Sauromatum Schott

Description of the genus

Small to medium sized geophytic herbs. Tuber subglobose or depressed-globose. Stem abbreviated (not lianescent); higher order leaf venation reticulate; leaf not dracontioid (compare Amorphophallus & Anchomanes). Inflorescence solitary; peduncle shorter than petiole; flowers without perianth of free or fused tepals.

Worldwide: A genus of 9 species, the majority in China. One species in the Flora Zambesiaca area.

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