Gorgonidium
Appearance
Gorgonidium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Araceae |
Subfamily: | Aroideae |
Tribe: | Spathicarpeae |
Genus: | Gorgonidium Schott |
Gorgonidium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to South America (Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina).[1][2] The spathes tend to be purple and the fruits are black.[3][4]
- Species[1]
- Gorgonidium beckianum Bogner - Bolivia
- Gorgonidium bulbostylum Bogner & E.G.Gonç - Bolivia
- Gorgonidium cardenasianum (Bogner) E.G.Gonç - Bolivia
- Gorgonidium intermedium (Bogner) E.G.Gonç - Peru
- Gorgonidium mirabile Schott - Bolivia
- Gorgonidium striatum Hett., Ibisch & E.G.Gonç
- Gorgonidium vargasii Bogner & Nicolson - Peru
- Gorgonidium vermicidum (Speg.) Bogner & Nicolson - Bolivia, northern Argentina
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Brown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.
- ^ Bogner, J. & D. H. Nicolson. 1988. Revision of the South American genus Gorgonidium Schott (Araceae: Spathicarpeae). Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 109(4): 529–554