Cercestis

Cercestis
Cercestis dinklagei[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Aroideae
Tribe: Culcasieae
Genus: Cercestis
Schott
Synonyms[2]
  • Rhektophyllum N.E.Br
  • Alocasiophyllum Engl.

Cercestis is a genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family. The species in this genus are all climbers and are endemic to Africa.[2][3] At intervals along the stem they produce long leafless shoots called flagella. Many of the species in Cersestis show signs of fenestration.[4]

Species
  1. Cercestis afzelii Schott - tropical West Africa from Senegal to Nigeria
  2. Cercestis camerunensis (Ntépé-Nyamè) Bogner - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon
  3. Cercestis congoensis Engl. -Angola, Zaire, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Central African Republic, Cameroon
  4. Cercestis dinklagei Engl. - Zaire, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Cameroon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast
  5. Cercestis hepperi Jongkind - Liberia
  6. Cercestis ivorensis A.Chev - Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Gabon
  7. Cercestis kamerunianus (Engl.) N.E.Br. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon
  8. Cercestis mirabilis (N.E.Br.) Bogner - tropical West Africa from Benin to Angola
  9. Cercestis sagittatus Engl. - Liberia, Ivory Coast
  10. Cercestis taiensis Bogner & Knecht - Liberia, Ivory Coast

References

  1. ↑ Adolf Engler - "Das Pflanzenreich" Vol. 48 issued 1911
  2. 1 2 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. ↑ Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.
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