Araceae
Culcasia

Culcasia scandens P.Beauv.

First published in Fl. Oware 1: 5 (1803)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to S. Sudan and Angola. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, 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.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia 41: 41-82.
  • 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.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • 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.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

CATE Araceae

  • Ntépé-Nyame, C. 1988. 31. Aracées. Flore du Cameroun. 140 pp.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia 41: 41-82.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1950 Thorold, C.A. [72] Nigeria K000499431 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Gabon K002557173 Yes
{Bogner} [713] Gabon K002557174 Yes
Ghesquiere [2680] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002557169 Yes
Tah, K.; Oliver, S.; Felix; Peter, T. [699] Cameroon K001518620 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [8913] Nigeria K:SPC-32862.000 No
[H. Gérard] [1336] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002557167 Yes
{Chr. Smith} [41] Congo, Republic of the K002557172 Yes
Robyns, W. [3263] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002557165 Yes
Louis, J.L.P. [9481] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002557170 Yes
Bouamou, D.; Haba, P.M.; Gbilimou, L.T.; Haba, A. [3] Guinea K001187810 Yes
Louis, J.L.P. [107] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002557166 Yes
Germain [541] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002557162 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [5018] Nigeria K:SPC-22440.000 No
{Compere} [1024] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002557157 Yes
{Bogner} [722] Gabon K002557181 Yes
Robyns [419] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002557158 Yes
de Saeger, H. [1039] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002557168 Yes
[J. Biquart] [521] Cameroon K002557153 Yes
{Bogner} [713] Gabon K002557175 Yes
Letouzey, R. [11933] Cameroon K002557154 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [8589] Nigeria K:SPC-27480.000 No
Schweinfurth, G. [2806] Congo, Republic of the K002557171 Yes
Fed. Dept. Forests [57747] Nigeria K:SPC-29047.072 No
{Bogner} [713] Gabon K002557176 Yes
Evrard, C. [3785] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002557161 Yes
Thomas, D.W.; Wilks, C.M. [6600] Gabon K002557179 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [11512] Gabon K002557177 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [[5648]] K002557182 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [4846] Zambia K:SPC-23361.000 No
Louis [9481] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002557156 Yes
[57749] Nigeria K:SPC-36017.000 No
Breteler, F.J. [7597] Gabon K002557180 Yes
Troupin, G. [47] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002557164 Yes
{Bogner} [722] Gabon K002557178 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [8025] K002557152 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [5994] Cameroon K002557155 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [5293] Sierra Leone Culcasia gracilis K000345903 Type Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [2951] Zambia Culcasia lancifolia K:SPC-40100.000 No
Jan 1, 1982 Hepper; Enti; Abbiw, D.K. [7480] Ghana Culcasia saxatilis K000499440 Yes
Aug 7, 1980 Moloney [s.n.] Nigeria Culcasia saxatilis K000345908 Type Yes
Culcasia saxatilis K:SPC-46631.000 No
Meikle, R.D. [1275] Nigeria Culcasia saxatilis K:SPC-25627.000 No

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 of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images