Stylochaeton Explained
Stylochaeton is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae that is native to Africa.[1] [2] Stylochaeton are rhizomatous with hastate leaves. Flowering in this genus is said to be quite uncommon.[3] Stylochaeton is the sole genus in the tribe Stylochaetoneae. [4]
Species
- Stylochaeton angolense Engl. - Angola
- Stylochaeton bogneri Mayo - Kenya, Tanzania
- Stylochaeton borumense N.E.Br. - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia
- Stylochaeton crassispathum Bogner - Tanzania
- Stylochaeton cuculliferum Peter - Zaïre, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi
- Stylochaeton euryphyllum Mildbr. - Tanzania, Mozambique
- Stylochaeton grande N.E.Br. - Somalia
- Stylochaeton hypogeum Lepr. - Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Senegal, Nigeria, Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan
- Stylochaeton kornasii Malaisse & Bamps - Zaïre
- Stylochaeton lancifolium Kotschy & Peyr. - Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
- Stylochaeton malaissei Bogner - Zaïre
- Stylochaeton milneanum Mayo - Tanzania
- Stylochaeton natalense Schott - Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, northern South Africa
- Stylochaeton oligocarpum Riedl. - Ogaden region of eastern Ethiopia
- Stylochaeton pilosum Bogner - Sierra Leone
- Stylochaeton puberulum N.E.Br. - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Stylochaeton salaamicum N.E.Br. - Kenya, Tanzania
- Stylochaeton shabaense Malaisse & Bamps - Zaïre
- Stylochaeton tortispathum Bogner & Haigh - Mozambique
- Stylochaeton zenkeri Engl - Zaïre, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Sierra Leone
Notes and References
- http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=198347 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, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. .
- Book: Mayo . Simon . Bogner . Justin . Boyce . Peter . The Genera of Araceae . January 1997 . Royal Botanic Gardens Kew . 1-900347-22-9.