Acaulescent, tuberous, terrestrial herbs. Leaf usually 1, subtended by basal cataphylls, often spotted; lamina 3-partite, each major segment highly divided ± pinnately or irregularly. Inflorescence produced before the leaves (in ours); peduncle shorter than petiole. Spathe with a convolute basal portion; upper portion ± expanded with undulate margin. Spadix with female flowers at base, male flowers in central portion and with a ± smooth sterile apex. Flowers unisexual, without perianth segments, densely congested. Stamens free or filaments connate in groups of 2-3. Ovary 2(-4)-locular. Berries borne in a cylindric spike. Worldwide: 196 species in the Old World tropics. 35 native species in Africa. DRC: 10 taxa. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| abyssinicus (A.Rich.) N.E.Br. subsp. abyssinicus | ||
| angolensis (Welw. ex Schott) N.E.Br. | ||
| bequaertii De Wild. | ||
| dumboi Eb.Fisch., B.Dumbo & L.Dumbo | ||
| eichleri (Engl.) Hook.f. | ||
| margretae Ittenb. | ||
| mayoi (Ittenb.) Eb.Fisch., B.Dumbo & L.Dumbo | ||
| mullendersii Malaisse & Bamps | ||
| stuhlmannii (Engl.) Engl. & Gehrm. | ||
| teuszii (Engl.) Mottet |