Araceae
Arum

Arum dioscoridis Sm.

First published in J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith, Fl. Graec. Prodr. 2: 245 (1816)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Aegean Islands to Jordan, Cyprus. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 1982 Kotschy, T. [181] Cyprus K000499469 Type Yes
Gassner, A. [110] Cyprus K:SPC-51442.000 No
Balansa, B. [828] Turkey K000499471 Type Yes
Balansa, B. [828] Turkey K000499470 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-49816.000 No
Stevens Turkey K:SPC-53873.000 No
Mathew, B. [9520] Turkey K:SPC-51427.000 No
Albury; Cheese; Watson [1965] Turkey K:SPC-51375.000 No
Albury; Cheese; Watson Turkey K:SPC-52105.000 No
Kotschy, T. [444] Turkey K000950266 Unknown Type Material Yes
Boyce, P. [147] Syria K:SPC-51784.000 No
Stevens, N. Turkey Arum dioscoridis var. syriacum K:SPC-49832.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • CATE Araceae

    • Haigh, A., Clark, B., Reynolds, L., Mayo, S.J., Croat, T.B., Lay, L., Boyce, P.C., Mora, M., Bogner, J., Sellaro, M., Wong, S.Y., Kostelac, C., Grayum, M.H., Keating, R.C., Ruckert, G., Naylor, M.F. and Hay, A., CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images