Eminium
Appearance
Eminium | |
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Eminium intortum[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Araceae |
Subfamily: | Aroideae |
Tribe: | Areae |
Genus: | Eminium Schott |
Range of the genus Eminium. | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Helicophyllum Schott |
Eminium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The genus ranges from Turkey and Egypt east to Central Asia.[2][3] Usually they can be found growing in barren areas in sand or stony soil. The foliage of Eminium resembles Helicodiceros and its inflorescence and fruit resembles those of Biarum.[4]
- Species[2]
- Eminium albertii (Regel) Engl. - Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan
- Eminium heterophyllum (Blume) Schott - Iran, Iraq, Turkey
- Eminium intortum (Banks & Sol.) Kuntze - Turkey, Syria
- Eminium jaegeri Bogner & P.C.Boyce - Iran
- Eminium koenenianum Lobin & P.C.Boyce - Turkey
- Eminium lehmannii (Bunge) Kuntze - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan
- Eminium rauwolffii (Blume) Schott - Turkey, Syria
- Eminium regelii Vved. - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
- Eminium spiculatum (Blume) Schott - Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran
References
[edit]- ^ Pohl in Das Pflanzenreich of Engler - "Das Pflanzenreich" Vol. 73-74 (1920)
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.