Culcasia scandens

Culcasia scandens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alismatales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Aroideae
Tribus: Culcasieae
Genus: Culcasia
Species: Culcasia scandens

Name

Culcasia scandens P.Beauv., 1805

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Caladium scandens (P.Beauv.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 489 (1805).
  • Denhamia scandens (P.Beauv.) Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 19 (1832).
• Heterotypic
  • Culcasia gracilis N.E.Br. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 8: 177 (1901).
  • Culcasia lancifolia N.E.Br. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 8: 175 (1901).
  • Culcasia saxatilis A.Chev., J. Bot. (Morot) 22: 133 (1909).
  • Culcasia tepoensis A.Chev., Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 678 (1920), nom. nud.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa 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; Zare References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J., 1805. Flore d'Oware et de Bénin, en Afrique, par A. M. F. J. Palisot-Beauvois. Paris 1:5, t. 3. 1803 (quarto); 1805 (folio)

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Culcasia scandens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Culcasia scandens. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 04 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Culcasia scandens in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 04.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Culcasia scandens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 Nov. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Culcasia scandens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

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