Biology:Anchomanes difformis
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Short description: Species of plant
| Anchomanes difformis | |
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| Specimen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Genus: | Anchomanes |
| Species: | A. difformis
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| Binomial name | |
| Anchomanes difformis (Blume) Engl.
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Anchomanes difformis is a plant found in much of subsaharan Africa and is a member of the arum family, the Araceae.
Description
It is a perennial plant with a very large tuberous rhizome up to 30 cm (12 in) wide and extending along the surface for several metres, up from which spring a cluster of prickly leaves on stout stalks (petioles) more than 3 m (10 ft) in height, with three major divisions of the blade (lamina) bearing many squared-off leaflets. Emerging from this same rhizome are pink spathes 30 cm (12 in) high atop a peduncle up to 75 cm (30 in) in height.[2] The rhizome is exceeded in size only by Nypa fruticans and Dendrocalamus species.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ "Anchomanes difformis" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/84497-1.
- ↑ Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids - Plants of the Arum Family. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 243-244. ISBN 978-1-60469-201-3.
Wikidata ☰ Q4067772 entry
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