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Aframomum limbatum

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Name

Identification
Aframomum limbatum (Oliv. & D.Hanb.) K.Schum. [family ZINGIBERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Kew, 1966
Related name
  • Amomum limbatum
  • Aframomum limbatum

Flora

Entry for Aframomum limbatum (Oliv. & Hanb.) K. Schum [family ZINGIBERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 1,
Names
Aframomum limbatum (Oliv. & Hanb.) K. Schum [family ZINGIBERACEAE], . l.c. 215 (1904); Koechlin in Fl. Babon 9: 37, and in Fl. Cam. 4: 50
Amomum limbatum Oliv. & Hanb. [family ZINGIBERACEAE], in JLinnSoc7: 110 (1864); Baker in Hook., IcPlt2482; F.T.A7: 305
Aframomum lycobasis K. Schum. [family ZINGIBERACEAE], l.c(1904); F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 331.
Information
A tallforestherb with leafy shoots up to 15 ft. high, with creeping rhizomes and short bracteate inflorescences, labellum pale purple.
Habitat
forest
Distribution
S. Nig.: Usonigbe F.R., Benin (Feb.) Onochie FHI 31932! Meikle 577! Nyaje, Oban Dist. (Mar.) Onochie 36446x! Oban Talbot 95! Richards 3902!W. Cam.: Johann-Albrechtshöhe (= Kumba) (fl. 8 fr. Mar.) Staudt. 680!F. Po: Mann 99! 1171!
Distribution (external)
Gabon
Notes
[A. biauriculatum K. Schum., tentatively included as a synonym of this species in Ed. 1, should be deleted, even though the type is apparently destroyed, as there is no evidence from the description that it is likely to be synonymous-F.N.H.]

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