''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
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
. It was described as a genus in 1902.
; Species
* ''
Sarcophrynium bisubulatum''
(K.Schum.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) -
Zaïre
Zaire, officially the Republic of Zaire, was the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971 to 18 May 1997. Located in Central Africa, it was, by area, the third-largest country in Africa after Sudan and Algeria, and the 11th-la ...
* ''
Sarcophrynium brachystachyum''
(Benth.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - C + W Africa
* ''
Sarcophrynium congolense''
Loes. in G.W.J.Mildbraed (ed.) -
Zaïre
Zaire, officially the Republic of Zaire, was the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971 to 18 May 1997. Located in Central Africa, it was, by area, the third-largest country in Africa after Sudan and Algeria, and the 11th-la ...
* ''
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
References
Zingiberales genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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