Tacca ankaranensis

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
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Dioscoreales
Family:	Dioscoreaceae
Genus:	Tacca
Species:	T. ankaranensis
Binomial name
Tacca ankaranensis Bard.-Vauc.

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