Anchomanes
''Anchomanes'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The genus is native to tropical Africa. ''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 rhizome In botany and dendrology, a rhizome ( ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and Shoot (botany), shoots from its Node (botany), nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from ...s have eyes.Brown, Deni (2000). ''Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family''. Timber Press. . 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 tr ...
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