Araceae genera

Piptospatha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The genus is characteristic is rheophytic and has seeds that are dispersed by splashes of water hitting its cup-like spathes. It includes three species native to Borneo. Piptospatha insignis N.E.Br. - Sarawak Piptospatha remiformis Ridl. - Sarawak Piptospatha repens H.Okada & Tsukaya - Kalimantan Barat

Gorgonidium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to South America (Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina). The spathes tend to be purple and the fruits are black.

Wolffiella is a genus of aquatic plants commonly called duckweeds in the family Araceae. Common names for plants in this genus include bogmat and mud-midget. They are rootless and have a keel that allows them to maintain their orientation in the water. They are small, measuring to in width.

Furtadoa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It consists of only two species: Furtadoa mixta and Furtadoa sumatrensis.

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Spathantheum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The genus contains two species, Spathantheum fallax and Spathantheum orbignyanum. Spathantheum is believed to be closely related to Spathicarpa. The genus is endemic to the Andes of Peru, Bolivia, and northern Argentina and is found growing in grasslands in rocky soil.

genus of plants

Pycnospatha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It contains only two species both of which are tuberous and endemic to Indochina (Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam).

Pseudohydrosme is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It contains only three species, Pseudohydrosme buettneri, Pseudohydrosme gabunensis, and more recently Pseudohydrosme ebo, two being endemic to tropical rain forests in Gabon, and the other being native to the Ebo Forest of Cameroon. The genus is believed to be closely related to Anchomanes and is likely to be sunk into Anchomanes due to molecular evidence.

genus of plants

Remusatia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It contains 4 known species, one of which was described in 1987. This species was initially placed in genus Gonatanthus called Gonatanthus ornatus. After the genus had been sunk into Remusatia its new name was Remusatia ornatus, but it was later changed to Remusatia hookeriana.

Mangonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The genus contains only two known species native to southern Brazil and Uruguay.

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Theriophonum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is found only in India and Sri Lanka. The genus is closely related to Typhonium. The only apparent difference between the two is in how many ovules each have and the overall size of the plants. Typhoniums are bigger than Theriophonum.

Steudnera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to southern China, the Himalayas, and Indochina. The genus was first described by Karl Koch in 1862. The genus is also believed to be closely related to Remusatia.

Zomicarpella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to Colombia, Peru and Brazil. The leaves are hastate or sagittate. The chromosome number for Zomicarpella species is 2n=26. Additionally, the seeds have an endosperm.

Ulearum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It contains two known species, both native to South America. Ulearum is similar to Callopsis, but Callopsis is found only in Africa and so its relation is uncertain.

Spathicarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, all of which are endemic to South America. Spathicarpa species are notable for the fact that the entirety of their spadix is fused to the spathe. The genus is believed to be closely related to Spathantheum. The tribe Spathicarpeae is named after the genus Spathicarpa.

Nephthytis is a genus of five species of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to tropical western and west-central Africa, ranging from Guinea to the Republic of the Congo.

Scaphispatha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It contains two species, S. gracilis and S. robusta. The genus was believed to be monotypic until 2003 when a new species, S. robusta was discovered by Eduardo Gomes Gonçalves in northern Brazil. The plant had been grown in cultivation for some years, but had always been assumed to be a Caladium until it flowered.

Zomicarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is endemic to eastern Brazil.

Apoballis is a genus of plants in the Araceae. It is native to Southeast Asia, primarily the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, and northwards to Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, and Myanmar and eastwards to Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands. Some authorities regard this group as part of the larger genus Schismatoglottis.

Orontium , sometimes called golden-club, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The single living species in the genus is Orontium aquaticum, while the two other described species, Orontium mackii and Orontium wolfei, are known from fossils.

Bakoa is a genus of plants in the family Araceae. It has three known species, all endemic to the island of Borneo.

Ooia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, formally described in 2010. It has two known species, both endemic to the island of Borneo.

Philonotion is a genus of plants in the family Araceae. It has three known species, native to tropical South America (Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas). Some authorities regard it as part of the related genus Schismatoglottis.

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Adelonema is a genus of plants in the family Araceae.

Fenestratarum is a genus of flowering plants in the arum family Araceae, native to Borneo. There are only two known species, which are found on different soil types (sandstone and basalt) and 600km apart, furthermore each is restricted to one local population.

Heteroaridarum is a genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family. It includes three species endemic to Borneo. Heteroaridarum borneense Heteroaridarum crassum Heteroaridarum nicolsonii

Bakoaella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Araceae.

Thaumatophyllum is a sometimes recognized genus of flowering plants in the arum family, Araceae corresponding to Philodendron subg. Meconostigma. Its species are native to northern (tropical) South America.

Schottarum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Araceae.

Gamogyne is a genus of flowering plants in the arum family, Araceae. It includes six species endemic to Borneo.