''Carlephyton'' is a genus of four species in the family
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). A ...
, all endemic to
Madagascar
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Description
The species in this genus are seasonally dormant tubers. The leaves are cordate
Cordate is an adjective meaning ' heart-shaped' and is most typically used for:
* Cordate (leaf shape)
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with a sub-marginal collective vein. The fine venation is reticulate
Reticulation is a net-like pattern, arrangement, or structure.
Reticulation or Reticulated may refer to:
* Reticulation (single-access key), a structure of an identification tree, where there are several possible routes to a correct identificati ...
. There are usually one to three leaves. The petiole sheath is short. 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 typical aroid
The Araceae are a family (biology), family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix (botany), spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a s ...
s with a spathe
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of ...
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:[''Carlephyton'' Jum.]
'' Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Accessed 12 September 2022.
*'' Carlephyton darainense''
*'' Carlephyton diegonse''
*'' Carlephyton glaucophyllum''
*'' Carlephyton madagascariense''
References
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
* Simon J. Mayo, Josef Bogner, Peter C. Boyce: ''The Genera of Araceae.'' 1. published, Royal Botanic Gardens/ Kew Publishing, London 1997,
Full-text as PDF-file
Continental Printing, Belgium 1997).
* Protolog: Jum. 1919. Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille., III, 7: 187
* Bogner, J. 1972. Revision der Arophyteae (Araceae). Bot. Jahrb.. 92: 1-63
* Bogner, J. 1975. Aracées. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores. 31e. famille: 75 pp.
External links
Network AraceaeRelevant page in CATE AraceaeAroidGBIF
Aroideae
Araceae genera
Endemic flora of Madagascar
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