Aneilema

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Aneilema
Aneilema aequinoctiale.jpg
Aneilema aequinoctiale flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
(unranked):
Commelinids
Order:
Commelinales
Family:
Commelinaceae
Subfamily:
Commelinoideae
Tribe:
Commelineae
Genus:
Aneilema

R.Br.
Type species
A. biflorum
R.Br.
Synonyms[1]
  • Lamprodithyros Hassk.
  • Bauschia Seub. ex Warm.
  • Amelina C.B.Clarke
  • Phaeneilema G.Brückn.
  • Ballya Brenan

Aneilema is a genus of monocotyledonous plants of approximately 60 species.[2] The vast majority of the species are native to sub-Saharan Africa, but a few are found in Oceania and one, , is from South America.[1] It is the third largest genus in the family Commelinaceae after Commelina and Tradescantia, and it is one of only six genera in the family to occur in both the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere.[2]

Aneilema consists of herbs that may be either perennial or annual. They are characterised by their zygomorphic flowers which, unlike the closely related genus Commelina, usually lack a modified leaf enclosing the flower stalk at maturity. The uppermost leaf on the flowering stalk is often highly modified, however, and in a few species, such as , the upper leaf does completely surround the inflorescence. The flowering stalks of Aneilema tend to be much larger than those of Commelina, with some species having inflorescences of more than 25 cm in length, although some are as short as 2 cm.[2]

Species[1]
  • Aneilema acuminatum R.Br. - New Guinea, Maluku, Solomon Islands, Queensland, New South Wales
  • Aneilema aequinoctiale P.Beauv. - tropical + southern Africa
  • Koord. - Java
  • C.B.Clarke - Angola
  • H.Perrier - Madagascar
  • Faden - KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique
  • Chiov. - Somalia
  • (P.Beauv.) Kunth - tropical Africa
  • Aneilema biflorum R.Br. - Queensland, New South Wales
  • C.B.Clarke - Brazil, Venezuela
  • Faden - Kenya, Tanzania
  • Faden - Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa
  • Brenan - Kenya, Tanzania
  • Brenan - Zambia, Tanzania
  • Rendle - Kenya, Tanzania
  • Brenan - Malawi, Tanzania
  • Kunth - Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa; naturalized in Vietnam
  • Faden - Kenya
  • Kunth - Ethiopia, Sudan, Djibouti, Yemen, Oman, Saudi Arabia
  • Brenan - Ethiopia, Kenya
  • Faden - Ethiopia
  • A.Rich. - eastern Africa from Ethiopia to Zambia
  • De Wild - eastern + southern Africa
  • De Wild - Zaïre
  • Faden - eastern + southern Africa
  • K.Schum. - eastern + southern Africa
  • Faden - Kenya, Somalia
  • Benth. - tropical Africa
  • K.Schum. - eastern + central Africa
  • Faden - Somalia
  • Faden - Northern Province of South Africa
  • T.C.E.Fr. - Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia
  • Faden - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • Brenan - Ghana, Togo
  • Schltr. - Vanuatu, New Caledonia
  • C.B.Clarke - eastern + southern Africa
  • C.B.Clarke - southeastern Africa
  • Chiov. - Somalia
  • A.Chev. - western Africa
  • C.B.Clarke - southeastern Africa
  • (Hassk.) C.B.Clarke - eastern + southeastern Africa
  • K.Schum. - Zaïre, Zambia, Angola
  • Stanf. & Brenan - Nigeria, Niger, Togo, Benin, Ghana
  • Chiov. - Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia
  • Faden - Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania
  • C.B.Clarke - Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania
  • Brenan - Zaïre, Zambia, Tanzania
  • K.Schum. - Zimbabwe, Transvaal, Swaziland
  • F.Muell. - Queensland
  • Faden - Kenya, Ethiopia
  • A.Chev. - western Africa
  • R.Br. - Queensland, Northern Territory
  • Aneilema silvaticum Brenan - Nigeria, Togo, Cameroon, Bioko, Zaïre
  • C.B.Clarke - Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia
  • C.B.Clarke - eastern Africa
  • Faden - Kenya
  • Faden - Kwale District of Kenya
  • C.B.Clarke - Kenya, Tanzania
  • Faden - Zaïre, Zambia, Tanzania
  • Faden - Somalia
  • Aneilema umbrosum (Vahl) Kunth - tropical Africa; tropical South America, Trinidad, Costa Rica, Panama
  • Faden - Usambara Mountains of Tanzania
  • C.B.Clarke - central + southern Africa
  • Faden - Yemen
  • Chiov. ex Chiarugi - - Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, KwaZulu-Natal

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ a b c Faden, Robert (1991), "The Morphology and Taxonomy of Aneilema R. Brown (Commelinaceae)" (PDF), Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press (76): 1–166, doi:10.5479/si.0081024X.76

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