Tacca ankaranensis is a species of flowering plant in the yam family Dioscoreaceae, which is endemic to Madagascar.[1] It was discovered on the Ankarana massif in far northern Madagascar.[2]

Ankarana arrowroot
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Tacca
Species:
T. ankaranensis
Binomial name
Tacca ankaranensis

It was first described in 1997 by Martine Bardot-Vaucoulon.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Plants of the World Online". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Bardot-Vaucoulon, M. (1997), "Observations sur le milieu et la végétation du Massif de l'Ankarana (Nord de Madagascar) et description de trois nouvelles espèces de Chlorophytum (Liliaceae), Tacca (Taccaceae) et Adenia (Passifloraceae)" (PDF), Adansonia, Série 3, 19: 154