Anchomanes difformis

Anchomanes difformis
Specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Anchomanes
Species:
A. difformis
Binomial name
Anchomanes difformis
Synonyms[1]
  • Amorphophallus difformis Blume
  • Anchomanes difformis var. welwitschii (Rendle) Engl.
  • Anchomanes dubius Schott
  • Anchomanes hookeri (Kunth) Schott
  • Anchomanes hookeri var. pallidus Hook.
  • Anchomanes obtusus A.Chev.
  • Anchomanes petiolatus (Hook.) Hutch.
  • Anchomanes welwitschii Rendle
  • Caladium petiolatum Hook.
  • Cyrtosperma congoensis L.Linden
  • Pythonium hookeri Kunth
  • Sauromatum ferox Linden ex Engl.

Anchomanes difformis is a plant found in much of subsaharan Africa and is a member of the arum family, the Araceae.

Description

It is a perennial plant with a very large tuberous rhizome up to 30 cm (12 in) wide and extending along the surface for several metres, up from which spring a cluster of prickly leaves on stout stalks (petioles) more than 3 m (10 ft) in height, with three major divisions of the blade (lamina) bearing many squared-off leaflets. Emerging from this same rhizome are pink spathes 30 cm (12 in) high atop a peduncle up to 75 cm (30 in) in height.[2] The rhizome is exceeded in size only by Nypa fruticans and Dendrocalamus species.

References

  1. ^ "Anchomanes difformis". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  2. ^ Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids - Plants of the Arum Family. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 243–244. ISBN 978-1-60469-201-3.


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