Theriophonum infaustum N.E.Br., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 260 1880. (syn: Calyptrocoryne minuta Schott; Calyptrocoryne wightii Schott; Theriophonum danielii Rajakumar, Selvak., S.Murug. & Chellap.; Theriophonum wightii (Schott) Engl.); S. India as per POWO; Annual herbs, corm globose, 1 cm across. Leaves few, radical, to 8 x 6 cm, ovate, hastate at base, acute at apex, lineolate; petiole to 15 cm long, slender. Spadix axillary, to 4 cm long; spathe globose below, constricted above, limb elliptic, greenish-yellow; spadix included, one third of the spathe. Male flowers many, stamens 1 or 2; anthers sessile. Female flowers few, ovary conical, 1-celled; ovules few, basal. Neuters filiform. Fruit a groups of globose, berries. Flowering and fruiting: July-September Moist deciduous forests, also in marshy areas Southern Western Ghats (Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal) I would like the ID for the following two plants belonging to Araceae. One appears to be an Amorphophallus species and I am not sure of the other. Provenance is Palakkad, Kerala. Theriophonum minutum Thanks, ..., On going through species in Flora of Peninsular India, I find it different from Theriophonum minutum as per details herein. It appears close to Theriophonum infaustum as per details herein and as per Taxonomic identity of Theriophonum danielii and T. Manickamii (Araceae) - M. SIVADASAN, V. ABDUL JALEEL, AHMED H. ALFARHAN AND P. LAKSHMINARASIMHAN- June 2014 Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 21(1). FRLHT
180713 ASP 119 : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. Please ID this small plant with spadix. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Dec 2012. Theriophonum sp On going through species in Flora of Peninsular India, it appears close to Theriophonum infaustum as per details herein and as per Taxonomic identity of Theriophonum danielii and T. Manickamii (Araceae) - M. SIVADASAN, V. ABDUL JALEEL, AHMED H. ALFARHAN AND P. LAKSHMINARASIMHAN- June 2014 Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 21(1). References:
POWO Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 WCSP IPNI GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of peninsular India India Biodiversity Portal Kerala plants FRLHT Flowering phenology and Beetle pollination in Theriophonum infaustum N.E.Br. (Araceae) Sivadasan M & Raghavan Kavalan- January 2005, Journal of the International Aroid Society 28:104-112 Taxonomic identity of Theriophonum danielii and T. Manickamii (Araceae) - M. SIVADASAN, V. ABDUL JALEEL, AHMED H. ALFARHAN AND P. LAKSHMINARASIMHAN- June 2014 Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 21(1). |
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