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Sarcophrynium
Sign in to saveSarcophrynium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Marantaceae indigenous to tropical Africa. It was described as a genus in 1902.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderZingiberales
- FamilyMarantaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 93
- With media
- 159
- Family
- Marantaceae
- Collections
- A, GH, MO
- Recorded in
- Liberia, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Guinea
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Marantaceae
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- Sarcophrynium-1906.jpg
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- Sarcophrynium
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- Category:Sarcophrynium
- taxon name
- Sarcophrynium
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- 肉柊叶属
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Sarcophrynium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Marantaceae indigenous to tropical Africa. It was described as a genus in 1902.
In Cameroon, the leaves of Sarcophyrnium species are used to thatch huts. The fruits are also used as accessories. Species Sarcophrynium bisubulatum (K.Schum.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - Zaïre Sarcophrynium brachystachys (Benth.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - C + W Africa Sarcophrynium congolense Loes. in G.W.J.Mildbraed (ed.) - Zaïre Sarcophrynium prionogonium (K.Schum.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - C + W Africa Sarcophrynium schweinfurthianum (Kuntze) Milne-Redh. - C + E Africa Sarcophrynium villosum (Benth.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - Gabon
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