Dracontium asperum

Dracontium asperum

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Alismatales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Lasioideae
Genus: Dracontium
Species: Dracontium asperum

Name edit

Dracontium asperum K.Koch, 1859

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Sauromatum asperum (K.Koch) K.Koch, Belgique Hort. 15: 101 (1865).
  • Heterotypic
    • 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).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Brazil North; Dominican Republic; French Guiana; Guyana; Peru; Puerto Rico; Suriname; Trinidad-Tobago; Venezuela; Windward Is.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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