Table 2. Characters separating Anchomanes and Pseudohydrosme.

	Anchomanes	Pseudohydrosme
Spadix: spathe proportions and presentation	Spadix relatively long >1/2–9/10 as long as spathe; conspicuous, projected above the (short) spathe tube	Spadix relatively short, 1/10–1/4 as long as spathe; completely concealed within, and at base of the (long) spathe tube
Peduncle	Peduncle exserted far beyond cataphylls; 2–5 x length of spathe	Completely concealed at anthesis by cataphylls; <1/10 length of spathe
Ovary locularity and stigma lobe number	1	2 or 3
Berries	Sessile	Stipitate (where known)
Laticifers	Present, simple, articulated	Absent (not detected by Keating, 2002)
Reproducing asexually from roots	Absent (but propagation from root cuttings in cultivation reported anecdotally)	Present

Note:

Data from Mayo, Bogner & Boyce (1997); Bogner (1981); Cusimano et al. (2011); Hetterscheid & Bogner (2013); this article.