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Marantochloa purpurea (Ridl.) Milne-Redh. [family MARANTACEAE]

Date Updated: 5 February 2007

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
Marantochloa purpurea (Ridl.) Milne-Redh. [family MARANTACEAE], l.c. 21 (1950); and in F.T.E.A. Marantac. 6, fig. 2; Schnell in Bull. I.F.A.N. 19: 1128, 1131; Mangenot in Ic. Pl. Afr., I.F.A.N. 7: 160 (1965); Koechlin in Fl. Gabon 9: 125, t. 27, and in Fl. Cam. 4: 129, t. 26. Clinogyne purpurea Ridl. [family MARANTACEAE], in Bot25: 132 (1887) C. baumannii K. Schum. [family ], in Engl., Pflanzenr4, 48: 63 (1902) Donax cuspidata [family ], of F.T.A7: 315, partly, not of K Schum Marantochloa flexuosa [family MARANTACEAE], of F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 338, partly.
Information
Aswamp forestherb 4-8 ft. high; bracts pale pink; petals and outer staminodes deep purple (pink in Congo and Uganda plants), with stamen appendage and inner staminode yellow; fruits scarlet.
Habitat
swamp forest
Distribution
S. L.: Heddle's Farm, Freetown (Dec.) Sc.Iv. C.: Mt. Tonkoui, Man (Feb., Mar.) Aké Assi 7357! Leeuwenberg 2938!Ghana: Apapam, Kibbi (Dec.) Morton GC 8151! Offinso, Kumasi (Nov.) Darko 643! Bame Krause! Mpraeso (May) Robertson K7! Mt. Equanema, Southern Scarp F.R. (Nov.) Foggie FH 4934! Swedru (Feb.) Dalz. 8290!Togo Rep.: Lomé Warnecke 453!N. Nig.: Lokoja (Mar.) Shaw 7! Dogon Kurmi, Jemaa Dist. (Nov.) Keay FHI 21043! Matyoro Lakes, Gombe Div. (Apr). Thornewill 61! Gangumi, Gashaka Dist. (Dec.) Latilo 8 Daramola FHI 28860!S. Nig.: Lagos Millen 141! Owo (fl. 8 fr. May) Stanfield 108! Angiama Barter 97! Bashi-Okwango F.R., Obudu (Apr.) Latilo FHI 30913! Oban Rock (Mar.) Coombe 184! Abakaliki Dist. (Mar.) Kitson!W. Cam.: Johann-Albrechtshöhe (= Kumba) Staudt 485! Bambuko F.R., Kumba Dist. (fl. 8 fr. Jan.) Keay FHI 37433! Nkambe to Wum (Feb.) Hepper 1917!
Distribution (external)
E. Cameroun Congo Sudan Uganda Tanzania

