| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1997 |
| Authors: | Ittenbach, S., Lobin W. |
| Journal: | Willdenowia. Mitteilungen aus dem Botanischen Garten und Museum Berlin-Dahlem. Berlin-Dahlem |
| Volume: | 27 |
| Start Page: | 147 |
| Pagination: | 160 |
| ISSN: | 0511−9618 |
| Abstract: | While preparing a revision of the African species of Amorphophallus some new taxa have been recognized. A. barthlottii (Ivory Coast and Liberia), A. canaliculatus (Gabon), A. hetterscheidii (Gabon, Zaire and Central African Republic), A. impressus (Tanzania and Malawi), A. margretae (Zaire), A. richardsiae (Zambia), A. abyssinicus subsp. akeassii (Ivory Coast, Ghana and Nigeria), and A calabaricus subsp. mayoi (Zaire, Uganda and Kenya) are described as new to science. |
| Full Text | The genus Amorphophallus Blume ex Decne. comprises nearly 170 species distributed from Africa and Madagascar across India and SE Asia to Australia (Hetterscheid & Ittenbach 1996). Currently the genus is revised in an international project initiated by W. L. A. Hetterscheid (Hilversum, The Netherlands), who works about the Asian species. Most recently the first author completed a revision of the African species (Ittenbach 1997). The six new species and two new subspecies recognized from Africa are published in this sixth instalment in the series of taxonomic notes on Amorphophallus. The fifth instalment is Hetterscheid & al. (1994). |
Notes on the genus Amorphophallus (Araceae), 6: Six new species and two new subspecies from Africa
Taxonomic name:
Amorphophallus hetterscheidii (Araceae), Amorphophallus richardsiae (Araceae), Amorphophallus canaliculatus (Araceae), Amorphophallus impressus (Araceae), Amorphophallus barthlottii (Araceae), Amorphophallus margretae (Araceae), Amorphophallus abyssinicus subsp. akeassii (Araceae), Amorphophallus calabaricus subsp. mayoi (Araceae)