Stylochaeton

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Zamioculcadoideae
Genus: Stylochaeton
Species: S. angolense – S. bogneri – S. borumense – S. crassispathum – S. cuculliferum – S. euryphyllum – S. grande – S. hypogeum – S. kornasii – S. lancifolium – S. malaissei – S. milneanum – S. natalense – S. oligocarpum – S. pilosum – S. puberulum – S. salaamicum – S. shabaense – S. tortispathum – S. zenkeri
Name

Stylochaeton Lepr., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 2: 184 (1834)
Type species: Stylochaeton hypogeum Lepr., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 2: 185 (1834)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Gueinzia Sond. ex Schott, Aroideae: 10 (1853)

References

Leprieur, F.M.R. 1834. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, sér. 2 2: 184.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Stylochaeton in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Stylochaeton. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 16 2014.
Tropicos.org 2014. Stylochaeton. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 16.

Stylochaeton is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae that is endemic to Africa.[2][3] Stylochaeton are rhizomatous with hastate leaves. Flowering in this genus is said to be quite uncommon.[4] Stylochaeton is the sole genus in the tribe Stylochaetoneae. [5]
Species

Stylochaeton angolense Engl. - Angola
Stylochaeton bogneri Mayo - Kenya, Tanzania
Stylochaeton borumense N.E.Br. - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia
Stylochaeton crassispathum Bogner - Tanzania
Stylochaeton cuculliferum Peter - Zaïre, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi
Stylochaeton euryphyllum Mildbr. - Tanzania, Mozambique
Stylochaeton grande N.E.Br. - Somalia
Stylochaeton hypogeum Lepr. - Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Senegal, Nigeria, Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan
Stylochaeton kornasii Malaisse & Bamps - Zaïre
Stylochaeton lancifolium Kotschy & Peyr. - Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
Stylochaeton malaissei Bogner - Zaïre
Stylochaeton milneanum Mayo - Tanzania
Stylochaeton natalense Schott - Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, northern South Africa
Stylochaeton oligocarpum Riedl. - Ogaden region of eastern Ethiopia
Stylochaeton pilosum Bogner - Sierra Leone
Stylochaeton puberulum N.E.Br. - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Stylochaeton salaamicum N.E.Br. - Kenya, Tanzania
Stylochaeton shabaense Malaisse & Bamps - Zaïre
Stylochaeton tortispathum Bogner & Haigh - Mozambique
Stylochaeton zenkeri Engl - Zaïre, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Sierra Leone

References

Pohl in Das Pflanzenreich of Engler - "Das Pflanzenreich" Vol. 73-74 (1920)
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.
Mayo, Simon; Bogner, Justin; Boyce, Peter (January 1997). The Genera of Araceae. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. ISBN 1 900347 22 9.