Aridarum

Aridarum
Aridarum montanum[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): 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 Araceae family. 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

  1. Aridarum borneense (M.Hotta) Bogner & A.Hay - Sarawak
  2. Aridarum burttii Bogner & Nicolson - Sarawak
  3. Aridarum caulescens M.Hotta - Sarawak, Brunei
  4. Aridarum crassum S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce - Sarawak
  5. Aridarum incavatum H.Okada & Y.Mori - Borneo
  6. Aridarum minimum H.Okada - Borneo
  7. Aridarum montanum Ridl. - Sarawak
  8. Aridarum nicolsonii Bogner - Sarawak, West Kalimantan
  9. Aridarum purseglovei (Furtado) M.Hotta - Sarawak
  10. Aridarum rostratum Bogner & A.Hay - West Kalimantan

References

  1. ↑ P. Highley - Journal of botany, British and foreign. Vol. 51 (1913)
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.
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