Araceae
Gonatopus

Gonatopus boivinii (Decne.) Engl.

First published in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 209 (1879)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Haigh, A. & Boyce, P.C. (2012). Flora Zambesiaca 12(1): 1-54. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Rahman, M.O. (2004). Second list of angiospermic taxa of Bangladesh not included in Hooker's 'Flora of British India' and Prain's 'Bengal Plants': series I. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 11: 77-82.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.

CATE Araceae

  • Brown, N.E. 1901. Aroideae. Flora of Tropical Africa. 8 (1): 137-192

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Engl. in de Candolle & de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 209 (1879).
  • Mayo in F.T.E.A., Araceae: 10 (1985).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Engl. Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 2: 241, fig. 161 (1908).
  • Engl. in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich 21 (IV. 23B): 306, fig. 86 (1905)
  • Engl. in Monogr. Phan. 2: 209 (1879).
  • N.E. Br. in Flora of Tropical Africa 8: 196 (1901).
  • Peter in Nachr. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, Math.-Phys. Kl. 1929 (3): 207 (1930).
  • R. O. Williams, Useful and Ornamental Plants in Zanzibar and Pemba p. 277 (1949).
  • Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 107 (1980).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 1983 Kirk [339] Zambia K000345881 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jun 1, 1983 Kirk [s.n.] K000345879 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jun 1, 1983 Fitch [s.n.] K000345880 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jun 1, 1983 Kirk [s.n.] Zambia K000345882 Unknown Type Material Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [s.n.] Mozambique K002556479 Yes
{Bogner} [49467] Tanzania K002556525 Yes
Cheek, M.R.; Banze, A.; Fijamo, V.; Jeque, C.; Massunde, J.; Nkuna, L. [17893] Mozambique K001417042 Yes
Honey, T. [776] Mozambique K002556473 Yes
Patel, I.H.; Tawakali, E.J. [1024] Malawi K002556491 Yes
Hornby, M.G. [3462] Mozambique K002556475 Yes
{Ven. W. P. Johnson} [s.n.] Malawi K002556483 Yes
Tanzania K:SPC-19145.000 No
Moll, E.J. [4704A] South Africa K002556522 Yes
Goyder, D.J.; Crawford, F.; Alves, T. [6000] Mozambique K000524290 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7643] Tanzania K:SPC-22033.000 No
K:SPC-29047.479 No
Goyder, D.J.; Crawford, F.; Alves, T. [6000] Mozambique K000787732 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F3955] Zambia K002556495 Yes
Bogner, J. [219] Tanzania K:SPC-32076.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Malawi K002556487 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7887] Tanzania K:SPC-22036.000 No
Faulkner, H. [325 (var.1)] Mozambique K:SPC-19144.000 No
Bullock, A.A. [1318] Zambia K002556493 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [195] Mozambique K002556476 Yes
Johnson, V.P. [s.n.] Malawi K002556482 Yes
Ross, J.H. [2376] South Africa K002556520 Yes
Timberlake, J.; Fijamo, V.; Banze, A.; Massunde, J. [6126] Mozambique K002556468 Yes
Tanzania K:SPC-66342.000 No
Chase, N.C.; Bookless, E. [3] Mozambique K002556470 Yes
Faulkner, H. [2384] Tanzania K:SPC-06917.000 No
Johnson, J.M. [32] Mozambique K002556477 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [2814] Zambia K002556498 Yes
Ross, J.H. [2376] South Africa K002556521 Yes
Chase, N.C.; Bookless, E. [2] Mozambique K002556469 No
Buchanan [186] Malawi K002556488 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002556523 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [6715] Tanzania K:SPC-25018.000 No
McClounie [57] Malawi K002556486 Yes
Robson, N.K.B. [726] Zambia K002556497 Yes
{Bogner} [49467] Tanzania K002556524 Yes
Bogner, J. [219] Tanzania K:SPC-34696.000 No
Timberlake, J.; Fijamo, V.; Banze, A.; Massunde, J. [6126] Mozambique K002556467 Yes
Faulkner, H. [K.791] Tanzania K:SPC-19147.000 No
Bullock, A.A. [1323] Zambia K002556494 Yes
Moriarty, A. [s.n.] Malawi K002556492 Yes
{Ven. W. P. Johnson} [s.n.] Malawi K002556484 Yes
Bogner [127] Tanzania K:SPC-29047.481 No
Faulkner, H. [1838] Tanzania K:SPC-19146.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7246] Tanzania K:SPC-22207.000 No
Faulkner, H.G. [s.n.] Mozambique K002556474 Yes
Faulkner-Pretoria, H. [195] Mozambique K002556471 Yes
Patel, I.H.; Tawakali, E.J. [1024] Malawi K002556490 Yes
Johnson, W.H. [32] Mozambique K002556478 Yes
{Ven. W. P. Johnson} [s.n.] Malawi K002556485 Yes
Robson, N.K.B. [726] Zambia K002556496 Yes
Buchanan [186] Malawi K002556489 Yes
Jackson, G. [2090] Malawi K002556481 Yes
Timberlake, J.; Fijamo, V.; Banze, A.; Massunde, J. [6126] Mozambique K000662727 Yes
Chase, N.C. [7559] Mozambique K002556480 Yes
Bogner, J. Tanzania K:SPC-29047.357 No

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    • Haigh, A., Clark, B., Reynolds, L., Mayo, S.J., Croat, T.B., Lay, L., Boyce, P.C., Mora, M., Bogner, J., Sellaro, M., Wong, S.Y., Kostelac, C., Grayum, M.H., Keating, R.C., Ruckert, G., Naylor, M.F. and Hay, A., CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011.
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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    • 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

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