Sauromatum

Sauromatum venosum as syn. Sauromatum guttatum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Aroideae
Tribus: Areae
Genus: Sauromatum
Species: S. brevipes – S. brevipilosum – S. diversifolium – S. gaoligongense – S. giganteum – S. hirsutum – S. horsfieldii – S. tentaculatum – S. venosum

Name

• Sauromatum Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 17 (1832)
• Lectotype species (designated by Nicholson, Taxon 16: 518. 1967): Sauromatum guttatum (Wall.) Schott, Melet. Bot.: 17. 1832 (currently regarded as synonym of Sauromatum venosum (Dryand. ex Aiton) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 28. 1841.)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Diversiarum J.Murata & Ohi-Toma, Syst. Bot. 36: 254 (2011), comb. inval.
  • Hirsutiarum J.Murata & Ohi-Toma, Syst. Bot. 36: 254 (2011), comb. inval.
  • Pedatyphonium J.Murata & Ohi-Toma, Syst. Bot. 36: 254 (2011), comb. inval.
    

All three combinations are invalid according to ICBN Art. 33.4 (see especially Note 1): pagination of whole publication is cited for replaced name, not merely a page reference to the protologue, as required (Tropicos, 2014).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Sudan. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia. Asia-Temperate Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia, Yemen. China China South-Central, Manchuria, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya. Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sumatera. 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

• Cusimano, N., Barrett, M.D., Hetterscheid, W. & Renner, S.S. 2010. A phylogeny of the Areae (Araceae) implies that Typhonium, Sauromatum, and the Australian species of Typhonium are distinct clades. Taxon 59(2): 439–447. DOI: 10.1002/tax.592009 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Nicolson, D.H. 1967. Selection of Lectotype Species for Genera of the Family Araceae. Taxon 16(6): 514–519. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Sauromatum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2014. Sauromatum. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 12 2014.
• Tropicos.org 2014. Sauromatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Nov. 2014.