onyeachusim; Latilo [FHI 48171] Nigeria K002556048 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [875] Niger K002556047 Yes
Crawford, F.M.; Darbyshire, I.; Goyder, D.J.; Gomes, A.L. [FC 740] Angola K001417391 Yes
Crawford, F.M.; Darbyshire, I.; Goyder, D.J.; Gomes, A.L. [FC 740] Angola K001417392 Yes
Crawford, F.M.; Darbyshire, I.; Goyder, D.J.; Gomes, A.L. [FC 740] Angola K000787790 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC6569] Ghana K002556032 Yes
Michael Fay, J.; Ngaindiro, S.; Jules, F.; Raymond, S.; Remy, N. [s.n.] Central African Republic K002556069 Yes
Stubbings, H.G. [120] Nigeria K002556055 Yes
[W. F. Johnson] [874] Ghana K002556029 Yes
K:SPC-29047.472 No
Daramola, B.O. [FHI 38024] Nigeria K002556057 Yes
[Bartu] [1467] K002556060 Yes
[Maure] [244] K002556051 Yes
Jones, A.P.D.; Onochie, C.F. [FHI17236] Nigeria K002556043 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [6442] Cameroon K002556064 Yes
Knecht, M. Nigeria K:SPC-57604.000 No
Meikle, R.D. [642] Nigeria K:SPC-25024.000 No
Holland, J.H. [64] Nigeria K002556041 Yes
Drege [94] K000345867 Type Yes
Thomas, D. [2499] Cameroon K002556066 Yes
Linder, D.H. [779] Liberia K002556023 Yes
Meurillon, A. [1255] Cameroon K002556063 Yes
Louis [10196] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002556073 Yes
Louis [10196] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002556074 Yes
Bigger, M. [2447] Ghana K002556034 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [1873] Cote d'Ivoire K002556027 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [5055] Ghana K002556031 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [5000] Ghana K002556030 Yes
s.coll. [9] K002556052 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [s.n.] Nigeria K002556058 Yes
Daramola, B.O. [38024] Nigeria K002556056 Yes
Braun, J. [s.n.] Cameroon K002556061 Yes
Barter [9] Equatorial Guinea K000345868 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Maure] [244] K002556050 Yes
{W. J. J. O. de Wilde} [926] Cote d'Ivoire K002556024 No
Talbot, P.A. [s.n.] Nigeria K002556040 Yes
Brunner, G. [H1776/62] Nigeria K002556054 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [1873] Cote d'Ivoire K002556025 Yes
Bos, J.J. [1941] Liberia K002556022 Yes
Harder, D.K.; Merello, M.C.; Welsing, A.; Amponsah, J.; Gyeke, D. [3448] Ghana K002556036 Yes
Bogner [691] K:SPC-57526.000 No
Harder, D.K.; Merello, M.C.; Welsing, A.; Amponsah, J.; Gyeke, D. [3448] Ghana K002556037 Yes
Kennedy, J.D. [3056] Nigeria K002556045 Yes
Lowe, J.L. [1726] Nigeria K002556059 Yes

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • 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

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