Cercestis

Cercestis
	Cercestis mirabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Subfamily:	Aroideae
Tribe:	Culcasieae
Genus:	Cercestis; Schott
Synonyms
	Alocasiophyllum Engl.; Rhektophyllum N.E.Br;

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

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

References

1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
↑ 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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[oi90sdifa9sdfja0sdjf0asdf0ajsd-1] 1 2 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. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.

Cercestis

Cercestis mirabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Subfamily:	Aroideae
Tribe:	Culcasieae
Genus:	Cercestis Schott
Synonyms
Alocasiophyllum Engl. Rhektophyllum N.E.Br