099.0000
Family
Araceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 23 (1789), nom. cons.
123 genera, ca. 4100 spp.
Species listed in database: 4932; hybrids: 21
= Arisaraceae Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 16 (1838)
= Caladiaceae Salisb.; Gen. Pl. [Salisbury] 5 (1866)
= Callaceae Rchb. ex Bartl.; Ord. Nat. Pl. 25, 66 (1830)
= Colocasiaceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 541 (1895)
= Cryptocorynaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 32 (1858)
= Dracontiaceae Salisb.; Gen. Pl. [Salisbury] 7 (1866)
= Lasiaceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 540 (1895)
= Lemnaceae Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 729 (1822), nom. cons.
= Monsteraceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 540 (1895)
= Orontiaceae Bartl.; Ord. Nat. Pl. 24, 68 (1830)
= Pistiaceae Rich. ex C.Agardh; Aphor. Bot. 130 (1822)
= Philodendraceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 540 (1895)
= Pothaceae Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 16 (1838)
= Wolffiaceae Bubani; Fl. Pyren. [Bubani] 4: 22 (1902)
099.6002
Genus
Dracontium L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 967 (1753)
Distribution: Tropical America
Species listed in database: 30
= Chersydrium Schott; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 15: 72 (1865)
= Echidnium Schott; Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 7: 62 (1857)
= Eutereia Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 12 (1836)
= Godwinia Seem.; J. Bot. 7: 314, t. 96, 97 (1869)
= Ophione Schott; Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 7: 101 (1857)
species :
Dracontium albostipes
G.Nicholson; Ill. Dict. Gard. 1: 491 (1885)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
species :
Dracontium amazonense
G.H.Zhu & Croat; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91(4): 607 (2004)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas); Peru; Bolivia (Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Amazonas, Acre)
82 VEN 83 BOL PER 84 BRA
species :
Dracontium angustispathum
G.H.Zhu & Croat; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91(4): 611 (2004)
Distribution: Colombia (Vaupés); N-Peru
82 CLM 83 PER
species :
Dracontium annulatum
G.Nicholson; Ill. Dict. Gard. 1: 491 (1885)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
species :
Dracontium asperispathum
G.H.Zhu & Croat; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91(4): 613 (2004)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas); Ecuador; N-Peru
82 CLM 83 ECU PER
species :
Dracontium asperum
K.Koch; Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 259 (1859)
Distribution: Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Trinidad [I]; Venezuela (Bolívar); Surinam; French Guiana; Peru; N-Brazil (Amazonas); NE-Brazil
81 HIS PUE trt 82 FRG SUR VEN 83 PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Chersydrium jararaca Schott; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 15: 73 (1865)
= Dracontium elatum Mart.; Gard. Chron. 1870: 344 (1870)
= Dracontium foecundum Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. 111: t. 6808 (1885)
= Sauromatum asperum (K.Koch) K.Koch; Belgique Hort. 15: 101 (1865)
species :
Dracontium bogneri
G.H.Zhu & Croat; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91(4): 618 (2004)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Tocantins); WC-Brazil (Goiás)
84 BRA
species :
Dracontium constantinoi
A.Hay & M.Cedeño; Aroideana 41(2-3): 18 (2018)
Distribution: Colombia (Vaupés)
82 CLM
species :
Dracontium croatii
G.H.Zhu; Novon 5(3): 301 (1995)
Distribution: Colombia (Nariño); Ecuador (Carchi, Pichincha)
82 CLM 83 ECU
species :
Dracontium dubium
Kunth; Index Sem. (Berlin) 1844: 21 (1844)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Guarico, Portuguesa); Guyana
82 GUY VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracontium changuango G.S.Bunting; Phytologia 60(5): 302 (1986)
= Echidnium dubium (Kunth) Engl.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.23C, Heft 48 (Arac.-Lasioideae): 38 (1911)
= Echidnium schomburgkii Schott; Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 7: 62 (1857)
species :
Dracontium fuscopunctatum
Cornejo, Croat & G.Tello; Phytotaxa 687(2): 296 (2025)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Dracontium gigas
(Seem.) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 2: 284 (1879)
Distribution: Myanmar [I]; Nicaragua; Costa Rica
41 mya 80 COS NIC
Synonyms: hidden
= Godwinia gigas Seem.; J. Bot. 7: 315 (1869)
species :
Dracontium grandispathum
G.H.Zhu & Croat; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91(4): 628 (2004)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Dracontium grayumianum
G.H.Zhu & Croat; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91(4): 630 (2004)
Distribution: Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó, Valle)
80 PAN 82 CLM
species :
Dracontium guianense
G.H.Zhu & Croat; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91(4): 632 (2004)
Distribution: French Guiana
82 FRG
species :
Dracontium iquitense
E.C.Morgan & J.A.Sperling; Aroideana 30: 53 (2007)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Dracontium laetum
