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Araceae is 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 encl...
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Excited blowflies will actually choose the stench of the arum over the gull-mess, landing on the spathe in search for food. They are eventually drawn to the dark, smelly, narrow end of the spathe, where they enter through a small ... Brown, D. 1988. Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1988.
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Most members of the arum family are tropical plants, though an obvious exception would be the Jack-in-the-Pulpit which grows extensively in the temperate zone. Vining forms often have large, fleshy aerial roots. Leaves can vary greatly in shape and many have deep lobes, slits or holes in them.
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Although one of the smallest in numbers, the arum family comprises some of our most quaint and interesting flowers. Its characteristics are strongly marked and its tastes appear to be most patrician. ... ... As a family they show a keen appreciation of harmony in the exquisite blending of colours in the spathe,
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Arrow Arum (Peltandra Virginica [L.] Kunth.) Arum Family ... Water Arum (Calla Palustris L.) Arum Family ... prev: Arum Family (Araceae) - Jack-In-The-Pulpit (Arisaema Triphyllum [L.] Torr.) - Plate VI...
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Members of the Family Araceae, the Arum Plants ... 2006 - Tiffy the Titan Arum flowered for the third time. It gave a great show. Thanks to all who visited the Fullerton Arboretum to see it on display in front of The Orange County Argricultural and Nikkei Heritage Museum.
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Photography by Keir Morse » Plants » Araceae - Arum Family ... Araceae photographs by Keir Morse. Individual plants are organized by scientific name. As most plants historically had many different common and scientific names, I've tried to list some of these in the photo descriptions.
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Arum (plant genus), genus of low-growing tuberous perennial plants in the family Araceae (order Arales). ... genus of low-growing tuberous perennial plants in the family Araceae (order Arales). ... The bitter, burning taste of these plant’s sap may have led to the genus name Arum,
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Aroid is the common name for members of the Araceae family of plants, sometimes known as the Philodendron or Arum family. The occasionally beautiful and often bizarre combination of spathe and spadix called the inflorescence, sometimes referred to as a "flower", is a distinguishing feature of all aroids.
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Family: Arum (Araceae) ; • Habitat: marshes; in shallow water or mud on the shores of ponds and slow-moving streams; • Height: 1-2 feet; • Flower size: actual flowers are tiny (located on the slender spathe inside the hooded spadix);
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