Lasimorpha

Lasimorpha
Lasimorpha senegalensis[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Lasioideae
Genus: Lasimorpha
Schott
Species: L. senegalensis
Binomial name
Lasimorpha senegalensis
Schott
Synonyms[2]
  • Cyrtosperma senegalense (Schott) Engl.
  • Lasimorpha afzelii Schott
  • Cyrtosperma afzelii (Schott) Engl.

Lasimorpha is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family. The single species that makes up the genus is Lasimorpha senegalensis. This species is native to western and central Africa, from Liberia east to Chad and south to Angola.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

References

  1. Fitch (d. 1927) - Curtis's Botanical Magazine v.124 [ser.3:v.54] (1898)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  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. Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  5. Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  6. Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  7. Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.

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