Inversodicraea Explained

Inversodicraea are a genus of flowering plants in the family Podostemaceae, found in Africa. They are confined to areas that receive a spray of water from waterfalls, and some species are confined to a single waterfall.^[1]

Species

Currently accepted species include:^[2]

• Inversodicraea abbayesii G.Taylor
• Inversodicraea achoundongii J.J.Schenk, Herschlag & D.W.Thomas
• Inversodicraea adamesii G.Taylor
• Inversodicraea annithomae (C.Cusset) Rutish. & Thiv
• Inversodicraea boumiensis (C.Cusset) Cheek
• Inversodicraea congolana Hauman
• Inversodicraea cristata Engl.
• Inversodicraea cussetiana (Cheek & Ameka) Cheek
• Inversodicraea digitata H.E.Hess
• Inversodicraea ebo Cheek
• Inversodicraea eladii Cheek
• Inversodicraea feika Cheek
• Inversodicraea fluitans H.E.Hess
• Inversodicraea gabonensis (C.Cusset) Cheek
• Inversodicraea harrisii (C.Cusset) Cheek
• Inversodicraea kamerunensis (Engl.) Engl.
• Inversodicraea koukoutamba Cheek
• Inversodicraea ledermannii (Engl.) Engl.
• Inversodicraea liberia Cheek
• Inversodicraea mortonii (C.Cusset) Cheek
• Inversodicraea ntemensis (Y.Kita, Koi, Rutish. & M.Kato) J.J.Schenk, Herschlag & D.W.Thomas
• Inversodicraea paulsitae (C.Cusset) Cheek
• Inversodicraea pepehabae Cheek
• Inversodicraea pygmaea G.Taylor
• Inversodicraea tassing Cheek
• Inversodicraea tchoutoi Cheek
• Inversodicraea tenax (C.H.Wright) Engl. ex R.E.Fr.
• Inversodicraea thollonii (Baill.) Cheek
• Inversodicraea torrei (C.Cusset) Cheek
• Inversodicraea warmingiana (Gilg) Engl.
• Inversodicraea xanderi Cheek

Notes and References

1. 10.3767/blumea.2017.62.02.07 . A synoptic revision of Inversodicraea (Podostemaceae) . 2017 . Cheek . M. . Feika . A. . Lebbie . A. . Goyder . D. . Tchiengue . B. . Sene . O. . Tchouto . P. . Van Der Burgt . X. . Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants . 62 . 2 . 125–156 .
2. Web site: Inversodicraea Engl. ex R.E.Fr. . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 16 July 2020 .