GONATOPUS BOIVINII
Author:
Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler, 1879
Family:
ARACEAE
Origin:
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Elevation:
Publisher:
A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 209 (1879)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
13 Centimetres
Height:
1 Meter
Propagate:
Seeds/Bulbs
CITES:
Synonyms:
Zamioculcas boiviniI, Decne.
This member of the Araceae family was described by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler in 1879. It is found in the Eastern Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The caudex (not like the one on the top photo, but round) can grow to 13 centimetres, and the branches up to one meter. The large flowers are white to crème.
The genera name from Greek gony; gonatos, 'knee', and Greek pous; 'foot', for the swellings (nodes) on the leaf stalks.
The species name after Louis Hyacinthe Boivin, 1808-1852, a French botanist and explorer. SubFamily: Aroideae Tribe: Zamioculcadeae
Flower
White - Crème
Soil
Mix
Water
Max
Sun
Medium
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