Checklist: Araceae

ARACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are purely cultivated have been excluded.

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Zantedeschia albomaculata subsp. albomaculata
LEMNACEAE 
Literature:   
Dyer, R.A. (1976) The Genera of southern African flowering plants. Vol. 2 (Monocotyledons). Department of Agricultural Technical Services, Pre 
Haigh, A. & Boyce, P. (2012) Araceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(1)  
Hepper, F.N. (1973) Lemnaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa  
Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10  
Mayo, S.J. (1985) Araceae Flora of Tropical East Africa  
  
NamesFZ Divisions
  
SAUROMATUM Schott 
Sauromatum venosum (Aiton) Kunth N,W,C
Arum venosum Aiton
Typhonium venosum (Aiton) Hett. & P.C.Boyce
  
REMUSATIA Schott 
Remusatia vivipara (Roxb.) Schott W
  
ANCHOMANES Schott 
Anchomanes difformis (Blume) Engl. N,W
Amorphophallus difformis Blume
Anchomanes welwitschii Rendle
  
690.000 CULCASIA P. Beauv. 
Culcasia falcifolia Engl. N,W
Culcasia scandens sensu Engl.
Culcasia orientalis Mayo N
  
693.000 GONATOPUS Engl. 
Gonatopus boivinii (Decne.) Engl. N,E
Zamioculcas boivinii Decne.
  
723.000 AMORPHOPHALLUS Blume ex Decne. 
Amorphophallus abyssinicus (A. Rich.) N.E. Br.
subsp. unyikae (Engl. & Gehrm.) Ittenb. [LR-lc]B,N,W,C,E,S
Amorphophallus unyikae Engl. & Gehrm.
Amorphophallus mossambicensis (Schott) N.E. Br. S
Amorphophallus swynnertonii Rendle
Corynophallus mossambicensis
Hydrosome mossambicensis
Amorphophallus richardsiae Ittenb. N
  
748.000 ZANTEDESCHIA Spreng. 
Zantedeschia albomaculata (Hook.) Baill.
subsp. albomaculata N,W
Richardia albomaculata Hook.
Zantedeschia melanoleuca (Hook. f.) Engl.
Zantedeschia tropicalis (N.E. Br.) Letty var. tropicalis
  
755.000 COLOCASIA Schott 
*Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
Colocasia antiquorum Schott
  
764.000 STYLOCHAETON Lepr. 
Stylochaeton borumensis N.E. Br. N,E
Stylochaeton rogersii N.E. Br.
Stylochaeton cuculliferus Peter E
Stylochaeton puberulus N.E. Br. B,N,W,C,E,S
  
786.000 ARISAEMA C. Martius 
Arisaema sp.
  
791.000 PISTIA L. 
Pistia stratiotes L. N,E,S
  
794.000 SPIRODELA Schleid. 
Spirodela polyrrhiza (L.) Schleid. C,E,S
Lemna polyrrhiza L.
  
795.000 LEMNA L. 
Lemna aequinoctialis Welw. N,E,S
Lemna angolensis Hegelm.
Lemna paucicostata Engelm.
Lemna perpusilla Torr.
  
796.010 WOLFFIELLA (Hegelm.) Hegelm. 
WOLFFIOPSIS Hartog & Plas 
Wolffiella hyalina (Delile) C.Monod. N
Pseudowolffia hyalina (Delile) Hartog & Plas
Wolffia repanda Hegelm.
Wolffiella rotunda Landolt
Wolffiella welwitschii (Hegelm.) C. Monod N
Wolffiopsis welwitschii (Hegelm.) Hartog & Plas

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Checklist: Araceae].
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-checklist.php?family_id=18, retrieved 3 April 2025

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