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Climbing or creeping perennial herbs, rooting at nodes. Leaf lamina entire, not hastate, usually with pellucid glands. Inflorescences numerous, subtended by a bract. Spathe erect; spadix with male flowers above and female below. Flowers unisexual. Berries usually red. Seeds with abundant endosperm.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Culcasia Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=298
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Culcasia

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Culcasia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to tropical Africa.[1][3] Most of its species are climbers and resemble Cercestis, except that they do not produce flagella.[4]

Species[1]
  1. Culcasia angolensis Welw. ex Schott - western + central Africa from Senegal to Angola
  2. Culcasia annetii Ntépé-Nyamè - Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Liberia
  3. Culcasia bosii Ntépé-Nyamè - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville
  4. Culcasia brevipetiolata Bogner - Gabon
  5. Culcasia caudata Engl. - Zaïre
  6. Culcasia dinklagei Engl - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre
  7. Culcasia ekongoloi Ntépé-Nyamè - central Africa from Nigeria to Zaïre
  8. Culcasia falcifolia Engl. - central Africa from Gabon east to Tanzania and south to Mozambique
  9. Culcasia glandulosa Hepper - Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Congo-Brazzaville
  10. Culcasia insulana N.E.Br. - Zaïre, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands
  11. Culcasia lanceolata Engl. - Cameroon, Gabon
  12. Culcasia liberica N.E.Br. - Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo
  13. Culcasia linearifolia Bogner - Cameroon, Gabon
  14. Culcasia loukandensis Pellegr - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Central African Republic
  15. Culcasia mannii (Hook.f.) Engl. - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea
  16. Culcasia obliquifolia Engl. - Cameroon, Gabon
  17. Culcasia orientalis Mayo - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia
  18. Culcasia panduriformis Engl. & K.Krause - Cameroon, Gabon
  19. Culcasia parviflora N.E.Br. - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre
  20. Culcasia rotundifolia Bogner - Gabon
  21. Culcasia sanagensis Ntépé-Nyamè - Cameroon
  22. Culcasia scandens P.Beauv. - western + central Africa from Liberia to Angola
  23. Culcasia seretii De Wild - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre
  24. Culcasia simiarum Ntépé-Nyamè - western Africa from Ivory Coast to Cameroon
  25. Culcasia striolata Engl. - western + central Africa from Liberia to Congo-Brazzaville
  26. Culcasia tenuifolia Engl. - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre
  27. Culcasia yangambiensis Louis & Mullend. - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre

References

  1. ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Adolf Engler - Book "Das Pflanzenreich" issued 1920
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.
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Culcasia: Brief Summary

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Culcasia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to tropical Africa. Most of its species are climbers and resemble Cercestis, except that they do not produce flagella.

Species Culcasia angolensis Welw. ex Schott - western + central Africa from Senegal to Angola Culcasia annetii Ntépé-Nyamè - Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Liberia Culcasia bosii Ntépé-Nyamè - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville Culcasia brevipetiolata Bogner - Gabon Culcasia caudata Engl. - Zaïre Culcasia dinklagei Engl - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre Culcasia ekongoloi Ntépé-Nyamè - central Africa from Nigeria to Zaïre Culcasia falcifolia Engl. - central Africa from Gabon east to Tanzania and south to Mozambique Culcasia glandulosa Hepper - Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Congo-Brazzaville Culcasia insulana N.E.Br. - Zaïre, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands Culcasia lanceolata Engl. - Cameroon, Gabon Culcasia liberica N.E.Br. - Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo Culcasia linearifolia Bogner - Cameroon, Gabon Culcasia loukandensis Pellegr - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Central African Republic Culcasia mannii (Hook.f.) Engl. - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea Culcasia obliquifolia Engl. - Cameroon, Gabon Culcasia orientalis Mayo - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia Culcasia panduriformis Engl. & K.Krause - Cameroon, Gabon Culcasia parviflora N.E.Br. - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre Culcasia rotundifolia Bogner - Gabon Culcasia sanagensis Ntépé-Nyamè - Cameroon Culcasia scandens P.Beauv. - western + central Africa from Liberia to Angola Culcasia seretii De Wild - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre Culcasia simiarum Ntépé-Nyamè - western Africa from Ivory Coast to Cameroon Culcasia striolata Engl. - western + central Africa from Liberia to Congo-Brazzaville Culcasia tenuifolia Engl. - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre Culcasia yangambiensis Louis & Mullend. - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre
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