Anchomanes

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Aroideae
Tribus: Nephthytideae
Genus: Anchomanes
Species: A. abbreviatus – A. boehmii – A. dalzielii – A. difformis – A. giganteus – A. nigritianus
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Anchomanes in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 05. Reference page.

Name

Anchomanes Schott, 1853

Type species: Anchomanes hookeri (Kunth) Schott.

References

Schott, H.W., 1853. Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 3: 314

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Anchomanes in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 05. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Anchomanes. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 05 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Anchomanes in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 05.
Tropicos.org 2018. Anchomanes. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 05.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Anchomanes in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Anchomanes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The genus is native to tropical Africa.[1][2]

Anchomanes is quite similar to species in the genera Dracontium and Amorphophallus, but there are a few apparent differences. One such difference is that the plants are perennial. Also, the stalks are spiny and the tuberous rhizomes have eyes.[3]
Species

Anchomanes abbreviatus Engl. - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique
Anchomanes boehmii Engl. - Kigoma region of western Tanzania
Anchomanes dalzielii N.E.Br. - Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Anchomanes difformis (Blume) Engl. - much of tropical Africa from Liberia to Tanzania, south to Angola and Zambia
Anchomanes giganteus Engl. - Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaire, Burundi
Anchomanes nigritianus Rendle - Gabon, Nigeria

References

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.
Brown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 978-0-88192-485-5.