Eminium spiculatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alismatales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Aroideae
Tribus: Areae
Genus: Eminium
Species: Eminium spiculatum

Name

Eminium spiculatum (Blume) Schott, Syn. Aroid. 17. 1856.

Synonyms

Basionym
- Arum spiculatum Blume, Rumphia 1: 121. 1836.
  - Syntypes: Syria & Iran, “in Syriae montibus humilioribus, nec non in Perside, fide speciminum in Herbario Horti botanici Parisiensis servatarum” (P)
Homotypic
- Helicophyllum spiculatum (Blume) Schott, Prodr. Syst. Aroid. 113. 1860.

Heterotypic
- Dracunculus minor Blume, Rumphia 1: 125. 1836.
  - Type: “Rauw. Her. n. 94.”
- Arum crassipes Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 9. 1853.
  - Type localities: “Hab. in desertis ad meridiem Judeae inter Nackl et Gaza sitis, in vallibus orientalibus Hermonis inter Rascheya et Damascum, in cultis Libani superioris inter Damascum et Berythum (Boiss.)”
  - Helicophyllum crassipes (Boiss.) Schott, Syn. Aroid. 22. 1856.
- Helicophyllum angustatum Schott, Syn. Aroid. 22. 1856.
  - Type locality: “In deserto prope Gaza”
  - Helicophyllum crassipes var. angustatum (Schott) Engl. in A.L.P. de Candolle & A.C.P. de Candolle, Monog. Phanerog. 2: 601. 1879.
- Helicophyllum loftusii Schott, Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 7: 263. 1857.
  - Type locality: “Habit. in Kurdistania (Assyria antiqua, in ruderatis Nimrud), Lofftus, in Herb. Hooker.”
- Helicophyllum dracunculus Schott, Prodr. Syst. Aroid. 115. 1860.
  - Type: Persia, Aucher (P)
- Helicophyllum crassipes f. tigrinum Engl. in A.L.P. de Candolle & A.C.P. de Candolle, Monog. Phanerog. 2: 600. 1879. (as “tigrina”)
  - Syntypes: “Syria inter Aleppo et Mossul (Olivier); in graminosis inter Aleppo et Acutab (Haussknecht in h. Boiss.); Persia (Aucher-Eloy, h. d'Orient n. 2681 in h. DC).”
  - Eminium spiculatum var. tigrinum (Engl.) Engl., Pflanzenr. 73 (IV.23F): 130. 1920.
- Eminium spiculatum var. albovirens Engl., Pflanzenr. 73 (IV.23F): 131. 1920.
- Eminium spiculatum subsp. negevense Koach & Feinbrun in Feinbrun, Fl. Palaestina 4: 397. 1986.
  - Type: Israel, Central Negev, Rotem Plain, sandy soil, 10.12.1984, J. Koach (photo) 84 (Holotypus: HUJ).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Egypt Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon, Syria), Palestine (Israel, Jordan, Palestine Territories), Sinai, Turkey References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Schott, H.W. 1856. Synopsis Aroidearum: complectens enumerationem systematicam generum et specierum hujus ordinis. Vienna: Congregatio Mechitharistica. MDZ Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2016. Eminium spiculatum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Nov. 6. Reference page.