Leaf solitary, erect, with several membranous cataphylls at base; petiole with or without an annular swelling in upper half; lamina decompound, pinnately to quadripinnately lobed; pinnae petiolulate or decurrent, alternate or subopposite
Inflorescence 1-several, appearing before leaf but often present during its early development
Spathe borne on erect, short to long, terete peduncles, convolute towards base forming a tube, limb expanded, reflexed at maturity, disintegrates with fruit development
Spadix subequal to spathe; female flowers at base, male flowers above, separated by a constricted zone bearing sterile flowers
Flowers with 4(6) decussate perianth segments
Male flowers many; filaments connate into a tube surrounding a central, cylindric to clavate pistillode; anthers dehiscing by apical pores; pollen globose
Global: Species 5, endemic to tropical and southern subtropical Africa
Southern Africa: Species 2, Mpumalanga and N KwaZulu-Natal
References:
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ENGLER, A. 1879. Gonatopus In A.L.P.P. & A.C.P. de Candolle, Monographiae phanerogamarum. Masson, Paris
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HOOKER, J.D. (f.) 1883. Gonatopus. In G. Bentham & J.D. Hooker, Genera plantarum 3(2). Reeve, London
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