''Sarcophrynium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family

Marantaceae The Marantaceae are a family, the arrowroot family, or the prayer plant family, of flowering plants consisting of 31 genera and around 530 species, defining it as one of the most species-rich families in its order. Kennedy, H. (2000). “Diversif ...

indigenous to tropical

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. It was described as a genus in 1902. ; Species * '' Sarcophrynium bisubulatum'' (K.Schum.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) -

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* '' Sarcophrynium brachystachyum'' (Benth.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - C + W Africa * '' Sarcophrynium congolense'' Loes. in G.W.J.Mildbraed (ed.) -

* '' Sarcophrynium prionogonium'' (K.Schum.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - C + W Africa * '' Sarcophrynium schweinfurthianum'' (Kuntze) Milne-Redh. - C + E Africa * '' Sarcophrynium villosum'' (Benth.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - Gabon

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