Date Updated: 5 February 2007

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
Marantochloa purpurea (Ridl.) Milne-Redh. [family MARANTACEAE], l.c. 21 (1950); and in F.T.E.A. Marantac. 6, fig. 2; Schnell in Bull. I.F.A.N. 19: 1128, 1131; Mangenot in Ic. Pl. Afr., I.F.A.N. 7: 160 (1965); Koechlin in Fl. Gabon 9: 125, t. 27, and in Fl. Cam. 4: 129, t. 26. Clinogyne purpurea Ridl. [family MARANTACEAE], in Bot25: 132 (1887) C. baumannii K. Schum. [family ], in Engl., Pflanzenr4, 48: 63 (1902) Donax cuspidata [family ], of F.T.A7: 315, partly, not of K Schum Marantochloa flexuosa [family MARANTACEAE], of F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 338, partly.
Information
Aswamp forestherb 4-8 ft. high; bracts pale pink; petals and outer staminodes deep purple (pink in Congo and Uganda plants), with stamen appendage and inner staminode yellow; fruits scarlet.
Habitat
swamp forest
Distribution
S. L.: Heddle's Farm, Freetown (Dec.) Sc.Iv. C.: Mt. Tonkoui, Man (Feb., Mar.) Aké Assi 7357! Leeuwenberg 2938!Ghana: Apapam, Kibbi (Dec.) Morton GC 8151! Offinso, Kumasi (Nov.) Darko 643! Bame Krause! Mpraeso (May) Robertson K7! Mt. Equanema, Southern Scarp F.R. (Nov.) Foggie FH 4934! Swedru (Feb.) Dalz. 8290!Togo Rep.: Lomé Warnecke 453!N. Nig.: Lokoja (Mar.) Shaw 7! Dogon Kurmi, Jemaa Dist. (Nov.) Keay FHI 21043! Matyoro Lakes, Gombe Div. (Apr). Thornewill 61! Gangumi, Gashaka Dist. (Dec.) Latilo 8 Daramola FHI 28860!S. Nig.: Lagos Millen 141! Owo (fl. 8 fr. May) Stanfield 108! Angiama Barter 97! Bashi-Okwango F.R., Obudu (Apr.) Latilo FHI 30913! Oban Rock (Mar.) Coombe 184! Abakaliki Dist. (Mar.) Kitson!W. Cam.: Johann-Albrechtshöhe (= Kumba) Staudt 485! Bambuko F.R., Kumba Dist. (fl. 8 fr. Jan.) Keay FHI 37433! Nkambe to Wum (Feb.) Hepper 1917!
Distribution (external)
E. Cameroun Congo Sudan Uganda Tanzania

Date Updated: 5 February 2007

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
Marantochloa purpurea (Ridl.) Milne-Redh. [family MARANTACEAE], l.c. 21 (1950); and in F.T.E.A. Marantac. 6, fig. 2; Schnell in Bull. I.F.A.N. 19: 1128, 1131; Mangenot in Ic. Pl. Afr., I.F.A.N. 7: 160 (1965); Koechlin in Fl. Gabon 9: 125, t. 27, and in Fl. Cam. 4: 129, t. 26. Clinogyne purpurea Ridl. [family MARANTACEAE], in Bot25: 132 (1887) C. baumannii K. Schum. [family ], in Engl., Pflanzenr4, 48: 63 (1902) Donax cuspidata [family ], of F.T.A7: 315, partly, not of K Schum Marantochloa flexuosa [family MARANTACEAE], of F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 338, partly.
Information
Aswamp forestherb 4-8 ft. high; bracts pale pink; petals and outer staminodes deep purple (pink in Congo and Uganda plants), with stamen appendage and inner staminode yellow; fruits scarlet.
Habitat
swamp forest
Distribution
S. L.: Heddle's Farm, Freetown (Dec.) Sc.Iv. C.: Mt. Tonkoui, Man (Feb., Mar.) Aké Assi 7357! Leeuwenberg 2938!Ghana: Apapam, Kibbi (Dec.) Morton GC 8151! Offinso, Kumasi (Nov.) Darko 643! Bame Krause! Mpraeso (May) Robertson K7! Mt. Equanema, Southern Scarp F.R. (Nov.) Foggie FH 4934! Swedru (Feb.) Dalz. 8290!Togo Rep.: Lomé Warnecke 453!N. Nig.: Lokoja (Mar.) Shaw 7! Dogon Kurmi, Jemaa Dist. (Nov.) Keay FHI 21043! Matyoro Lakes, Gombe Div. (Apr). Thornewill 61! Gangumi, Gashaka Dist. (Dec.) Latilo 8 Daramola FHI 28860!S. Nig.: Lagos Millen 141! Owo (fl. 8 fr. May) Stanfield 108! Angiama Barter 97! Bashi-Okwango F.R., Obudu (Apr.) Latilo FHI 30913! Oban Rock (Mar.) Coombe 184! Abakaliki Dist. (Mar.) Kitson!W. Cam.: Johann-Albrechtshöhe (= Kumba) Staudt 485! Bambuko F.R., Kumba Dist. (fl. 8 fr. Jan.) Keay FHI 37433! Nkambe to Wum (Feb.) Hepper 1917!
Distribution (external)
E. Cameroun Congo Sudan Uganda Tanzania
Marantochloa purpurea (Ridl.) Milne-Redh. [family MARANTACEAE]
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