AMORPHOPHALLUS APHYLLUS

Species
Written By BostonJungle

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION:

Photo by Alan Galloway

SYNONYMS:

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS: Arum aphyllum

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS: Amorphophallus fontanesii, Amorphophallus leonensis, Amorphophallus leonensis var. elegans, Amorphophallus leonensis var. latifolius, Amorphophallus leonensis var. spectabilis, Amorphophallus spectabilis, Arum trifidum, Corynophallus afzelii, Corynophallus afzelii var. elegans, Corynophallus afzelii var. latifolius, Corynophallus afzelii var. spectabilis, Corynophallus fontanesii, Corynophallus leonensis, Corynophallus leonensis var. elegans, Corynophallus leonensis var. latifolius, Hydrosme fontanesii, Hydrosme leonensis, Hydrosme leonensis var. elegans, Hydrosme leonensis var. latifolius

ACCEPTED INFRASPECIFICS: N/A

DISTRIBUTION: Burkina, Central African Republic, Chad, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

CLIMATE: Unknown

ECOLOGY: It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

 

SPECIES DESCRIPTION:

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INFLORESCENCE: N/A

VARIEGATED FORMS: N/A

ETYMOLOGY: The epithet comes from the Greek a-(α-) meaning ‘without’ and phyllon (φύλλον) meaning ‘leaf’ to mean without leaves

NOTES: N/A

CULTIVARS: N/A

HYBRIDS:

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