A new species of Amorphophallus sect. Rhaphiophallus (Schott) Engl. from SW India is described. The monophyly of and character evolution in sect. Rhaphiophallus is discussed.

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Hetterscheid, W. L. A., Yadav, S. R., & Patil, K. S. (1994). Notes on the genus Amorphophallus (Araceae) — 5. Amorphophallus konkanensis, a new species from India, and taxonomic reflections on Amorphophallus section Rhaphiophallus. Blumea: Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants, 39(1/2), 289–294.