Zingiberaceae
Siphonochilus

Siphonochilus kirkii (Hook.f.) B.L.Burtt

First published in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40: 372 (1982)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central African Republic to Sudan and Caprivi Strip. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • 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.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2010). Flora Zambesiaca 13(4): 1-151. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2010). Flora Zambesiaca 13(4): 1-151. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • B.L. Burtt in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 40: 372 (1982).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
K:SPC-17369.000 No
Tweedie, E.M. [1869] Kenya K:SPC-11111.000 No
Elwes, H., J. [8188] K000099558 Type Yes
Kenya K:SPC-27361.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1774] Tanzania K:SPC-18204.000 No
Kirk [s.n.] Tanzania K000099553 Holotype Yes
Kirk [s.n.] Tanzania K000099551 Type Yes
Malawi K:SPC-11110.000 No
Cribb, P.; Grey-Wilson, C. [10405] Tanzania K:SPC-37195.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1330] Tanzania K:SPC-06432.000 No
Kirk [s.n.] Tanzania K000099552 Type Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [2628] Zambia K:SPC-17370.000 No
Verdcourt, B. [110] Tanzania K:SPC-11112.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7793] Tanzania K:SPC-23411.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7731] Tanzania Siphonochilus carsonii K:SPC-25991.000 No
Carson. A. [s.n.] Malawi Siphonochilus carsonii K000099556 Type Yes
Montagu, E., W. S; Wiese, C., D. [s.n.] Zimbabwe Kaempferia montagui K000099557 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East 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/

  • 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