Cercestis Explained

Cercestis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The species in this genus are all climbers and are native to Africa.^{[1] [2]} At intervals along the stem they produce long leafless shoots called flagella. Many of the species in Cersestis show signs of fenestration.^[3]

Species

• Cercestis afzelii Schott - tropical West Africa from Senegal to Nigeria
• Cercestis camerunensis (Ntépé-Nyamè) Bogner - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon
• Cercestis congoensis Engl. -Angola, Zaire, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Central African Republic, Cameroon
• Cercestis dinklagei Engl. - Zaire, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Cameroon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast
• Cercestis hepperi Jongkind - Liberia
• Cercestis ivorensis A.Chev - Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Gabon
• Cercestis kamerunianus (Engl.) N.E.Br. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon
• Cercestis mirabilis (N.E.Br.) Bogner - tropical West Africa from Benin to Angola
• Cercestis sagittatus Engl. - Liberia, Ivory Coast
• Cercestis taiensis Bogner & Knecht - Liberia, Ivory Coast

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=37201 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. 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.
3. Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. .