Cercestis

Cercestis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. 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]

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

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

References
  1. Adolf Engler - "Das Pflanzenreich" Vol. 48 issued 1911
  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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