Dracontium asperum

Dracontium asperum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alismatales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Lasioideae
Genus: Dracontium
Species: Dracontium asperum

Name

Dracontium asperum K.Koch, 1859

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Sauromatum asperum (K.Koch) K.Koch, Belgique Hort. 15: 101 (1865).
• Heterotypic
  • Chersydrium jararaca Schott, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 15: 73 (1865).
  • Dracontium elatum Mart., Gard. Chron. 1870: 344 (1870).
  • Dracontium foecundum Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 111: t. 6808 (1885).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Brazil North; Dominican Republic; French Guiana; Guyana; Peru; Puerto Rico; Suriname; Trinidad-Tobago; Venezuela; Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Koch, K.H.E., 1859. Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 2:259.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Dracontium asperum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Dracontium asperum. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 10 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Dracontium asperum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 10.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Dracontium asperum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Nov. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Dracontium asperum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

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