Thaumatococcus

Thaumatococcus
	"Ewe eran" leaves (Thaumatococcus daniellii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Marantaceae
Genus:	Thaumatococcus; Benth.
Species
	Thaumatococcus daniellii (Benn.) Benth.; Thaumatococcus flavus A.C.Ley;

Thaumatococcus is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the arrowroot family, Marantaceae, thought for many years to contain a single species from western Africa: Thaumatococcus daniellii.^[1] A second species, however, was described in 2012: Thaumatococcus flavus, native to Gabon in central Africa.^[2]

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