What is Anubias gigantea?
{{speciesbox |image = |genus = Anubias |species = gigantea |authority = [[Auguste Chevalier|Chevalier]] ex [[John Hutchinson (botanist)|Hutchinson]] }} '''''Anubias gigantea''''' is a [[plant]] in the [[Araceae]] family. It was first mentioned by [[Auguste Chevalier]] in 1920. This was based on material that he had collected in [[Guinea]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Chevalier |first=A. |author-link=Auguste Chevalier |year=1920 |title=Exploration botanique de l'Afrique occidentale française: T. 1. Enumération des plantes récoltées avec une carte botanique, agricole et forestière |publisher=Paul Lechevallier |location=Paris |page=683 |language=fr |oclc=489894088}}</ref> The first description for science was in 1939 by [[John Hutchinson (botanist)|John Hutchinson]].<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens, Kew) |year=1939 |issue=5 |pages=241–247 [246] |title=Tropical African Plants: XVII |jstor=4111618|last1=Hutchinson |first1=J. |volume=1939 |doi=10.2307/4111618 }}</ref> It is closely related to ''[[Anubias afzelii|A. afzelii]]'' from which it differs only by the form of the leaf-blade.<ref name=revision>{{cite journal |last=Crusio |first=W. |author-link=Wim Crusio |year=1979 |title=A revision of Anubias Schott (Araceae). (Primitiae Africanae XII) |journal=Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen |volume=79 |issue=14 |pages=1–48 |url=http://edepot.wur.nl/165228 |oclc=6287377}}</ref> ==Other names== ''A. gigantea'' var. ''tripartita'' Chevalier, 1920 and ''A. hastifolia'' var. ''robusta'' [[Adolf Engler|Engler]], 1915 are invalid names ([[synonym (taxonomy)|synonyms]]) for ''A. gigantea''.<ref name=revision /> ==Where it grows== The plant is found in [[West Africa]], including the countries of Guinea, [[Sierra Leone]], [[Liberia]], [[Ivory Coast]], and [[Togo]].<ref name=revision /> ==Description== The plant's leave blades are large and arrow-shaped. They can be up to {{convert|30|cm|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|14|cm|abbr=on}} wide. The [[plant stem|leaf stems]] are a little