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Amorphophallus lewallei Malaisse & Bamps (1993:175)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Possibly extinct in the wild (Ntore et al., 2017)

Last record: 1972 (Ntore et al., 2017)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct in the Wild)

 

Distribution

Rusizi Plain, western Burundi

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.br0000008644435

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Malaisse, F. and Bamps, P. (1993). Amorphophallus (Araceae) nouveaux d'Afrique centrale. Bulletin Du Jardin Botanique National De Belgique 62: 175-180.

 

Other references:

Govaerts, R. and Frodin, D. G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.

Ittenbach, S. (2003). Revision der Afrikanischen arten der gattung Amorphophallus (Araceae). Englera 25: 1-263.

Ntore, S., Beentje, H. J., Gereau, R., Kabuye, C., Kalema, J., Luke, W. R. Q., Maunder, M., Mwangoka, M. and Nshutiyayesu, S. (2017). Amorphophallus lewallei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T70380486A97241967. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T70380486A97241967.en. Accessed on 05 July 2022.

Ntore, S., Fischer, E. and Sosef, M. S. M. (2018). Red List of the endemic and range-restricted vascular plants of Burundi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 58: 1-215.

 

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