Megaphrynium

Megaphrynium
Megaphrynium macrostachyum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Megaphrynium
Milne-Redh.

Megaphrynium is a genus of plants native to tropical Africa.[1][2][3]

species[1]
  1. Megaphrynium distans Hepper, Kew Bull. 32: 461 (1968). - Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Equatorial Guinea
  2. Megaphrynium gabonense Koechlin, Fl. Gabon 9: 153 (1964). - Gabon, Congo Republic
  3. Megaphrynium macrostachyum (K.Schum.) Milne-Redh., Kew Bull. 7: 170 (1952). - from Sierra Leone to Uganda
  4. Megaphrynium trichogynum Koechlin, Fl. Gabon 9: 154 (1964). - Central African Republic, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo Republic, Zaire
  5. Megaphrynium velutinum (K.Schum.) Koechlin, Fl. Gabon 9: 158 (1964). - Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Megaphrynium
  2. Edgar Wolston Bertram Handsley Milne-Redhead. 1952. Kew Bulletin 1952: 169.
  3. Tropicos, Megaphrynium Milne-Redh.
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