Sarcophrynium is a genus of plant in family Marantaceae indigenous to tropical Africa. It was described as a genus in 1902. Species 1. \n* Sarcophrynium bisubulatum (K.Schum.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - Zaïre 2. \n* Sarcophrynium brachystachyum (Benth.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - C + W Africa 3. \n* Sarcophrynium congolense Loes. in G.W.J.Mildbraed (ed.) - Zaïre 4. \n* Sarcophrynium prionogonium (K.Schum.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - C + W Africa 5. \n* Sarcophrynium schweinfurthianum (Kuntze) Milne-Redh. - C + E Africa 6. \n* Sarcophrynium villosum (Benth.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - Gabon