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| published in: | Annales Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavi 1: 282. 1864. | |||
| distribution: | South America: Peru, Bolivia, Argentina (endemic to Andes) | map: | ||
| subfamily: | Aroideae | tribe: | Spathicarpeae | |
| no. of species: | 8 | cultivars: | not known | |
| chromosome count: 2n=34 | ||||
| morphology: | tuberous geophytes, seasonally dormant, leaves pinnatidfid, pinnatisect or bipinnatifid, venation reticulate, flowers unisexual, female flowers surrounded by staminodes. | |||
| similar genus: | Synandrospadix | |||
 intermedium |
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 David Scherberich: Gorgonidium | |