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'''''Furtadoa''''' is a [[genus]] of flowering plants in the [[Araceae]] [[family (biology)|family]]. It consists of only two species ''F. mixta'' and ''F. sumatrensis''. The genus was first described in 1981 by Hotta. |
'''''Furtadoa''''' is a [[genus]] of flowering plants in the [[Araceae]] [[family (biology)|family]]. It consists of only two species ''F. mixta'' and ''F. sumatrensis''. The genus was first described in 1981 by Hotta and is found to be endemic to [[Sumatra]]. Both of the species have elliptical leaves with a creeping habit. The [[spathe]]s are green and the [[spadix]] has a zone of female flowers that runs down half of the length of the spadix. |
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Furtadoa is a genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family. It consists of only two species F. mixta and F. sumatrensis. The genus was first described in 1981 by Hotta and is found to be endemic to Sumatra. Both of the species have elliptical leaves with a creeping habit. The spathes are green and the spadix has a zone of female flowers that runs down half of the length of the spadix.
References
- Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0881924857.
- Hotta, M. (1981). A new genus of the family Araceae from West Sumatra. Acta Phytotaxonomica Geobotanica. 32 (5-6): 142-146.
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