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Araceae Juss., 1789 nom. cons.
the cuckoo-pintpronounced: uh-RAY-see-eye
the arum family
Araceae is derived from the Greek αρον (aron), their name for Arum italicum, the cuckoo-pint, known by the Romans as arum. The vast majority of the members of this family occur in the New World tropics. They are generally known as aroids. Members of the family are highly diverse in form, ranging from submerged or free-floating aquatics to terrestrial, and to epiphytes and climbers; usually there are calcium oxalate crystals, and commonly a milky sap. The leaves range from simple to entire to compound and highly divided, and may be basal or produced from an aerial stem. The inflorescence is always a spadix with either bisexual or unisexual flowers (sometimes with a sterile region), surrounded by a spathe. Very rarely the spathe is absent.
Aglaonema commutatum - Chinese Evergreen
Alocasia macrorrhizos - Cunjevoi
Alocasia sanderiana - Kris Plant
Anthurium sp - Anthurium
Anthurium andraearum - Flamingo Flower
Anthurium jenmanii - Birdnest Anthurium
Caladium bicolor - Angel Wings
Colocasia esculenta - Taro
Dieffenbachia longispatha - Dumb Cane
Dieffenbachia maculata (syn.) - Dumb Cane
Dieffenbachia seguine - Dumb Cane
Epipremnum aureum - Devil's Ivy
Monstera deliciosa - Fruit Salad Plant
Philodendron sp. - Philodendron
Scindapsus aureus (syn.) - Devil's Ivy
Spathiphyllum sp. - Peace Lily
Syngonium podophyllum - Arrowhead Vine
Xanthosoma sagittifolium - Elephant Ear
Zamioculcas zamiifolia - Zanzibar Gem
Zantedeschia X - Calla Lily
Lithograph by Charlotte Young
Page last updated 10th February 2016