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Aroideae
Aroideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Araceae. It is the largest subfamily in Araceae and consists of about 72 genera, and 2,300 species. Many Aroideae have spiny pollen grains without a sporopollenin outer exine layer and lacking an aperture (botany), aperture. Genera It includes: Taxonomy May be subdivided into a series of twenty five Tribe (biology), tribes: * Aglaonemateae * Ambrosineae * Anubiadeae * Areae (plant), Areae * Arisaemateae * Arisareae * Arophyteae * Caladieae * Calleae * Callopsideae * Colocasieae * Cryptocoryneae * Culcasieae * Dieffenbachieae * Homalomeneae * Nephthytideae * Peltandreae * Philodendreae * Philonotieae * Pistieae * Schismatoglottideae * Spathicarpeae * Stylochaetoneae * Thomsonieae * Zantedeschieae References {{Taxonbar, from=Q133666 Aroideae, Alismatales subfamilies ... [...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 114 genera and about 3,750 known species is most diverse in the New World tropics, although also distributed in the Old World tropics and northern temperate regions. Description Within the Araceae, species are often rhizomatous or tuberous; many are epiphytic, creeping lianas or vining plants, and the leaves and tissues of the entire plant nearly always contains irritating calcium oxalate crystals or raphides, in varying degrees. The foliage can vary considerably from species to species. The majority of species produce an inflorescence consisting of a spadix (which some compare to a corn cob, in appearance), which is nearly always surrounded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calla
''Calla'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Araceae, containing the single species ''Calla palustris'' (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.). 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 ''Zant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aglaodorum
''Aglaodorum'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The only species that is a member of this genus is ''Aglaodorum griffithii''. ''Aglaodorum'' is extremely similar to species in the genus '' Aglaonema''. One main differences that distinguishes ''Aglaodorum'' from species in '' Aglaonema'' is that it produces green fruit whereas '' Aglaonema'' species produce red fruit. Also, ''Aglaodorum'' has a longer peduncle and produces only one whorl of flowers instead of many as in '' Aglaonema''.Bown, Demi (2000). ''Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family''. Timber Press. . ''Aglaodorum'' are found growing in tidal mudflats in Borneo, Sumatra, southern Indochina, and Peninsula Malaysia. It is usually found growing alongside of '' Cryptocoryne ciliata'' and ''Nypa fruticans ''Nypa fruticans'', commonly known as the nipa palm (or simply nipa, from ) or mangrove palm, is a species of palm native to the coastlines and estuarine habitats of the Indian and Pacific ... [...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''.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 & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra #''Apoballis javanica'' (Engl.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Java #''Apoballis longicaulis'' (Ridl.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sumatra #''Apoballis mutata'' (Scort. ex Hook.f.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Myanmar, Sumatra, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arisarum
''Arisarum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Araceae. It is native to the Mediterranean region, east to the Caucasus and west to Macaronesia. Taxonomy Species Accepted species: Natural Hybrids # ''Arisarum × aspergillum'' Dunal - Spain, Algeria, Morocco (A. simorrhinum × A. vulgare) Phylogeny It is closely related to the genera ''Ambrosina'', ''Peltandra'', and ''Typhonodorum''. ''Ambrosina'' is the sister group to ''Arisarum'', from which it separated about 46.1 Million years ago.Mansion, G., Rosenbaum, G., Schoenenberger, N., Bacchetta, G., Rosselló, J. A., & Conti, E. (2008)"Phylogenetic analysis informed by geological history supports multiple, sequential invasions of the Mediterranean Basin by the angiosperm family Araceae."Systematic Biology, 57(2), 269-285. The precise relationships are displayed in the following cladogram: Description In ''A. simorrhinum'', the peduncle (botany), flower stalk is shorter or equal in length to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anchomanes
''Anchomanes'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The genus is native to tropical Africa. ''Anchomanes'' is quite similar to species in the genera ''Dracontium'' and ''Amorphophallus,'' but there are a few apparent differences. One such difference is that the roots are perennial. Also, the stalks are spiny and the tuberous rhizome In botany and dendrology, a rhizome ( ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and Shoot (botany), shoots from its Node (botany), nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from ...s have eyes.Brown, Deni (2000). ''Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family''. Timber Press. . Species #'' Anchomanes abbreviatus'' Engl. - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique #'' Anchomanes boehmii'' Engl. - Kigoma region of western Tanzania #'' Anchomanes dalzielii'' N.E.Br. - Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe #'' Anchomanes difformis'' (Blume) Engl. - much of tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrosina
''Ambrosina'' is a genus in the family Araceae that consists of only one species, ''Ambrosina bassii'', and the only genus in the tribe Ambrosineae. This species is the smallest terrestrial aroid in the Mediterranean, growing only to 8 cm tall. It is usually found growing in woodlands on north faces of hillsides and in humus soil that is covering limestone. It is distributed in Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily, southern mainland Italy, Tunisia, and Algeria. Description ''Ambrosina bassii'' has oval leaves that are 3.5 to 6 cm long and resemble the leaves of many aroid seedlings. The inflorescence is 2.5 cm long bent over and has an unusual spathe. The spathe is shaped like an egg and is greenish brown with dots on it. Inside the egg shaped spathe is divided two chambers. In one chamber is contained a single female flower and in the other are 8 to 10 male flowers. The seeds have an elaiosome.Bown, Deni (2000). ''Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family''. Timber Press , page ... [...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 Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f .... ''Arophyton'' are tuberous plants with a few rhizome, rhizomatous 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] |
