- Family: Araceae Juss.
- Genus: Anchomanes Schott
Anchomanes giganteus Engl.
- Genus: Anchomanes Schott
This species is accepted, and its native range is W. Central Tropical Africa.
Descriptions
According to CATE Araceae
[CATE]CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011. araceae.e-monocot.org
- Diagnostic
- Spathe about 3 ft. long.
- Distribution
- South Central. Congo Free State: Umanghi Island in the Congo, Laurent.
- General Description
- Tuber very large. LEAF present at the time of flowering, about 31/2 ft. diam.; petiole attaining a height of 8 ft., prickly; the 3 primary divisions of the leaf 2-3-pinnatisect, lowest segments subtripartite, following segments pinnatisect, with 2-3 pairs of leaflets, ultimate segments much larger and bipinnatisect; lowest of the tertiary segments ovate-lanceolate, subacute; middle pinnatipartite, with about 2 pairs of leaflets; ultimate pinnatipartite, with about 3 pairs of leaflets. Leaflets obliquely oblong-lanceolate, decurrent on the rhachis. INFLORESCENCE: Peduncle 5-51/2 ft. long, prickly. Spathe 3 ft. long, elongated-lanceolate, scarcely acuminate. Spadix sessile; female part 3-4 in. long; male part 6-8 in. long, 3/4-11/6 in. thick. Ovary shortly ovoid; style tuberculate.
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Distribution
Other Data
Anchomanes giganteus Engl. appears in other Kew resources:
Herbarium Catalogue (2 records)
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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Jan 1, 1973 | Jean Louis [7084], Zaïre | K000499338 | ||
Dec 16, 1937 | Jean Louis [7084], Congo | K000499337 |
Bibliography
First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 419 (1899)
Accepted by
- Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
- Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
- 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.
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
- Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
Sources
CATE Araceae
Haigh, A., Clark, B., Reynolds, L., Mayo, S.J., Croat, T.B., Lay, L., Boyce, P.C., Mora, M., Bogner, J., Sellaro, M., Wong, S.Y., Kostelac, C., Grayum, M.H., Keating, R.C., Ruckert, G., Naylor, M.F. and Hay, A., CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011.
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