346.0000
Family
Podostemaceae Rich. ex Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: ed. qu. 246 (1816), nom. cons.
ca. 50 genera, ca. 370 spp. Latest phylogeny: Ruhfeld et al. (2024) who could include only about half of the genera due to DNA extraction problems from herbarium specimens. There are obviously too many species described because the plastic variability of many species (depending on the site conditions) has been underestimated. Many species are known from only 1-2 locations and are extremely threatened by climate changes, river changes, drought, deforestation and other man-made influences.
Species listed in database: 367
= Marathraceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 60, 62 (1829)
= Philocrenaceae Bong.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 3(2): 87 (1834)
= Tristichaceae Willis; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 43: 51 (1915)
346.3025
Genus
Inversodicraea Engl. ex R.E.Fr.; Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exped. 1911-1912 1: 56 (1914)
Distribution: Tropical Africa. Revision: Cheek et al. (2017)
Species listed in database: 35
species :
Inversodicraea abbayesii
G.Taylor; Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 1: 67 (1953)
Distribution: W-Guinea
22 GUI
Conservation Status: only known from one location
Synonyms: hidden
= Ledermanniella abbayesii (G.Taylor) C.Cusset; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 14: 273 (1974)
species :
Inversodicraea achoundongii
J.J.Schenk, Herschlag & D.W.Thomas; Syst. Bot. 40(2): 542 (2015)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: Known only from one site
species :
Inversodicraea adamesii
G.Taylor; Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 1: 69 (1953)
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau; Sierra Leone
22 GNB SIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Ledermanniella adamesii (G.Taylor) C.Cusset; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 14(2): 273 (1974)
species :
Inversodicraea annithomae
(C.Cusset) Rutish. & Thiv; Pl. Syst. Evol. 283: 72 (2009)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
Conservation Status: only known from type specimen
Synonyms: hidden
= Ledermanniella annithomae C.Cusset; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1983(4): 377 (1983 publ. 1984)
species :
Inversodicraea bosii
(C.Cusset) Rutish. & Thiv; Pl. Syst. Evol. 283: 72 (2009), as ´bossii´
Distribution: SW-Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
Synonyms: hidden
= Ledermanniella bosii C.Cusset; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1983(4): 385 (1983 publ. 1984)
= Inversodicraea bosii (C.Cusset) Cheek; Kew Bull. 71(4): 2 (2016), isonym
species :
Inversodicraea botswana
Cheek; Kew Bull. 75(2)-31: 8 (2020)
Distribution: Botswana
27 BOT
species :
Inversodicraea boumiensis
(C.Cusset) Cheek; Kew Bull. 71(4): 2 (2016)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
Remarks: not Cameroon
Synonyms: hidden
= Ledermanniella boumiensis C.Cusset; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1983(4): 370 (1983 publ. 1984)
species :
Inversodicraea congolana
Hauman; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 17: 179 (1944)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
Conservation Status: only known from two locations
Synonyms: hidden
= Ledermanniella congolana (Hauman) C.Cusset; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 14(2): 273 (1974)
species :
Inversodicraea cristata
Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(1): 274, 276 (1915), et in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 462 (1926)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Remarks: restricted to Cameroon fide Cheek 2017
Synonyms: hidden
= Ledermanniella cristata (Engl.) C.Cusset; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 14(2): 273 (1974)
species :
Inversodicraea cussetiana
(Cheek & Ameka) Cheek; Blumea 2017 preprint 67 (2017)
Distribution: Ivory Coast
22 IVO
Conservation Status: Known only from one site
Synonyms: hidden
= Macropodiella cussetiana Cheek & Ameka; Kew Bull. 71(2)-21: 2 (2016)
species :
Inversodicraea digitata
Hess; Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 63: 363 (1953)
Distribution: SW-Angola
26 ANG
Conservation Status: only known from three locations
Synonyms: hidden
= Ledermanniella digitata (H.E.Hess) C.Cusset; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 14(2): 273 (1974)
species :
Inversodicraea ebo
Cheek; Blumea 62: 125-156 (2017)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: Known only from one site
species :
Inversodicraea eladii
Cheek; Blumea 62: 125-156 (2017)
Distribution: S-Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: Known only from one site
species :
Inversodicraea feika
Cheek; Blumea 62: 125-156 (2017)
Distribution: Sierra Leone
22 SIE
Conservation Status: Known only from one site
species :
Inversodicraea fluitans
Hess; Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 63: 364 (1953)
Distribution: W-Angola
26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Ledermanniella fluitans (H.E.Hess) C.Cusset; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 14(2): 273 (1974)
species :
Inversodicraea gabonensis
(C.Cusset) Cheek; Kew Bull. 71(4): 2 (2016)
Distribution: Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
23 CON GAB
Conservation Status: only known from three locations
Synonyms: hidden
= Ledermanniella gabonensis C.Cusset; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1983(4): 368 (1983 publ. 1984)
species :
Inversodicraea harrisii
