Carlephyton

Carlephyton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Subfamily:	Aroideae
Tribe:	Arophyteae
Genus:	Carlephyton Jum.
Species
Carlephyton diegonse Carlephyton glaucophyllum Carlephyton madagascariense

Carlephyton is a genus of three species in the family Araceae, all endemic to Madagascar. The three species in this genus are seasonally dormant tubers. The leaves are cordate with a sub-marginal collective vein. The fine venation is reticulate. There are usually one to three leaves. The petiole sheath is short. Inflorescences are typical aroids with a spathe and spadix. It has no sterile appendix and its flowers, usually one to three, are unisexual. 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 forests on limestone or basalt or in rock crevices.

Species

• Carlephyton diegonse Bogner
• Carlephyton glaucophyllum Bogner
• Carlephyton madagascariense Jum.

References

• Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
• Simon J. Mayo, Josef Bogner, Peter C. Boyce: The Genera of Araceae. 1. published, Royal Botanic Gardens/ Kew Publishing, London 1997, ISBN 1-900347-22-9 (Full-text as PDF-file; Continental Printing, Belgium 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
• Relevant page in CATE Araceae
• Aroid
• GBIF