Helicodiceros muscivorus

Helicodiceros muscivorus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Aroideae
Tribus: Areae
Genus: Helicodiceros
Species: Helicodiceros muscivorus

Name

Helicodiceros muscivorus (L.f.) Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 605. 1879.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Arum muscivorum L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 410. 1782.
    • Type: Cultivated plants in the Hortus Upsaliensis. Neotype: “Mallorca: Cap Formentor, entre roquedos/ calcáreos./ 25/4/2003/ Leg. & Det. A. Galán”. (MA 706726; isoneotypes BM, UPS) (designated by Galán de Mera & Castroviejo, Taxon 53(4): 1048. 2004.)
• Homotypic
  • Dracunculus muscivorus (L.f.) Parl., Fl. Ital. 2: 252. 1857.
• Heterotypic
  • Arum crinitum Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 314. 1789.
  • Arum spirale Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 259. 1796, nom. illeg.
  • Dracunculus crinitus Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 17. 1832, nom. illeg.
  • Megotigea crinita Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 64. 1837.
    • Helicodiceros crinitus (Raf.) Schott, Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 3: 369. 1853, nom. illeg.
  • Dracunculus muscivorus var. caprariensis Romo, Fl. Silvestres Baleares: 393. 1994.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares (Mallorca, Menorca, Cabrera), Corse, Sardegna References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2016. Helicodiceros muscivorus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Dec. 31. Reference page. 
• Galán de Mera, A. & Castroviejo, S. 2004. Typification of two Linnaean names in Araceae: Arum proboscideum L. and Arum muscivorum L. f. Taxon 53(4): 1047–1048. DOI: 10.2307/4135572 JSTOR Reference page. 

Vernacular names

català: Rapa mosquera

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