Genus: 2 species.
Region: eastern Brazil.
Habitat: swamps.
Taxonomy: originally classified belonging to Urospatha; reassigned to its own genus Dracontioides by Adolf Engler; closely related to both Urospatha and Dracontium.
Botany: leaves glossy, extremely sagittate, with oval fenestrations, attached to 2 meter long stalks; root a spongy rhizome; inflorescence smells like rotting meat.