Eminium

Eminium
Eminium intortum [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Subfamily:	Aroideae
Tribe:	Areae
Genus:	Eminium Schott
Range of the genus Eminium.
Synonyms [2]
HelicophyllumSchott

Eminium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The genus ranges from Turkey and Egypt east to Central Asia. ^{[2] [3]} Usually they can be found growing in barren areas in sand or stony soil. The foliage of Eminium resembles Helicodiceros and its inflorescence and fruit resembles those of Biarum. ^[4]

Species ^[2]

• Eminium albertii (Regel) Engl. - Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan
• Eminium heterophyllum (Blume) Schott - Iran, Iraq, Turkey
• Eminium intortum (Banks & Sol.) Kuntze - Turkey, Syria
• Eminium jaegeri Bogner & P.C.Boyce - Iran
• Eminium koenenianum Lobin & P.C.Boyce - Turkey
• Eminium lehmannii (Bunge) Kuntze - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan
• Eminium rauwolffii (Blume) Schott - Turkey, Syria
• Eminium regelii Vved. - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
• Eminium spiculatum (Blume) Schott - Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran

Gallery

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  E. albertii
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  E. intortum
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  E. lehmannii
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  E. regelii
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  E. spiculatum

References

1. Pohl in Das Pflanzenreich of Engler - "Das Pflanzenreich" Vol. 73-74 (1920)
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, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN   0-88192-485-7.