Arecaceae
Eremospatha

Eremospatha laurentii De Wild.

First published in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 147 (1916)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zaïre

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Couvreur, T.L.P. & Sunderland, T.C.H. (2022). Flore du Cameroun 44: 1-138. Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche scientifique (Mesres), Yaoundé.
  • Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • 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.
  • Sunderland, T.C.H. (2012). A taxonomic revision of the rattans of Africa (Arecaceae: Calamoideae). Phytotaxa 51: 1-76.

Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

  • T.C.H Sunderland, A taxonomic revision of the rattans of Africa (Arecaceae: Calamoideae) in Phytotaxa 51. 2012

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Couvreur, T.L.P. & Sunderland, T.C.H. (2022). Flore du Cameroun 44: 1-138. Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche scientifique (Mesres), Yaoundé.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2018 Jongkind, C.C.H. [13708] Liberia K001287558 No
Dec 1, 2000 Harley [2174] Liberia K000209160 Yes
Dec 1, 2000 Harley [2174] Liberia K000209159 Yes
Dec 1, 2000 Harley [2174] Liberia K000209158 Yes
Feb 23, 1999 Sunderland, T.C.H.; Dinga Njingum [s.n.] Cameroon K000520185 Yes
Apr 7, 1998 Sunderland, T.C.H.; Dinga Njingum; Crisantos Obama [1920] Equatorial Guinea K000520188 Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Cheek, M. [5554] Cameroon K000025747 Yes
Mar 27, 1997 Sunderland, T.C.H.; Dinga Njingum [1805] Cameroon K000520186 Yes
Mar 24, 1997 Sunderland, T.C.H; Njingum, D. [1802] Cameroon K:SPC-62144.000 No
Nov 24, 1996 Sunderland, T.C.H.; Dinga Njingum [1766] Cameroon K000520189 Yes
Nov 16, 1996 Sunderland, T.C.H.; Dinga Njingum [1752] Cameroon K000520187 Yes
Furtado, C.X. [A113] K000520258 Yes
Sunderland, T.C.H. [s.n.] K:SPC-74667.000 No
Louis [7994] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000520182 Yes
Njingum, Dinga [008] Cameroon K000707022 Yes
Dubois [912] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000520179 Yes
Leonard [55] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000520183 Yes
Dubois [912] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000520177 Yes
Louis [15925] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000520181 Yes
Couvreur, T.L.P.; Droissart & Kamdem [689] Cameroon K000986840 Yes
Cultivated [1984-1058] K000520259 Yes
Couvreur, T.L.P.; Sonke, B., Faye, A., Kamdem, G.N. [390] Cameroon K000707299 Yes
Leonard [980] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000520184 Yes
Couvreur, T.L.P.; Sonke, B., Faye, A., Kamdem, G.N. [388] Cameroon K000707298 Yes
Harris, D.J.; Fay, J.M. [1620] Central African Republic K000667951 Yes
van Valkenburg, J.; Degreef, J.; Azizet Issembé, Y.; Boussiengui, J-N. [2991] Gabon K000986833 Yes
Couvreur, T.L.P.; Sonke, B., Faye, A., Kamdem, G.N. [379] Cameroon K000707293 Yes
Deighton, J.C. [4117] Sierra Leone K000520050 Yes
Louis [11439] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000520192 Yes
Dubois [912] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000520178 Yes
Njingum, Dinga [004] Cameroon K000707020 Yes
Couvreur, T.L.P.; Faye, A., Kamdem, G.N. [396] Cameroon K000707303 Yes
Louis [15944] K000707021 Yes
Otedoh, M.; Tuley, P. [7258] Nigeria K000520051 Yes
Harris, D.J. [459] Central African Republic K000707023 Yes
Dransfield, J. [7003] Cameroon K000520190 Yes
Louis [10155] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000520191 Yes
Harris; Payne, J. [2470] Cameroon K000520180 Yes
Cusset, G. [1565] K000707019 Yes

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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    • 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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    • 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

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