Typhonodorum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Aroideae
Tribus: Peltandreae
Genus: Typhonodorum
Species: T. lindleyanum
Name

Typhonodorum Schott, 1857

Type Species: Typhonodorum lindleyanum Schott.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Arodendron Werth, Veg. Sansibar: 54 (1901).

References

Schott, H.W., 1857. Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 7: 70

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Typhonodorum in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 05. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Typhonodorum. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 05 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Typhonodorum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 05.
Tropicos.org 2018. Typhonodorum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 05.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Typhonodorum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Typhonodorum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The single species making up this genus is Typhonodorum lindleyanum. The genus is native to Madagascar, the Comores, Zanzibar, Réunion and Mauritius.[1] This genus is believed to be closely related to Peltandra even though Peltandra is only found in North America and there don't appear to exist closely related genera in the African mainland. There isn't fossil evidence to link the two genera so it has been proposed that there once was a genus in Africa from which the two genera had originated. The African mainland genus spread to North America and to Madagascar 50 million years ago before it broke off. Then the African genus became extinct and the North American and Madagascan genera remained.[2]

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.