Aframomum of Sangha

Identification Aframomum species in the Sangha Trinational Area, central Africa

NOTES ON EAST AFRICAN ZINGIBERACEAE

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1984
Authors:J. M. Lock
Journal:Kew Bulletin
Volume:39
Pagination:837-844
Abstract:

Notes on members of the family Zingiberaceae in the area included in the Flora of tropical East Africa are given. Three new species of Aframomum are described: A. orientale from coastal Tanzania, A. verrucosum from lakeside forests in Uganda and Tanzania, and A. albiflorum from Malawi. Two new combinations are made in Siphonochilus, and notes are given on 4 spp. of Costus.

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