Amorphophallus henryi

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Amorphophallus henryi
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"Long peduncled" form of A. henryi, Juniper Level Botanic Garden
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Amorphophallus
Species:
A. henryi
Binomial name
Amorphophallus henryi
N.E.Br.
Synonyms
  • Amorphophallus niimuraiYamam.
  • Hydrosme niimurai(Yamam.) S.S.Ying

Amorphophallus henryi is a species of corpse flower endemic to Taiwan. [1]

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Description

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Young plants

Amorphophallus henryi can either flower or leaf out in a year. All leaves are one single leaf, and each bulb can only grow one leaf. Its leaves resemble the leaves of most other species in the genus Amorphophallus, with a large stem and multiple branches of the leaf. [2] Amorphophallus henyri has flowers that are known to be rancid smelling. It has a yellow inflorescence, and is about 1 foot tall. [2]

Flowers

Flowers are simlair to most Amorphophallus, they are stinky to attract their main pollenator flies. Big brown/purplish/red spadix about 1 foot long. Blood red bract that is larger on 1 side and almost nonexsistant on the other. [3]

References

  1. "Amorphophallus henryi N.E.Br. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  2. 1 2 "Amorphophallus henryi | Pacific Bulb Society". www.pacificbulbsociety.org. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  3. "Corpse Flower | The Huntington". huntington.org. Retrieved 2024-10-15.