''Anchomanes'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of flowering plants in the

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

Araceae The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe (or leaf-like bract). Also ...

. The genus is native to tropical Africa. ''Anchomanes'' is quite similar to species in the genera ''

Dracontium ''Dracontium'' is a genus of flowering plants similar to those of '' Amorphophallus''. Unlike ''Amorphophallus'' which is found in the Old World, this genus has a New World distribution and is native to South America, Central America, southern Me ...

'' and ''

Amorphophallus ''Amorphophallus'' is a large genus of some 200 tropical and subtropical tuberous herbaceous plants from the arum family (Araceae), native to Asia, Africa, Australia and various oceanic islands. The genus includes the Titan arum (''A. titanum'') ...

,'' 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 tropical Africa from Liberia to Tanzania, south to Angola and Zambia #'' Anchomanes giganteus'' Engl. - Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaire, Burundi #'' Anchomanes nigritianus'' Rendle - Gabon, Nigeria

References

Aroideae Araceae genera {{Araceae-stub