Anchomanes Explained

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 roots are perennial. Also, the stalks are spiny and the tuberous rhizomes have eyes.^[3]

Species

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

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=8730 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. Brown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. .