? Arum family
Flower of Xanthosoma roseum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Alismatales Family: Araceae Juss.
Genera
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The arums comprise the Family Araceae (including the numerous aroids subfamily): 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 hood. This family of 107 genera and over 3700 species is most diverse in the New World tropics, although also distributed in the Old World tropics and north temperate regions. Recent genetic research by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group has shown that the duckweeds, previously treated in a separate family Lemnaceae, also belong in the Araceae. Download high resolution version (600x932, 136 KB)Elephant ear or ape (Xanthosoma roseum) flower photographed by Eric Guinther on Maui, Hawaii and released under the GNU Free Documentation License. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Liliopsida is the botanical name for a class. ... Families Alismataceae Aponogetonaceae Araceae Butomaceae Cymodoceaceae Hydrocharitaceae Juncaginaceae Limnocharitaceae Posidoniaceae Potamogetonaceae Ruppiaceae Scheuchzeriaceae Tofieldiaceae Zosteraceae The order Alismatales contains the alismatids, a group of monocotyledons (class Liliopsida). ... Portrait of Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (April 12, 1748 - September 17, 1836) was a French botanist. ... Orders Base Monocots: Acorus Alismatales Asparagales Dioscoreales Liliales Pandanales Family Petrosaviaceae Commelinids: Arecales Commelinales Poales Zingiberales Family Dasypogonaceae The Monocotyledons or monocots are an extremely important group of flowering plants, dominating great parts of the earth and with many economically important plants. ... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Clivia miniata bears bright orange flowers. ... An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers on a branch of a plant. ... Elephant ear or ape flower (Xanthosoma roseum) with a white spadix partially surrounded by a green-, rose-, and cream-colored spathe In botany, a spadix (pl. ... The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group is an international group of systematic botanists who have come together to try to establish a consensus view of the taxonomy of flowering plants in the light of the rapid rise of molecular systematics. ... Close up of two different duckweeds: Spirodela polyrrhiza and Wolffia globosa. ...

The Cuckoo-pint or Lords and Ladies (Arum maculatum) is a common arum in British woodlands

In monoecious aroids (possessing separate male and female flowers, but with both flowers present on one plant), the spadix is usually organized with female flowers towards the bottom and male flowers towards the top. In aroids with perfect flowers the stigma is no longer receptive when the pollen is released, thus preventing self-fertilization. There are also some dioecious species. Download high resolution version (700x767, 190 KB)Arum maculatum. ... Download high resolution version (700x767, 190 KB)Arum maculatum. ... Binomial name Arum maculatum L. Arum maculatum is a member the Araceae. ... Plant sexuality deals with the wide variety of sexual reproduction systems found across the plant kingdom. ... Categories: Biology stubs ... Plant sexuality deals with the wide variety of sexual reproduction systems found across the plant kingdom. ...

Anthurium and Zantedeschia are two well-known members of this family, as are Colocasia esculenta (taro) and Xanthosoma roseum (Elephant ear or ‘ape). Among the largest inflorescence in the world is that of the arum, Amorphophallus titanum (Titan arum). This family includes a great many ornamental plants: Dieffenbachia, Aglaonema, Caladium, Nephthys, and Epipremnum, to name a few. In the genus Cryptocoryne are many popular aquarium plants. Both Taro and Monstera deliciosa provide food value (the fruit of Monstera deliciosa called "Mexican breadfruit"). Philodendron is an important plant in the ecosystems of the rainforests and is often used in home and interior decorating. Symplocarpus foetidus (skunk cabbage) is a common North American species. Species See List of species Anthurium Schott 1829, is a large neotropical genus of about 600- 800 (possibly 1,000) species, belonging to the arum family (Araceae). ... Calla lily is also one common name for the related genus Calla A calla lily is any of the plants of the genus Zantedeschia in the family Araceae. ... Binomial name Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott Taro corms for sale Taro (from Tahitian), more rarely kalo (from Hawaiian), is a tropical plant grown primarily as a vegetable food for its edible corm, and secondarily as a leaf vegetable. ... Binomial name Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott Taro corms for sale Taro (from Tahitian), more rarely kalo (from Hawaiian), is a tropical plant grown primarily as a vegetable food for its edible corm, and secondarily as a leaf vegetable. ... Species About 50; see text Xanthosoma is a genus of about 50 species of tropical and sub-tropical arums in the flowering plant family, Araceae, native to tropical America. ... Binomial name Amorphophallus titanum (Becc. ... An ornamental is a plant variety that is grown for its beauty (in its end use), rather than commercial or other value. ... Species See text Dieffenbachia is a genus of tropical plants in the Family Araceae noted for their patterned leaves. ... Species See text. ... Pothos can mean: Epipremnum pinnatum - houseplant commonly called pothos, and once classified in the genus Pothos Pothos (genus) Pothos (mythology) - the personification of sexual longing, an attendant of Aphrodite, and a son of Zephyrus and Iris Pothos (Greece) - a village that is part of the commune of Lala in Ilia... Species See text Cryptocoryne (water trumpet) is a genus of aquatic monocot plants from the family Araceae (arums). ... Binomial name Monstera deliciosa Monstera deliciosa (also called ceriman, monstereo, Swiss Cheese Plant, Mexican breadfruit, window leaf, and splitleaf philodendron) is a tropical creeping vine native to Mexico and Guatemala, known for its delicious but initially poisonous fruit. ... Species See text A Philodendron is a tropical plant that grows by climbing up a host tree (The name derives from the Greek - lover of trees. ... This article is about the rainforest in general. ... Symplocarpus foetidus, commonly known as Skunk Cabbage. ...

The largest collection of living Araceae is maintained at Missouri Botanical Gardens. Categories: US geography stubs | Botanical gardens | Missouri landmarks | Saint Louis, Missouri ...

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