Synandrospadix

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Aroideae
Tribus: Spathicarpeae
Genus: Synandrospadix
Species: S. vermitoxicus
Name

Synandrospadix Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 4: 61. (1883)
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Lilloa Speg., Pl. Nov. Argent. 3: 10 (1897).

References

Engler, H.G.A. 1883. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 4: 61.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Synandrospadix in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Synandrospadix. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 21 2014.
Tropicos.org 2014. Synandrospadix. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 21.

Synandrospadix is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The single species making up the genus is Synandrospadix vermitoxicus. It is found in Peru, Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia. The inflorescence has an unpleasant smell with a spathe whose inner surface is purple with brownish-green warts and a smooth green outer surface. The spadix is egg shaped, red, and has spiked male flowers protruding from it.

Uses

The Indigenous Enxet people of the Paraguayan Gran Chaco traditionally consume the roots of Synandrospadix (yátapomxet in Enxet), which are gathered in the wild.[2]
References

Fitch - Curtis's Botanical Magazine v.118 ser. 3:v.48 (1892)

Aníbal López Ramírez (1997) Aptáxessama egmók apwanyam apwesey Leon Chávez. Tierraviva. Asunción, Paraguay.

Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.