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Aroideae
Aroideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is the largest subfamily in Araceae and consists of about 72 different genera, and 2,300 species. Many Aroideae have spiny pollen grains without a sporopollenin outer exine layer and lacking an aperture. Genera Taxonomy May be subdivided into a series of twenty five tribes The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confli ...: * Aglaonemateae * Anubiadeae * Areae * Arisaemateae * Arisareae * Arophyteae * Caladieae * Callopsideae * Colocasieae * Cryptocoryneae * Culcasieae * Homalomeneae * Nephthytideae * Peltandreae * Philodendreae * Philonotieae * Pistieae * Schismatoglottideae * Spathicarpeae * Stylochaetoneae * Thomsonieae * Zantedeschieae References * Bown, Deni (2000). ''Aroids: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callopsis
''Callopsis'' is a monotypic genus from the plant family Araceae and has only one species, ''Callopsis volkensii''. This plant forms a creeping rhizome and has cordate-ovate leaves that are medium green and glaborous. The inflorescence is typical of the family Araceae, with a white spathe and yellow spadix. The spadix is shorter than the spathe and its male and female flowers are separated shortly. It grows at an altitude of in virgin forest in parts of eastern Africa (Kenya and Tanzania). There have been reports of the species in Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ..., but these remain unconfirmed.Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Araceae
The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe (or leaf-like bract). Also known as the arum family, members are often colloquially known as aroids. This family of 140 genera and about 4,075 known species is most diverse in the New World tropics, although also distributed in the Old World tropics and northern temperate regions. Many species display very decorative leaves and flowers, and they are widely used for gardening; popular as indoor plants and also outdoor plants where climates are mild, and winter freezes will not generally occur. However, some temperate species are also very popular in Mediterranean-climate gardening, or in moderately cool temperate zones, such as ''Zantedeschia''. Description Species within Araceae are often rhizomatous or tuberous, and the leaves nearly always contain calcium oxa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlephyton
''Carlephyton'' is a genus of four species in the family Araceae, all endemic to Madagascar. Description The species in this genus are seasonally dormant tubers. The leaves are cordate with a sub-marginal collective vein. The fine venation is reticulate. There are usually one to three leaves. The petiole sheath is short. Inflorescences are typical aroids with a spathe and spadix. It has no sterile appendix and its flowers, usually one to three, are unisexual. The spathe is not constricted and the lower part is persistent in anthesis Anthesis is the period during which a flower is fully open and functional. It may also refer to the onset of that period. The onset of anthesis is spectacular in some species. In ''Banksia'' species, for example, anthesis involves the extension .... The berries tend to be orange-red. Habitat They are known to grow in tropical deciduous forests on limestone or basalt or in rock crevices. Species Four species are accepted:< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apoballis
''Apoballis'' is a genus of plants in the Araceae. It is native to Southeast Asia, primarily the Island of Sumatra in Indonesia. Some authorities regard this group as part of the larger genus ''Schismatoglottis ''Schismatoglottis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. Members of the genus are similar in appearance and growth habit to those of the genus ''Homalomena'', but the two genera are not closely related. The primary differen ...''.Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. #'' Apoballis acuminatissima'' (Schott) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra #'' Apoballis belophylla'' (Alderw.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra #'' Apoballis brevipes'' (Hook.f.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia #'' Apoballis grandiflora'' (Alderw.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra #'' Apoballis hastifolia'' (Hallier f. ex Engl.) S.Y.Wong & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calla
''Calla'' (bog arum, marsh calla, wild calla, squaw claw, and water-arumDickinson, T.; Metsger, D.; Bull, J.; & Dickinson, R. (2004) ROM Field Guide to Wildflowers of Ontario. Toronto:Royal Ontario Museum, p. 62.) is a genus of flowering plant in the family Araceae, containing the single species ''Calla palustris''. Description It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant growing in bogs and ponds. The leaves are rounded to heart-shaped, long on a petiole, and broad. The greenish-yellow inflorescence is produced on a spadix about long, enclosed in a white spathe. The fruit is a cluster of red berries, each berry containing several seeds. The plant is very poisonous when fresh due to its high oxalic acid content, but the rhizome (like that of ''Caladium'', ''Colocasia'', and ''Arum'') is edible after drying, grinding, leaching and boiling. Taxonomy The genus formerly also included a number of other species, which have now been transferred to the separate genus ''Zan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucephalandra
