Aframomum

Afromomum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Genus: Aframomum
K.Schum [1]

Aframomum is a genus in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae, found in west and central Africa, and represented by approximately 50 species. It is larger than other genera in its family. Species are perennials and produce colorful flowers.[2]

Selected species

  • A. albiflorum Lock
  • A. alboviolaceum (Ridl.) K.Schum.
  • A. alpinum (Gagnep.) K.Schum.
  • A. amaniense Loes.
  • A. angustifolium (Sonn.) K.Schum.
  • A. arundinaceum (Oliv. & D.Hanb.) K.Schum.
  • A. atewae Lock & J.B.Hall
  • A. aulacocarpos Pellegr. ex Koechlin
  • A. cereum (Hook.f.) K.Schum.
  • A. chrysanthum Lock
  • A. citratum (C.Pereira) K.Schum.
  • A. colosseum K.Schum.
  • A. cordifolium Lock & J.B.Hall
  • A. corrorima (A.Braun) P.C.M.Jansen
  • A.daniellii (Hook.f.) K.Schum.
  • A. elegans Lock
  • A. elliottii (Baker) K.Schum.
  • A. exscapum (Sims) Hepper
  • A. flavum Lock
  • A. geocarpum Lock & J.B.Hall
  • A. giganteum (Oliv. & D.Hanb.) K.Schum.
  • A. korarima (Baker) Cout. ex Engl.
  • A. laurentii (De Wild. & T.Durand) K.Schum.
  • A. laxiflorum Loes. ex Lock
  • A. leptolepis (K.Schum.) K.Schum.
  • A. letestuanum Gagnep.
  • A. limbatum (Oliv. & D.Hanb.) K.Schum.
  • A. longiligulatum Koechlin
  • A. longipetiolatum Koechlin
  • A. longiscapum (Hook.f.) K.Schum.
  • A. luteoalbum (K.Schum.) K.Schum.
  • A. makandensis Dhetchuvi
  • A. mala (K.Schum. ex Engl.) K.Schum.
  • A. mannii (Oliv. & D.Hanb.) K.Schum.
  • A. melegueta K.Schum.
  • A. mildbreadii Loes.
  • A. orientale Lock
  • A. pilosum (Oliv. & D.Hanb.) K.Schum.
  • A. polyanthum (K.Schum.) K.Schum.
  • A. pruinosum Gagnep.
  • A. pseudostipulare Loes. & Mildbr. ex Koechlin
  • A. rostratum K.Schum.
  • A. sceleratum A.Chev.
  • A. sceptrum (Oliv. & D.Hanb.) K.Schum. †
  • A. singulariflorum Dhetchuvi
  • A. spiroligulatum A.D.Poulsen & Lock
  • A. stanfieldii Hepper
  • A. strobilaceum (Sm.) Hepper
  • A. subsericeum (Oliv. & D.Hanb.) K.Schum.
  • A. sulcatum (Oliv. & D.Hanb. ex Baker) K.Schum.
  • A. thonneri De Wild.
  • A. uniflorum A.D.Poulsen & Lock
  • A. verrucosum Lock
  • A. wuerthii Dhetchuvi & Eb.Fisch.
  • A. zambesiacum (Baker) K.Schum.
† Note: ThePlantList (Plant List entry for Aframomum sceptrum) considers A sceptrum a synonym of A. cereum; while GRIN (GRIN entry for Aframomum sceptrum) accepts the name. (Retrieved June 19, 2011)
List sources : [3][4]

References

  1. ^ The genus Aframomum was first published as a taxon in Das Pflanzenreich ["The Plant Kingdom"] IV. 46(Heft 20): 201. 1904, with no type species given. "Name - Aframomum K.Schum.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40033766. Retrieved June 18, 2011. "Note: type not designated" 
  2. ^ Tane, Pierre; Tatsimo, Simplice D.; Ayimele, Godfred A.; Connolly, Joseph D.. "Bioactive metabolites from Aframomum species". 11th NAPRECA Symposium Book of Proceedings. Antananarivo, Madagascar. pp. 214-223. Archived from the original on 7 February 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5wJYaM8av. Retrieved 7 February 2011. 
  3. ^ NOTE: Each species from the list at Tropicos.org was also checked against its corresponding entry at theplantlist.org for accepted status before being included on this page. "Name - Aframomum K.Schum. subordinate taxa". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40033766?tab=subordinatetaxa. Retrieved June 18, 2011. 
  4. ^ GRIN. "Species in GRIN for genus Aframomum". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?259. Retrieved June 19, 2011.