Penianthus longifolius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ranunculales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Menispermaceae
Subfamilia: Chasmantheroideae
Tribus: Burasaieae
Genus: Penianthus
Species: Penianthus longifolius

Penianthus longifolius Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 13(74): 124. 1864.

Homotypic
- Penianthus longifolius Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 20(117): (171–)172. 1867. – Contr. Bot. 3: 18, 373, t. 149. 1871.

Heterotypic
- Penianthus klaineanus Pierre, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris, sér. 2, 1(10): 76(–77). 1898. (as P. Klaineanus)
- Penianthus fruticosus Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 1(1): 74. (Mar) 1927. – Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1927(4): 157. (May) 1927.
- Penianthus gossweileri Exell, J. Bot. 73(Suppl. 1): 8. 1935.

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Western Africa Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Nigeria, Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Hutchinson, J. & Dalziel, J.M. 1927. 11. Menispermaceae. Pp. 68–75 in Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol. 1(1). Crown Agents for the Colonies, London. Reference page.
Dekker, A.J.F.M. 1983. A revision of the genera Penianthus Miers and Sphenocentrum Pierre (Menispermaceae) of West and Central Africa. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 53: 17–66. JSTOR Reference page.
Exell, A.W. & Mendonça, F.A. 1937. 4 — Menispermaceae. Pp. 32–45 in Conspectus Florae Angolensis, Vol. 1, Fasc. 1, Ranunculaceae–Malvaceae. Ministério do Ultramar, Lisboa. Online Reference page. (as Penianthus Gossweileri)
Troupin, G. 1951. 34. Menispermaceae. Pp. 202–255 in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, Vol. 2. Institut National pour l'Étude Agronomique du Congo Belge, Bruxelles [Brussels]. Reference page.
Troupin, G. 1962. Monographie des Menispermaceae africaines. 313 pp. (Mémoires in-8vo, Nouv. sér., Tome XIII, fasc. 2.) Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer, Classe des Sciences Naturelles et Médicales, Bruxelles. PDF (20 MB) Reference page.
Troupin, G. & Keay, R.W.J. 1954. 12. Menispermaceae. Pp. 66–77 in Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J., Flora of West Tropical Africa, 2nd ed., Vol. 1(1). Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London. Reference page.

International Plant Names Index. 2017. Penianthus longifolius. Published online. Accessed: 05 February 2017.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Penianthus longifolius.
Hassler, M. 2019. Penianthus longifolius. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 September 07. Reference page.

Tropicos.org 2017. Penianthus longifolius. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 February 2017.
African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Penianthus longifolius. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 05 February 2017.

The name Penianthus longifolius has also been applied to Penianthus patulinervis, P. zenkeri, and Sphenocentrum jollyanum.