Eminium spiculatum

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. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd 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 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Nov. 6.

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