Arum hygrophilum

Arum hygrophilum
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Genus:	Arum
Species:	A. hygrophilum
Binomial name
Arum hygrophilum Boiss.
Synonyms
Arum longicyrrhumSchott Arum albinerviumKotschy ex Engl.

Arum hygrophilum is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae. ^[2] It has a disjunct distribution, found in Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Cyprus and Morocco. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

It is threatened by agricultural development and urbanization. ^[1]

Description

By relative inflorescence height, Arum species are divided into "cryptic" species, whose inflorescences are borne on a short peduncle amid or below the leaves, and "flag" species, whose inflorescences are above leaf level at the end of long peduncles. A. hygrophilum is a flag species. ^[6]

The species has a white inner spathe, which has purple accents. The small spadix is a dark purple color.

References

1. Chadburn, H. (2017). "Arum hygrophilum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T13133517A89192302. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T13133517A89192302.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. "Arum hygrophilum Boiss". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. 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.
5. Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
6. Gibernau, Macquart & Przetak 2004, p. 152.

Bibliography

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• Gibernau, Marc; Macquart, David; Przetak, Gilles (2004). "Pollination in the genus Arum – a review" (PDF). Aroideana. 27: 148–166. ISSN   0197-4033.
• Kite, Geoffrey C.; et al. (2000). "Inflorescence odours and pollinators of Arum and Amorphophallus (Araceae)" (PDF). Reproductive Biology in Systematics, Conservation and Economic Botany. pp. 295–315. ISBN   1-900347-62-8.
• Hruby, Johann (1912). "Le genre Arum: Aperçu systématique avec considérations spéciales sur les relations phylogénétiques des formes" [The Genus Arum: A Systematic Overview with Special Considerations on the Phylogenetic Relations of its Forms]. Bulletin de la Société botanique de Genève II (in French) (4). Geneva: 113–160. ISSN   0366-3108.