Arum Family
Araceae
The Araceae are 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 enclosed in, a spathe (or leaf-like bract). Also known as the arum family, members are often colloquially known as aroids. This family of 114 genera and about 3,750 known species is most diverse in the New World tropics, although also distributed in the Old World tropics and northern temperate regions.
8 branches of this family, most-observed first
Aroideae
subfamilyAroideae
Monsteroideae
subfamilyMonsteroideae
Skunk Cabbages and Golden-clubs
subfamilyOrontioideae
duckweeds
subfamilyLemnoideae
Pothoideae
subfamilyPothoideae
Zamioculcadoideae
subfamilyZamioculcadoideae
Lasioideae
subfamilyLasioideae
Gymnostachydoideae
subfamilyGymnostachydoideae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Araceae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48536.