| Arum sintenisii | |
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| Arum sintenisii in cultivation | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Genus: | Arum |
| Species: | A. sintenisii |
| Binomial name | |
| Arum sintenisii (Engl.) P.C.Boyce | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Arum sintenisii, known as Sintenis arum, is a flowering plant species in the family Araceae.
Arum sintenisii is a tuberous herbs that spreads clonally through discoid horizontally-oriented tubers. [2] Flowers are borne on a spadix, partially enclosed in a green spathe with a purple internal lining. [2]
It grows in uncultivated Olea europaea groves at altitudes of 50 to 200 meters near Kythrea in northern Cyprus. [2] [1] It was recently reported from southwestern Turkey. [3]
Within the genus Arum, it belongs to subgenus Arum, section Dioscoridea, and subsection Hygrophila. [4] It was previously thought to be a variety or subspecies of Arum orientale in subsection Dischroochiton, [2] [1] but recent studies support a closer relationship with Arum hygrophilum . [4] A. sintenisii differs from A. orientale in the smell (sweet in A. sintenisii, foetid in A. orientale) and presentation of the inflorescence (produced at leaf level in A. sintenisii, below leaves in A. orientale), and the two were recognized as distinct in 1995. [1] A. sintenisii also differs in its larger size. [2] A. sintenisii has also been confused with A. hygrophilum; many records of A. hygrophilum from Cyprus are likely misidentifications of this species. [5]
A. sintenisii is diploid, with a chromosome count of 2n = 28. [6]
Arum sintenisii is cultivated as an ornamental plant, and is reported to survive mild winters in South East England. [2]
The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe. Also known as the arum family, members are often colloquially known as aroids. This family of 140 genera and about 4,075 known species is most diverse in the New World tropics, although also distributed in the Old World tropics and northern temperate regions.
Anthurium is a genus of about 1,000 species of flowering plants, the largest genus of the arum family, Araceae. General common names include anthurium, tailflower, flamingo flower, and laceleaf.
Arum maculatum is a woodland flowering plant species in the family Araceae. It is native across most of Europe, as well as Eastern Turkey and the Caucasus.
Calla is a genus of flowering plant in the family Araceae, containing the single species Calla palustris.
Arum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to Europe, northern Africa, and western and central Asia, with the highest species diversity in the Mediterranean region. Frequently called arum lilies, they are not closely related to the true lilies Lilium. Plants in closely related Zantedeschia are also called "arum lilies".
Arum italicum is a species of flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the family Araceae, also known as Italian arum and Italian lords-and-ladies. It is native to the British Isles and much of the Mediterranean region, the Caucasus, Canary Islands, Madeira and northern Africa. It is also naturalized in Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Argentina, North Island New Zealand and scattered locations in North America.
Biarum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is composed of plants that are native to the Middle East, southern Europe, and North Africa. Biarum are often found growing in rock crevices and graveled soil composed largely of limestone.
Aroideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is the largest subfamily in Araceae and consists of about 72 different genera, and 2,300 species. Many Aroideae have spiny pollen grains without a sporopollenin outer exine layer and lacking an aperture.
Arum hygrophilum is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae. It has a disjunct distribution, found in Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Cyprus and Morocco.
Vesta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, formally described in 2018. It contains only one known species, Vesta longifolia, native to Perak in Peninsular Malaysia and to Brunei and Sarawak on the island of Borneo.
Arum orientale is a woodland plant species of the family Araceae. It is found in southeastern Europe as far west as Vienna and in Turkey. Its primary range is Romania, Bulgaria, and southern Ukraine.
Fenestratarum is a genus of flowering plants in the arum family Araceae, native to Borneo. There are only two known species, which are found on different soil types and 600 km apart, furthermore each is restricted to one local population.
Arum italicum subsp. canariense is a flowering plant subspecies in the family Araceae.
Arum italicum subsp. albispathum is a flowering plant subspecies in the family Araceae.
Arum italicum subsp. italicum is a flowering plant subspecies in the family Araceae.
Arum besserianum is a flowering plant species in the family Araceae.
Arum concinnatum, commonly known as the Crete arum, is a flowering plant species in the family Araceae.
Arum apulum, known as Apulian arum, is a flowering plant species in the family Araceae.
Alloschemone inopinata is a species of flowering plant in the genus Alloschemone of the arum family Araceae.