Sarcophrynium

Sarcophrynium
Sarcophrynium from Liberia[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Marantaceae
Genus:	Sarcophrynium K.Schum.

Sarcophrynium is a genus of plant in family Marantaceae indigenous to tropical Africa. It was described as a genus in 1902.^[2][3]

Species^[4]

1. Sarcophrynium bisubulatum (K.Schum.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - Zaïre
2. Sarcophrynium brachystachyum (Benth.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - C + W Africa
3. Sarcophrynium congolense Loes. in G.W.J.Mildbraed (ed.) - Zaïre
4. Sarcophrynium prionogonium (K.Schum.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - C + W Africa
5. Sarcophrynium schweinfurthianum (Kuntze) Milne-Redh. - C + E Africa
6. Sarcophrynium villosum (Benth.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - Gabon

References

1. 1906 illustration from book Liberia by Sir Harry Johnston ; with an appendix on the flora of Liberia by Dr. Otto Stapf ; 28 coloured illustrations by Sir Harry Johnston, 24 botanical drawings by Miss Matilda Smith
2. Schumann, Karl Moritz. 1902. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 48 (Heft 11): 35
3. Tropicos, Sarcophrynium K. Schum.
4. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".