The Search for Champion Lianas: The Largest Lianas on Six Continents

Stefan A. Schnitzer; Begüm Kaçamak; Isaac Zombo; Vivek Pandi; Patrick Addo-Fordjour; Ya Jun Chen; Alfredo Di Filippo; Warren Y. Brockelman; Anuttara Nathalang; Ernesto Gianoli; Maria M. Garcia Leon; Boris Bernal; Emma Mackintosh; Geertje van der Heijden; Hideki Mori; Christopher J. Davis; Jacob D.J. Peters; Rahmad B. Zakaria; Guillermo Ibarra-Manríquez; Santiago Sinaca-Colín; Wirong Chanthorn; Gabriel A. Dabo; Francis E. Putz; Andrew R. Marshall; David M. DeFilippis; Felipe Mello; Annik Schnitzler; Christian Dronneau; Naveen Babu Kanda; Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy; Hannes P.T. De Deurwaerder

doi:10.1111/btp.70119

The Search for Champion Lianas: The Largest Lianas on Six Continents

Stefan A. Schnitzer^*
, Begüm Kaçamak
, Isaac Zombo
, Vivek Pandi
, Patrick Addo-Fordjour
, Ya Jun Chen
, Alfredo Di Filippo
, Warren Y. Brockelman
, Anuttara Nathalang
, Ernesto Gianoli
, Maria M. Garcia Leon
, Boris Bernal
, Emma Mackintosh
, Geertje van der Heijden
, Hideki Mori
, Christopher J. Davis
, Jacob D.J. Peters
, Rahmad B. Zakaria
, Guillermo Ibarra-Manríquez
, Santiago Sinaca-Colín

Wirong Chanthorn, Gabriel A. Dabo, Francis E. Putz, Andrew R. Marshall, David M. DeFilippis, Felipe Mello, Annik Schnitzler, Christian Dronneau, Naveen Babu Kanda, Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy, Hannes P.T. De Deurwaerder

^*Corresponding author for this work

Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences, Manipal

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Abstract

Determining species' maximum sizes provides valuable insights into their ecology, natural history, and potential ecosystem contributions. Using both plot-based and forest-wide surveys on six continents, we document the largest “Champion” liana ever recorded (866 mm diameter) from an African forest, as well as continental Champions Lianas from around the world.

Original language	English
Article number	e70119
Journal	Biotropica
Volume	57
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70119
Publication status	Published - 11-2025

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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Schnitzer, S. A., Kaçamak, B., Zombo, I., Pandi, V., Addo-Fordjour, P., Chen, Y. J., Di Filippo, A., Brockelman, W. Y., Nathalang, A., Gianoli, E., Garcia Leon, M. M., Bernal, B., Mackintosh, E., van der Heijden, G., Mori, H., Davis, C. J., Peters, J. D. J., Zakaria, R. B., Ibarra-Manríquez, G., ... De Deurwaerder, H. P. T. (2025). The Search for Champion Lianas: The Largest Lianas on Six Continents. Biotropica, 57(6), Article e70119. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70119

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