Lasioideae
Encyclopedia
Lasioideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the Araceae
family
. It contain 10 genera
: Anaphyllopsis
, Anaphyllum
, Cyrtosperma
, Dracontioides
, Dracontium
, Lasia
, Lasimorpha
, Podolasia
, Pycnospatha
, and Urospatha
.
Araceae
Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe or leaf-like bract. Also known as the Arum family, members are often colloquially...
family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
. It contain 10 genera
Genera
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: Anaphyllopsis
Anaphyllopsis
Anaphyllopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family. The genus was created in 1988 by Hay in order to account for the differences of Cyrtosperma americanum from other Cyrtosperma species. The decision was to create a genus named Anaphyllopsis and rename Cyrtosperma americanum as...
, Anaphyllum
Anaphyllum
Anaphyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family. It consists of two species that are both endemic to southern India. They are found in marshes, have leaves with some pinnation, and have a twisted spathe. The two species in this genus are similar in appearance to those in the genus...
, Cyrtosperma
Cyrtosperma
Cyrtosperma is a genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family that consists of approximately 12 species. The genus had gone through considerable taxonomic changes in the 1980s, and as a result is now considered to be endemic to only Asia and some Pacific islands...
, Dracontioides
Dracontioides
Dracontioides is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family. The single species that makes up the genus is Dracontioides desciscens, which is native to swamps in eastern Brazil. This species was originally classified by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott as belonging to Urospatha, but it was...
, Dracontium
Dracontium
Dracontium is a flowering plant similar to Amorphophallus. It can be distinguished on the basis of its inflorescence, which is smaller and unisexual. The tuber is large, similar to that of Amorphophallus but rounder, with no central and circular scar mark. When the plant begins to flower, the tuber...
, Lasia
Lasia
Lasia is a genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family. The genus contains only two species both of which are native to Asia, Lasia spinosa and Lasia concinna. Lasia was believed to be a monotypic genus until 1997 when a wild population of Lasia concinna was discovered in a farmer's paddy field...
, Lasimorpha
Lasimorpha
Lasimorpha is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family. The single species that makes up the genus is Lasimorpha senegalensis. This species is endemic to Africa.-References:...
, Podolasia
Podolasia
Podolasia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family. The single species that is contained within the genus is Podolasia stipitata. This species has vegetative features that are similar to the genus Lasia and has floral features similar to the genus Cyrtosperma. Podolasia...
, Pycnospatha
Pycnospatha
Pycnospatha is a genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family. It contains only two species both of which are tuberous.-References:*Bown, Demi . Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7....
, and Urospatha
Urospatha
Urospatha is a genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family that consists of approximately 10 species. They are found growing in South America and Central America in swamps, wet savannahs, and brackish water. The leaves of the species in this genus are upward pointing and sagittate...
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