Stylochaeton
| Stylochaeton | |
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| Stylochaeton spp.[1] | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Monocots | 
| Order: | Alismatales | 
| Family: | Araceae | 
| Subfamily: | Aroideae | 
| Tribe: | Schott  | 
| Genus: | Lepr.  | 
| Synonyms[2] | |
| 
 Gueinzia Sond. ex Schott  | |
Stylochaeton is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae that is native to Africa.[2][3] Stylochaeton are rhizomatous with hastate leaves. Flowering in this genus is said to be quite uncommon.[4] Stylochaeton is the sole genus in the tribe Stylochaetoneae. [5]
Species
- Stylochaeton angolense Engl. - Angola
 - Stylochaeton bogneri Mayo - Kenya, Tanzania
 - Stylochaeton borumense N.E.Br. - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia
 - Stylochaeton crassispathum Bogner - Tanzania
 - Stylochaeton cuculliferum Peter - Zaïre, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi
 - Stylochaeton euryphyllum Mildbr. - Tanzania, Mozambique
 - Stylochaeton grande N.E.Br. - Somalia
 - Stylochaeton hypogeum Lepr. - Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Senegal, Nigeria, Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan
 - Stylochaeton kornasii Malaisse & Bamps - Zaïre
 - Stylochaeton lancifolium Kotschy & Peyr. - Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
 - Stylochaeton malaissei Bogner - Zaïre
 - Stylochaeton milneanum Mayo - Tanzania
 - Stylochaeton natalense Schott - Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, northern South Africa
 - Stylochaeton oligocarpum Riedl. - Ogaden region of eastern Ethiopia
 - Stylochaeton pilosum Bogner - Sierra Leone
 - Stylochaeton puberulum N.E.Br. - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
 - Stylochaeton salaamicum N.E.Br. - Kenya, Tanzania
 - Stylochaeton shabaense Malaisse & Bamps - Zaïre
 - Stylochaeton tortispathum Bogner & Haigh - Mozambique
 - Stylochaeton zenkeri Engl - Zaïre, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Sierra Leone
 
References
- ^ Pohl in Das Pflanzenreich of Engler - "Das Pflanzenreich" Vol. 73-74 (1920)
 - ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
 - ^ Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
 - ^ Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.
 - ^ Mayo, Simon; Bogner, Justin; Boyce, Peter (January 1997). The Genera of Araceae. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. ISBN 1-900347-22-9.
 
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