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'''''Carlephyton''''' |
'''''Carlephyton''''''''''' |
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From the plant family |
From the plant family [[Araceae]], ''Carlephyton'' has three species at present (2008) These are '' [[C.diegonse]], [[C. glaucophyllum]], [[C.madagascarience]]''. |
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''Carlephyton'' is a seasonally dormant tuber. Depressed-globose. |
''Carlephyton'' is a seasonally dormant tuber. Depressed-globose. |
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Its leaves are cordate with a sub-marginal collective vein. The fine venation is reticulate. There are usually 1-3 leaves. Petiole sheath is short. |
Its leaves are cordate with a sub-marginal collective vein. The fine venation is reticulate. There are usually 1-3 leaves. Petiole sheath is short. |
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The inflorescence is typical or all Aroids with a spathe and spadix. It has no sterile appendix and its flowers are unisexual. Usually 1-3. the spathe is not constricted and the lower part is persistent in anthesis. |
The inflorescence is typical or all [[Aroids]] with a spathe and spadix. It has no sterile appendix and its flowers are unisexual. Usually 1-3. the [[spathe]] is not constricted and the lower part is persistent in [[anthesis]]. |
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The berries tend to be orange-red. |
The berries tend to be orange-red. |
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External Links |
External Links |
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[Network Araceae] http://scratchpad.cate-araceae.org/taxonomy/term/755 |
[Network Araceae] http://scratchpad.cate-araceae.org/taxonomy/term/755 |
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[CATE] http://www.cate-araceae.org/taxon/Index.do?id=11047 |
[CATE] http://www.cate-araceae.org/taxon/Index.do?id=11047 |
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[Aroid] http://www.aroid.org/genera/speciespage.php?genus=carlephyton&species=glaucophyllum |
[Aroid] http://www.aroid.org/genera/speciespage.php?genus=carlephyton&species=glaucophyllum |
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[GBIF] http://data.gbif.org/species/13221123 |
[GBIF] http://data.gbif.org/species/13221123 |
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Revision as of 22:15, 25 March 2008
Carlephyton''''''
From the plant family Araceae, Carlephyton has three species at present (2008) These are C.diegonse, C. glaucophyllum, C.madagascarience.
Carlephyton is a seasonally dormant tuber. Depressed-globose. Its leaves are cordate with a sub-marginal collective vein. The fine venation is reticulate. There are usually 1-3 leaves. Petiole sheath is short.
The inflorescence is typical or all Aroids with a spathe and spadix. It has no sterile appendix and its flowers are unisexual. Usually 1-3. the spathe is not constricted and the lower part is persistent in anthesis.
The berries tend to be orange-red.
They are known to grow in tropical deciduous forest on limestone or basalt or in rock crevices.
References
Mayo, S.J., Bogner, J. & Boyce, P.C. (1997)
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Protolog: Jum. 1919. Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille. , III, 7: 187
Bogner, J. 1972. Revision der Arophyteae (Araceae). Bot. Jahrb.. 92: 1-63
Bogner, J. 1975. Aracées. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores. 31e. famille: 75 pp.
External Links
[Network Araceae] http://scratchpad.cate-araceae.org/taxonomy/term/755
[CATE] http://www.cate-araceae.org/taxon/Index.do?id=11047
[Aroid] http://www.aroid.org/genera/speciespage.php?genus=carlephyton&species=glaucophyllum