Biology:Afroligusticum elliotii

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Afroligusticum elliotii
Afroligusticum elliotii (Isotype).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Afroligusticum
Species:
A. elliotii
Binomial name
Afroligusticum elliotii
(Engl.) C.Norman (1934)[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • M.Hiroe (1979) Engl. (1921)
  • Afroligusticum chaerophylloides Peucedanum elliotii
  • C.Norman (1927) Peucedanum normanii

Afroligusticum elliotii is a member of the carrot family, Apiaceae. It is a perennial tuber, native to bamboo forests in west Tropical Africa.[2] An endangered species, A. elliotii is most commonly found near Lake Kivu in Rwanda, but it has been observed as far north as Lake Albert in Uganda and as far south as Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania.[3]

Afroligusticum elliotii is the type species of the genus Afroligusticum, and was the sole species in the genus until a broad reclassification of African peucedanoids in 2008.[4]

Afroligusticum elliotii grows between 0.5 and 1.3 meters high, and possesses small green flowers.[2]

References

  1. Amani, C.; Kalema, J.; Nshutiyayesu, S.; Ntore, S. (2022). "Afroligusticum elliotii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T154235483A154387851. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T154235483A154387851.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/154235483/154387851. Retrieved 29 May 2023. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Afroligusticum elliotii (Engl.) C.Norman", Plants of the World Online (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:837361-1, retrieved 2022-12-18 
  3. "Afroligusticum elliotii". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/3634123. 
  4. Winter, Pieter J. D.; Magee, Anthony R.; Phephu, Nonkululo; Tilney, Patricia M.; Downie, Stephen R.; Van Wyk, Ben-Erik (2008), "A new generic classification for African peucedanoid species (Apiaceae)", Taxon 57 (2): 347–364, doi:10.2307/25066009 


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