Furtadoa
| Furtadoa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Subfamily: | Aroideae |
| Tribe: | Homalomeneae |
| Genus: | Furtadoa M.Hotta 1981 |
Furtadoa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It consists of only two species: Furtadoa mixta and Furtadoa sumatrensis.[1]
Taxonomic history
[edit]The genus was described in 1981 by Mitsuru Hotta, with one species endemic on Sumatra.[2] In 1985, Hotta transferred a preexisting species of Homalomena (the West Malaysian H. mixtum Ridl.) to Furtadoa.[3]
Description
[edit]Both described species of Furtadoa have stems that creep, and root along their length (a very rare condition in related Homalomena), and leathery elliptical leaves. The inflorescence is carried on a long peduncle, with the spathes unconstricted, and either green, reddish brown, or purple-grey. The spadix is unique by having the male flowers (except for those at the tip of the spadix) each associated with a sterile female flower (a pistillode) in addition to each fertile female flower being associated with a sterile male flower (staminode).[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Hotta, M. (1981). A new genus of the family Araceae from West Sumatra. Acta Phytotaxonomica Geobotanica. 32 (5-6): 142-146.
- ^ Hotta, M. (1985). New species of the genus Homalomena (Araceae) from Sumatra with a note on the genus Furtadoa. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 38(1): 43-54
- ^ Brown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.