Biarum

Biarum pyrami

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Aroideae
Tribus: Areae
Genus: Biarum
Species: B. aleppicum – B. angustatum – B. auraniticum – B. bovei – B. carduchorum – B. carratracense – B. crispulum – B. davisii – B. dispar – B. ditschianum – B. eximium – B. fraasianum – B. kotschyi – B. marmarisense – B. mendax – B. olivieri – B. pyrami – B. rhopalospadix – B. rifatii – B. straussii – B. syriacum – B. tenuifolium
Nothospecies: B. × cinarense

Name

Biarum Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 17 (1832), nom. cons.

• Type species: Biarum tenuifolium (L.) Schott, Melet. Bot.: 17 (1832).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Homaid Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 470 (1763), nom. rej.
  • Homaida Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 63 (1837), orth. var.
  • Stenurus Salisb., Gen. Pl.: 5 (1866).
  • Homaida Adans. emend. O.Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 742 (1891).
• Heterotypic
  • Biarum sect. Ischarum Blume, Rumphia 1: 114 (1836).
    • Type species: Ischarum bovei Blume (= Biarum bovei (Blume) Schott).
    • Ischarum (Blume) Schott & Kotschy, Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 4: 81 (1854).
  • Cyllenium Schott, Gen. Aroid.: t. 9 (1858).
    • Type species: Cyllenium spruneri (Boiss.) Schott (= Biarum rhopalospadix K.Koch)
  • Leptopetion Schott, Gen. Aroid.: t. 8 (1858).
    • Type species: Leptopetion alexandrinum (Boiss.) Schott (= Biarum olivieri Blume).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Southwestern Europe Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Southeastern Europe Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Yugoslavia. Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Asia-Temperate Western Asia East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schott, H.W. & Endlicher, S.L. 1832. Meletemata Botanica. C. Gerold, Wien. 36 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Boyce, P.C. 2008. A taxonomic revision of Biarum. Araceae. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 25(1): 2–119. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8748.2007.00607.x. PDF. Reference page. 
• Yıldırım, H. & Altıoğlu, Y. 2016. Biarum rifatii (Araceae): Güneybatı Anadolu'dan yeni bir Yılanpancarı (Biarum Schott.) türü (Biarum rifatii (Araceae): a new Biarum Schott species from Southwest Anatolia, Turkey). Bağbahçe Bilim Dergisi 3(2): 12–19. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Biarum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 1. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2014. Biarum. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 12 2014. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2014. Biarum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Nov. 2014.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Biarum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

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