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.

Zambia: 1 cultivated taxon.

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Species	Content
venosum (Aiton) Kunth	Description, Image

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Flora of Malawi: Sauromatum
Flora of Mozambique: Sauromatum
Flora of Zambia: Sauromatum

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Sauromatum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sauromatum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sauromatum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Sauromatum
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iNaturalist: Sauromatum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sauromatum
JSTOR Plant Science: Sauromatum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sauromatum
Plants of the World Online: Sauromatum
Tropicos: Sauromatum
Wikipedia: Sauromatum

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Cultivated plants: genus page: Sauromatum.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/cult/genus.php?genus_id=1901, retrieved 25 November 2024

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