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Dracontium
''Dracontium'' is a genus of flowering plants similar to those of '' Amorphophallus''. Unlike ''Amorphophallus'' which is found in the Old World, this genus has a New World distribution and is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, and the West Indies. ''Dracontium'' species can be distinguished from related genera by their inflorescence, which is smaller and unisexual. The plant has a large ''caudex''like tuber similar to that of '' Amorphophallus'', but rounder, and with no central and circular scar mark. When ''Dracontium'' plants begin to flower, the tuber swells and smoothens.Zhu, G. h. & T. B. Croat. 2004. Revision of ''Dracontium'' (Araceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 91(4): 593–667 Species More than 20 ''Dracontium'' species have been described: * '' Dracontium amazonense'' G.H.Zhu & Croat - Venezuela, Peru, northwestern Brazil * '' Dracontium angustispathum'' G.H.Zhu & Croat - Colombia, Peru * '' Dracontium asperispathum'' G.H.Zhu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dracontium Grayumianum
''Dracontium'' is a genus of flowering plants similar to those of ''Amorphophallus''. Unlike ''Amorphophallus'' which is found in the Old World, this genus has a New World distribution and is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, and the West Indies. ''Dracontium'' species can be distinguished from related genera by their inflorescence, which is smaller and unisexual. The plant has a large ''caudex''like tuber similar to that of ''Amorphophallus'', but rounder, and with no central and circular scar mark. When ''Dracontium'' plants begin to flower, the tuber swells and smoothens.Zhu, G. h. & T. B. Croat. 2004. Revision of ''Dracontium'' (Araceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 91(4): 593–667 Species More than 20 ''Dracontium'' species have been described: * ''Dracontium amazonense'' G.H.Zhu & Croat - Venezuela, Peru, northwestern Brazil * ''Dracontium angustispathum'' G.H.Zhu & Croat - Colombia, Peru * ''Dracontium asperispathum'' G.H.Zhu & Croa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dracontium Spruceanum
''Dracontium spruceanum'' is a tropical, succulent flowering plant species of the Amazon rainforest understory. It has been found in the South American countries of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela, as well as in the Central American countries of Costa Rica and Panama. Common names for '' Dracontium sp.'' include ''jergón sacha'' (or ''sacha jergon''), ''fer-de-lance'', ''hierba del jergon'', ''erva-jararaca'', ''jararaca'', ''jararaca-taia'', ''milho-de-cobra'', and ''taja-de-cobra''. Guang Hua Zhu identified two varieties of the species, apart from the typical variety: ''Dracontium spruceanum'' var. ''asperispathum'' and ''Dracontium spruceanum'' var. ''grandispathum''. References External linksHolotype of ''Dracontium loretense'' K. Krauseat JSTOR Global Plants JSTOR ( ; short for ''Journal Storage'') is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources founded in 1994. Originally containing digitized back issues of academic journals, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dracontium Gigas
''Dracontium gigas'' is a herbaceous rainforest plant of the calla family (Araceae), native to Central America. It resembles the Old World species ''Amorphophallus titanum'' but has a spadix that is shorter than the spathe, and an inflorescence that reaches up to in height. The leaf can grow up to high and wide. The petiole of ''A.titanum'' can be 12 or more inches (30 or more centimeters) thick, but that of ''D.gigas'' is only 2 to 3 inches (5 to 7 cm) in thickness. This species was discovered in 1869 by Berthold Seemann, in the mountains of the Chontales Department of Nicaragua. It can also be found in Trinidad and Tobago, and gives off a disgusting carrion-like odor. References gigas Gigas may refer to: * Gigas, one of the Gigantes (Giants) in Greek mythology * Gigas (company), a Spanish cloud services company * Guigass, a snow ape like kaiju from ''Ultraman'' * ''Codex Gigas'', a medieval manuscript * gigue The gigue ( , ... Flora of Southern America {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amorphophallus
''Amorphophallus'' is a large genus of some 200 tropical and subtropical tuberous herbaceous plants from the arum family (Araceae), native to Asia, Africa, Australia and various oceanic islands. The genus includes the Titan arum (''A. titanum'') of Indonesia, which has the largest inflorescence in the genus, and is known as the 'corpse flower' for the pungent odour it produces during its flowering period, which can take up to seven years of growth before it occurs. A few species are edible as "famine foods" after careful preparation to remove irritating chemicals. History The oldest systematic record of the plants was in 1692, when Van Rheede tot Drakenstein published descriptions of two plants. The name "''Amorphophallus''" was first mentioned in 1834 by the Dutch botanist Blume from Ancient Greek "without form, misshapen" and "penis", referring to the shape of the prominent spadix. Between 1876 and 1911, Engler merged a number of other genera into ''Amorphophallus'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
