- Dracontioides
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Dracontioides Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Monocots Order: Alismatales Family: Araceae Subfamily: Lasioideae Genus: Dracontioides
Engl.Species: D. desciscens Binomial name Dracontioides desciscens
Engl.Dracontioides is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family. The single species that makes up the genus is Dracontioides desciscens, which is 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.
References
- Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.
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