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Amorphophallus goetzei

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Name

Identification
Amorphophallus anguineus Peter [family ARACEAE ] Verified by Ittenbach, S., Amorphophallus goetzei (Engl.) N.E.Br. [family ARACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Amorphophallus petitianus
  • Hydrosme goetzei
  • Amorphophallus goetzei
  • Amorphophallus anguineus

Flora

Entry for AMORPHOPHALLUS Goetzei N. E. Br. [family ARACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 8, page 137, (1902) Author: (By N. E. Brown.)
Names
AMORPHOPHALLUS Goetzei N. E. Br. [family ARACEAE]
Hydrosme Goetzei Engl. [family ARACEAE], Jahrb. xxviii. 355.
Information
Tuber depressed, about 3 1/4 in. diam. Cataphyllary leaves 3–4 in. long, nearly as long as the peduncle, which is 4–4 3/4 in. long. Spathe green outside; tube 2 1/3–2 3/4 in. long and about 3 1/4 in. in diam., obliquely campanulate, densely covered with short filiform processes inside; limb 4 3/4–6 in. long and 4 in. broad, oblong-ovate, obtuse, undulated, marked with violet nerves inside. Spadix shortly exceeding the spathe; female part 3/4–1 in. long, and about 2/3 in. thick; male part much thicker than the female portion, 1 1/6–1 1/3 in. long, 3/4 to nearly 1 in. thick; appendix 6–6 3/4 in. long, gradually tapering upwards, dull violet. Ovary cylindric; stigma cushion-like. Anthers subsessile, depressed at the apex.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. between Khutu and Uhele districts, on the east side of Vidunda Mountain, 1600 ft., Goetze, 407.
Notes
I have not seen this species; it is said to be allied to A. mossambicensis, but differs in the broader tube of the spathe and much stouter spadix.

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