''Bucephalandra'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. There are 30 species of ''Bucephalandra'' which have been discovered in Borneo and have been formally described by S.Y. Wong and P.C. Boyce. Most of the species are found in Borneo. ''Bucephalandra'' are usually found growing as dense mats over stones or rocks in streams or rivers in moist tropical forest.Bown, Deni (2000). ''Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family''. Timber Press. . Etymology ''Bucephalandra'' is derived from Greek words, βοῦς (''bous''; bull or cow), κεφαλή (''kephalē''; head) and ἀνήρ (''anēr''; man), referring to the shape of the single male (staminate) flowers. Description These rheophytic (very seldom facultative) herbs can be minute to rather large, about 2 cm to 60 cm tall. Their stems are creeping and rooting, with a few or many leaves. The leaves can be quite delicate or tough and their shapes can be elliptic, oblong, linear, oblanceolate or obovate. Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bognera
''Bognera'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The single species that makes up the genus is ''Bognera recondita''. The word ''recondita'' means "hidden" referring to the fact that the plant is only found in remote areas of Amazonian Brazil near the Peruvian border. The species was discovered in the late 1970s and was originally placed in the genus '' Ulearum'', as ''Ulearum reconditum'' . In 1984, a new genus was created in Taxon vol.33 on page 690, and ''Bognera'' was named after the German Aroid specialist Josef Bogner (b. 1939), who was a botanist, director of the botanical garden in Munich and a specialist in Araceae. ''Bognera'' is believed to be closely related to ''Dieffenbachia ''Dieffenbachia'' , commonly known as dumb cane or leopard lily, is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to the New World Tropics from Mexico and the West Indies south to Argentina. Some species are widely cul ...''.Brown, Deni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biarum
''Biarum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is composed of plants that are native to the Middle East, southern Europe (Spain, Portugal, Italy, Balkans), and North Africa. ''Biarum'' are often found growing in rock crevices and graveled soil composed largely of limestone. The leaves of ''Biarum'' can be similar to grass or even oval. Their corms are spherical and the plants as a whole tend to be small. Many ''Biarum'' are quite similar in appearance to ''Arums.'' To flower ''Biarum'' required a dry rest period during summer. Their inflorescence tend to grow close to the ground and produce an extremely intense and unpleasant odor. The fruits produced tend to be camouflaged Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or by disguising them as something else. Examples include the leopard's spotted coat, the ... so as to resemble stones. It's not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakoa
''Bakoa'' is a genus of plants in the family Araceae. It has three known species, all endemic to the island of Borneo.Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. #'' Bakoa brevipedunculata'' (H.Okada & Y.Mori) S.Y.Wong - Kalimantan #'' Bakoa lucens'' (Bogner) P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong - Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the Malaysian state of Sabah to the northeast, ... #'' Bakoa nakamotoi'' S.Y.Wong - Kalimantan References {{Taxonbar, from=Q4034808 Endemic flora of Borneo Aroideae Araceae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asterostigma
''Asterostigma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to Brazil and Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th .... The leaves are pinnate and the plant is tuberous.Bown, Deni (2000). ''Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family''. Timber Press. . ;Species #'' Asterostigma cryptostylum'' Bogner - Brasília, Goiás, Minas Gerais #'' Asterostigma cubense'' (A.Rich.) K.Krause ex Bogner - São Paulo #'' Asterostigma lividum'' (G.Lodd.) Engl. - southern Brazil; Misiones Province of Argentina #'' Asterostigma lombardii'' E.G.Gonç. - Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo #'' Asterostigma luschnathianum'' Schott - southern Brazil #'' Asterostigma reticulatum'' E.G.Gonç - southern Brazil #'' Asterostigma riedelianum'' (Schott) Kuntze - eastern Brazil #'' Aster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arophyton
''Arophyton'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It consists of 7 species that are found only in northeast Madagascar. ''Arophyton'' are tuberous plants with a few rhizomatous In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (; , ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow ho ... species that go through a dormant period during the dry season.Bown, Deni (2000). ''Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family''. Timber Press. . Species # '' Arophyton buchetii'' # '' Arophyton crassifolium'' # '' Arophyton humbertii'' # '' Arophyton pedatum'' # '' Arophyton rhizomatosum'' # '' Arophyton simplex'' # '' Arophyton tripartitum'' References Aroideae Araceae genera Endemic flora of Madagascar {{Araceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arisarum
''Arisarum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to the Mediterranean region, east to the Caucasus and west to Macaronesia. Species Accepted species: Natural Hybrids # '' Arisarum × aspergillum'' Dunal - Spain, Algeria, Morocco (A. simorrhinum × A. vulgare) ''Arisarum'' species look very similar to ''Arum'' except that their flowers, spathes, and inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphology (biology), Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of sperma ...s are considerably different. In ''A. simorrhinum'', the flower stalk is shorter or equal in length to the leaf stalk, whereas in ''A. vulgare'', the flower stalk is longer than the leaf stalk. ''A. vulgare'' also has a generally longer spadix than ''A. simorrhinum''. References External links * * Aroideae Araceae genera Taxa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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