E.G.Gonç. & S.P.Santos; Aroideana 38: 14, figs. 1-2 (2015)
Distribution: Brazil (Amazonas)
84 BRA
species :
Dracontium longipes
Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 122 (1905)
Distribution: N-Peru; N-Brazil (Amazonas, Acre); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso)
83 PER 84 BRA
species :
Dracontium margaretae
Bogner; Aroideana 4(3): 87 (1981)
Distribution: Venezuela (Apure, Guarico); Bolivia (Beni); N-Brazil (Tocantins); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay)
82 VEN 83 BOL 84 BRA 85 PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracontium lineare G.S.Bunting & Tillett; Phytologia 64(6): 464 (1988)
species :
Dracontium narae
E.G.Gonç.; Aroideana 38: 16, figs. 3-4 (2015)
Distribution: Brazil (Roraima)
84 BRA
species :
Dracontium nivosum
(Lem.) G.H.Zhu; World Checkl. & Bibliogr. Araceae 301 (2002)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas); NE-Brazil (Maranhao)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Amorphophallus nivosus Lem.; Ill. Hort. 12: t. 424 (1865)
= Amorphophallus papillosus Raf.; Rev. Hort. (Paris) 42: 476 (1871)
species :
Dracontium peruvianum
G.H.Zhu & Croat; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91(4): 641 (2004)
Distribution: N-Peru; N-Brazil (Amazonas)
83 PER 84 BRA
species :
Dracontium pittieri
Engl.; Anales Inst. Fis.-Geogr. Nac. Costa Rica 8: 364 (1898)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
species :
Dracontium plowmanii
G.H.Zhu & Croat; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91(4): 645 (2004)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Dracontium polyphyllum
L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 967 (1753)
Name: Guapa
Distribution: Myanmar [I]; Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Guarico, Portuguesa, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Peru; N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas); NE-Brazil (Ceara, Bahia); SE-Brazil (Espirito Santo)
41 mya 82 FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Amorphophallus wallisii Regel; Gartenflora 10: 322 (1861), nom. inval.
= Dracontium asperum var. wallisii (Regel) Engl.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 3(2): 126 (1878)
= Dracontium regelianum (Engl.) Bogner; Aroideana 8(3): 78 (1985 publ. 1986)
= Dracontium surinamense Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 2: 283 (1879), nom. inval.
= Dracontium wallisii (Regel) K.Koch; Index Aroid. [Ender] 45 (1864)
= Echidnium regelianum Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 2: 286 (1879)
= Echidnium spruceanum Regel; Gartenflora 1866: 98 (1866), nom. illeg.
= Eutereia nigricans Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 12 (1836)
species :
Dracontium prancei
G.H.Zhu & Croat; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91(4): 651 (2004)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Roraima, Amazonas)
84 BRA
species :
Dracontium purdieanum
(Schott) Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. 99: t. 6048 (1873)
Distribution: Colombia (Atlántico, Bolívar, Magdalena); Venezuela (Zulia)
82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracontium aricuaisanum G.S.Bunting; Phytologia 60(5): 301 (1986)
= Dracontium purdieanum (Schott) Engl.; Pflanzenr., IV, 23C: 45 (1911), isonym
= Dracontium sculpturatum Van Geert; Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 78: 13 (1879)
= Ophione purdieana Schott; Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 7: 101 (1857)
species :
Dracontium soconuscum
Matuda; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 41: 494 (1949)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas); Guatemala; Honduras; ?Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama
79 MEX 80 COS GUA HON PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Dracontium dressleri Croat; Selbyana 1(2): 168 (1975)
species :
Dracontium spruceanum
(Schott) G.H.Zhu; Novon 6(3): 308 (1996)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Boyacá, Caquetá, Cauca, Chocó, Meta, Nariño, Putumayo, Santander, Valle, Vaupés); Surinam; Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Amazonas, Acre)
80 COS 82 CLM SUR 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Cyrtosperma spruceanum (Schott) Engl.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 3(2): 118 (1878)
= Dracontium carderi Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. t. 6523 (1880)
= Dracontium costaricense Engl.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.23C, Heft 48 (Arac.-Lasioideae): 44 (1911)
= Dracontium loretense K.Krause; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 617 (1932)
= Dracontium ornatum K.Krause; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 40 (1940)
= Dracontium trianae Engl.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.23C, Heft 48 (Arac.-Lasioideae): 44 (1911)
= Echidnium spruceanum Schott; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 8: 350 (1858)
species :
Dracontium ulei
K.Krause; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 115 (1914)
Distribution: Bolivia (Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Acre)
83 BOL 84 BRA
