Culcasia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to tropical Africa.[1][3] Most of its species are climbers and resemble Cercestis, except that they do not produce flagella.[4]
Species[1]
Culcasia angolensis Welw. ex Schott - western + central Africa from Senegal to Angola
Culcasia parviflora N.E.Br. - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre
Culcasia rotundifolia Bogner - Gabon
Culcasia sanagensis Ntépé-Nyamè - Cameroon
Culcasia scandens P.Beauv. - western + central Africa from Liberia to Angola
Culcasia seretii De Wild - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre
Culcasia simiarum Ntépé-Nyamè - western Africa from Ivory Coast to Cameroon
Culcasia striolata Engl. - western + central Africa from Liberia to Congo-Brazzaville
Culcasia tenuifolia Engl. - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre
Culcasia yangambiensis Louis & Mullend. - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre
^ abcdKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^Adolf Engler - Book "Das Pflanzenreich" issued 1920
^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.
^Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.
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