Adenia cissampeloides (Planch. ex Hook.) Harms |
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Protologue : Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 1: 255 (1897) |
Information on the genus : Adenia |
Basionym : Modecca cissampeloides Planch. ex Hook. |
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Status
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Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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Synonym(s) Homotypic |
Modecca cissampeloides Planch. ex Hook. |
Ophiocaulon cissampeloides (Planch. ex Hook.) Mast. (1871) |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=Ophiocaulon gracile (Harms) Pellegr. |
=Adenia gracilis Harms (1897) |
=Adenia guineensis W.J. de Wilde (1971) |
=Adenia reticulata (De Wild. & T. Durand) Engl. |
=Ophiocaulon reticulatum De Wild. & T. Durand (1900) |
=Adenia adenifera Engl. |
=Adenia gracilis subsp. pinnata W.J. de Wilde |
=Adenia lobulata Engl. (1921) |
=Adenia reticulata var. cinerea W.J. de Wilde |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Subligneous climber, to 25 m, stems to 10 cm ?at base; sterile tendrils simple or 3-fid, 10-20 cm long. |
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Ecology : |
Primary and secondary rain-forest, forest edges; gallery, savanna and swamp forest; clearings; 0-2200 m alt. Fernando Poo (Bioko). Batting curses and beating depression: Adenia gummifera in Zulu traditional medicine. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:311 (2012)
- (2015). Flore du Gabon. 46: 58
- DARBYSHIRE, I. KORDOFAMI, M. & AL. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing : 228
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- KLOPPER R.R., CHATELAIN C,. & AL. (2006). Checklist Flowering Plants of Sub-Saharan Africa. Sabonet report 42 : 525
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Record n°114499 modified 2007-03-30 |
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