Dracontioides

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Dracontioides
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Dracontioides desciscens
1911 illustration [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Lasioideae
Genus: Dracontioides
Engl.
Type species
Dracontioides desciscens
(Schott) Engl.

Dracontioides is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It was long thought to contain only a single species until a second species was described in 2005. Both are endemic to Brazil. [2] [3] [4]

The type species of the genus is Dracontioides desciscens, native to swamps in eastern Brazil. This species was originally classified by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott as belonging to Urospatha, but it was subsequently reassigned to its own genus Dracontioides by Adolf Engler. The genus is closely related to both Urospatha and Dracontium . The most notable feature of the species its glossy extremely sagittate leaves with oval fenestrations. The leaves are attached to 2 meter long stalks that are intern attached to a spongy rhizome. Additionally, the inflorescence produced has a smell of rotting meat. [5]

Species
  1. Dracontioides desciscens (Schott) Engl. - Pernambuco, Bahia, Espírito Santo
  2. Dracontioides salvianii E.G.Gonç. - Bahia [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Peyritsch (d. 1889), book: Engler (d. 1930) - "Das Pflanzenreich" heft 48 (1911)
  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. ↑ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  5. ↑ Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN   0-88192-485-7.
  6. ↑ Gonçalves, Eduardo G. 2005. Aroideana 28: 28–30, f. 6–9


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