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Anchomanes dalzielii

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Name

Identification
Anchomanes dalzielii N.E.Br. [family ARACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Hutchinson, Amorphophallus unrecorded unrecorded [family ARACEAE ] Anchomanes difformis Engl. [family ARACEAE ] Anchomanes welwitschii Rendle [family ARACEAE ] Verified by Milne-Redhead,
Related name
  • Anchomanes dalzielii
  • Anchomanes welwitschii
  • Amorphophallus unrecorded
  • Anchomanes difformis

Flora

Entry for Anchomanes welwitschii Rendle [family ARACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 1,
Names
Anchomanes welwitschii Rendle [family ARACEAE], in Cat. Welw. 2: 98 (1889); F.T.A. 8: 163; Morton W. Afr. Lilies & Orch. 46.
Anchomanes difformis [family ARACEAE], of F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 359, partly (syn
Anchomanes dalzielii N. E. Br.). [family ARACEAE]
difformis var. welwitschii (Rendle) Engl. [family ], , Pflanzenr4, 23C: 55 (1911)
Anchomanes dalzielii N. E. Br. [family ARACEAE], (1913)
Information
Savannaherb similar to A. difformis but the leaf generally smaller, ahout 4 ft. high; spathes yellow-green, ovaries green and stigma orange.
Habitat
Savanna
Range
Widespread in savanna zones of tropical Africa.
Distribution
Ghana: Achimota (Apr.) Bally 9! Legon (Mar.) Morton GC 6488! Anyaboni to Jaketi (Feb.)N. Nig.: Kontagora Prov. (fl. & fr. June) Dalz. 563! Olohengia (Mar.)S. Nig.: Ijaiye F.R., Ibadan (Mar.) Keay FHI 21195!
Notes
[Only those specimens where colour notes have enabled a positive identification to be made have been cited and the result may give an imperfect indication of the real distribution of this species.]

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