''Sauromatum'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of flowering plants in the

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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 ...

. The genus is native to tropical

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, tropical

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, and the

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. Their

inflorescence In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. An inflorescence is categorized on the basis of the arrangement of flowers on a mai ...

s last for only a few hours to a day and give off an unpleasant smell. The inflorescence disperses its odor by heating up.Brown, Deni (2000). ''Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family''. Timber Press. . ;Species #'' Sauromatum brevipes'' (Hook.f.) N.E.Br. - Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam #'' Sauromatum brevipilosum'' (Hett. & Sizemore) Cusimano & Hett. - Sumatra #'' Sauromatum diversifolium'' (Wall. ex Schott) Cusimano & Hett. - eastern Himalayas, Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar, Cambodia #'' Sauromatum gaoligongense'' J.C.Wang & H.Li - Yunnan #'' Sauromatum giganteum'' (Engl.) Cusimano & Hett. - Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Tibet #'' Sauromatum hirsutum'' (S.Y.Hu) Cusimano & Hett. - Yunnan, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam #'' Sauromatum horsfieldii'' Miq. - Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Sumatra, Java, Bali #'' Sauromatum tentaculatum'' (Hett.) Cusimano & Hett. - Thailand #'' Sauromatum venosum'' (Dryand. ex Aiton) Kunth - tropical Africa from Ethiopia south to Mozambique and west to Cameroon; Yemen, Saudi Arabia; Indian Subcontinent; Myanmar; Tibet, Yunnan

Gallery

Sauromatum brevipes CBM.png, ''S. brevipes'' Curtis's botanical magazine (Tab. 4465) (8411703140).jpg, ''S. venosum'' Typhonium horsfieldii (18863443909).jpg, ''S. horsfieldii'' Voodoo Lily (2559230586).jpg, ''S. venosum''

References

Aroideae Araceae genera {{Araceae-stub