Aridarum
Appearance
Aridarum | |
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Aridarum montanum[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Araceae |
Subfamily: | Aroideae |
Tribe: | Schismatoglottideae |
Genus: | Aridarum Ridl. |
Synonyms[2] | |
Heteroaridarum M.Hotta |
Aridarum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. All of the known species in this genus are rheophytic and are endemic to the Island of Borneo.[2][3] The plant is aquatic and has willow-shaped leaves that are able to take strong currents without sustaining damage.[4]
Species
- Aridarum borneense (M.Hotta) Bogner & A.Hay - Sarawak
- Aridarum burttii Bogner & Nicolson - Sarawak
- Aridarum caulescens M.Hotta - Sarawak, Brunei
- Aridarum crassum S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sarawak
- Aridarum incavatum H.Okada & Y.Mori - Borneo
- Aridarum minimum H.Okada - Borneo
- Aridarum montanum Ridl. - Sarawak
- Aridarum nicolsonii Bogner - Sarawak, West Kalimantan
- Aridarum purseglovei (Furtado) M.Hotta - Sarawak
- Aridarum rostratum Bogner & A.Hay - West Kalimantan
References
- ^ P. Highley - Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. Vol. 51 (1913)
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.