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Gonatopus boivinii (Decne.) Engl., or 'Giraffe's Knees', is a unique plant belonging to the araceae family. The genus Gonatopus comprises five species, all of which are endemic to tropical and subtropical south eastern Africa. Amongst the species, G. boivinii is held in the collections of many botanical gardens in the world including the Bogor Botanic Gardens, Indonesia. Gonatopus ids often mistakenly named as an Amorphophallus species, due to the close similarities in appearance of the leaf of the two genera. G. boivinii was at one time recorded in the collection of the Bogor Botanic Gardens, having been documented in the garden's cataloque for the year 1930 and 1957 as planted in location Vak 11.B. VIII.152. Subsequently, the apparent loss of the species had been uncertain until recently, when G. boivinii was again found growing in another location, in Kenari Avenue 1, I.E. IN vak Z of the Gardens. The finding of the species has been reported to the Garden Registration. It is registered as a spontaneous in the garden's collection. |