(C.Cusset) Cheek; Kew Bull. 71(4): 2 (2016)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone
22 GUI SIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Ledermanniella harrisii C.Cusset; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1983(4): 374 (1983 publ. 1984)
species :
Inversodicraea kamerunensis
Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(1): 274, 276 (1915), et in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 463 (1926)
Distribution: SW-Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN CR (Cameroon). Known only from one site
Synonyms: hidden
= Ledermanniella kamerunensis (Engl.) C.Cusset; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 14(2): 274 (1974)
= Dicraea kamerunensis Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 380 (1909)
species :
Inversodicraea koukoutamba
Cheek; Blumea 2019 preprint 5 (2019)
Distribution: Guinea
22 GUI
species :
Inversodicraea ledermannii
Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(1): 274 (1915), et in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 463 (1926)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast; Cameroon; Gabon; Angola
22 GUI IVO SIE 23 CMN GAB 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Ledermanniella ledermannii (Engl.) C.Cusset; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 14(2): 274 (1974)
= Dicraeia ledermannii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 381 (1909)
species :
Inversodicraea liberia
Cheek; Blumea 62: 125-156 (2017)
Distribution: Liberia
22 LBR
Conservation Status: Known only from type specimen
species :
Inversodicraea mortonii
(C.Cusset) Cheek; Kew Bull. 71(4): 2 (2016)
Distribution: Sierra Leone
22 SIE
Conservation Status: known from two spots, last seen 35 years ago
Synonyms: hidden
= Ledermanniella mortonii C.Cusset; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1983(4): 368 (1983 publ. 1984)
species :
Inversodicraea ntemensis
(Y.Kita, Koi, Rutish. & M.Kato) J.J.Schenk, Herschlag & D.W.Thomas; Syst. Bot. 40(2): 542 (2015)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN CR (Cameroon)
Synonyms: hidden
= Ledermanniella ntemensis Y.Kita, Koi, Rutish. & M.Kato; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 59(3): 224 (2008)
species :
Inversodicraea paulsitae
(C.Cusset) Cheek; Kew Bull. 71(4): 2 (2016)
Distribution: Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
23 CON GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Ledermanniella paulsitae C.Cusset; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1983(4): 378 (1983 publ. 1984)
species :
Inversodicraea pepehabae
Cheek; Kew Bull. 71(4): 3 (2016)
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau
22 GNB
Conservation Status: Known only from one site
species :
Inversodicraea pygmaea
G.Taylor; Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 1: 72 (1953)
Distribution: Guinea
22 GUI
Conservation Status: only known from one location
Synonyms: hidden
= Ledermaniella pygmaea (G.Taylor) C.Cusset; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 14(2): 274 (1974), non L. pygmaea (Pellegr.) C. Cusset
= Ledermanniella taylorii C.Cusset; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1983(4): 376 (1983 publ. 1984), nom. nov.
species :
Inversodicraea senei
Cheek; Kew Bull. 75(2)-31: 2 (2020)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
species :
Inversodicraea tanzaniensis
Cheek; Kew Bull. 75(2)-31: 5 (2020)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Inversodicraea tassing
Cheek; Blumea 2019 preprint 10 (2019)
Distribution: Guinea
22 GUI
species :
Inversodicraea tchoutoi
Cheek; Blumea 62: 149 (2017)
Distribution: S-Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: Known only from one site
species :
Inversodicraea tenax
(C.H.Wright) Engl. ex R.E.Fr.; Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exped. 1911-1912 1: 56 (1914)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana
23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Ledermanniella tenax (C.H.Wright) C.Cusset; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 14(2): 275 (1974)
= Dicraeia tenax C.H.Wright; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6(1): 125 (1909)
species :
Inversodicraea thollonii
(C.Cusset) Cheek; Kew Bull. 71(4): 2 (2016)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
Conservation Status: Known only from one site
Synonyms: hidden
= Ledermanniella thollonii (Baill.) C.Cusset; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1983(4): 388 (1983 publ. 1984)
= Podostemum thollonii Baill.; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 877 (1890)
species :
Inversodicraea torrei
(C.Cusset) Cheek; Kew Bull. 71(4): 2 (2016)
Distribution: Mozambique
26 MOZ
Conservation Status: Known only from one site
Synonyms: hidden
= Ledermanniella torrei C.Cusset; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1983(4): 386 (1983 publ. 1984)
species :
Inversodicraea warmingiana
(Gilg) Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(1): 274 (1915), et in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 462 (1926)
Distribution: W-Angola; ?N-Namibia
26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Sphaerothylax warmingiana Gilg; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 6, 11(1): 17 (1901), et in Kunene-Sambesi-Exped. [Warburg] 240
= Ledermanniella warmingiana (Gilg) C.Cusset; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 14(2): 175 (1974)
species :
Inversodicraea xanderi
Cheek; Blumea 62: 125-156 (2017)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: Known only from one site
