Cercestis
Cercestis | |
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Cercestis dinklagei[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Araceae |
Subfamily: | Aroideae |
Tribe: | Culcasieae |
Genus: | Cercestis Schott |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Cercestis is a genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family. The species in this genus are all climbers and are endemic to Africa.[2][3] At intervals along the stem they produce long leafless shoots called flagella. Many of the species in Cersestis show signs of fenestration.[4]
- Species
- Cercestis afzelii Schott - tropical West Africa from Senegal to Nigeria
- Cercestis camerunensis (Ntépé-Nyamè) Bogner - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon
- Cercestis congoensis Engl. -Angola, Zaire, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Central African Republic, Cameroon
- Cercestis dinklagei Engl. - Zaire, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Cameroon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast
- Cercestis hepperi Jongkind - Liberia
- Cercestis ivorensis A.Chev - Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Gabon
- Cercestis kamerunianus (Engl.) N.E.Br. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon
- Cercestis mirabilis (N.E.Br.) Bogner - tropical West Africa from Benin to Angola
- Cercestis sagittatus Engl. - Liberia, Ivory Coast
- Cercestis taiensis Bogner & Knecht - Liberia, Ivory Coast
References
- ↑ Adolf Engler - "Das Pflanzenreich" Vol. 48 issued 1911
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.
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