family araceae
Noun
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Anthurium;
Calla lily;
Jack-in-the-pulpit;
Philodendron (synset 111799003)is a type of: liliopsid family, monocot family - family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedmember holonym:- aroid, arum - any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe
- genus arum - type genus of the Araceae: tuberous perennial herbs of Europe and Asia with usually heart-shaped leaves
- acorus, genus acorus - sweet flags; sometimes placed in subfamily Acoraceae
- acoraceae, subfamily acoraceae - used in some classifications for the genus Acorus which is usually assigned to Araceae
- aglaonema, genus aglaonema - climbing herbs of southeastern Asia having thick fleshy oblong leaves and naked unisexual flowers: Chinese evergreen
- genus alocasia - tropical Asiatic herbs similar to Colocasia but distinguished by a large sterile spadix
- genus amorphophallus - genus of large tropical east Asian cormous aroids: devil's tongue; snake palm
- genus anthurium - large genus of often epiphytic evergreen tropical American plants often cultivated as houseplants
- arisaema, genus arisaema - tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials
- arisarum, genus arisarum - tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs; mainly Mediterranean area
- genus caladium - small genus of tropical South American tuberous perennials with large variously colored leaves
- calla, genus calla - water arum
- colocasia, genus colocasia - small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia: taro
- genus cryptocoryne - water trumpet; aquatic herbs having broad leaves and long slender spathes; often used as aquarium plants
- dieffenbachia, genus dieffenbachia - evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as houseplants
- genus dracontium - small genus of tropical American cormous herbs
- dracunculus, genus dracunculus - tuberous herbaceous perennials: dragon arum
- epipremnum, genus epipremnum - small genus of evergreen lianas of southeastern Asia to western Pacific areas
- genus lysichiton, genus lysichitum, lysichiton, lysichitum - skunk cabbage
- genus monstera - tropical American climbing plant with deeply incised leaves
- genus nephthytis - small genus of tropical western African creeping or twining herbs
- genus orontium, orontium - one species of aquatic plant: golden club
- genus peltandra, peltandra - small genus of North American marsh or aquatic herbs
- genus philodendron - any of several tropical American climbing plants with smooth shiny evergreen leaves
- genus pistia - one species: water lettuce
- genus pothos, genus scindapsus, scindapsus - evergreen climbers with adhesive adventitious roots; southeastern Asia and Brazil
- genus spathiphyllum - evergreen rhizomatous perennials of tropical America and Philippines and Indonesia
- genus symplocarpus, symplocarpus - one species: skunk cabbage
- genus syngonium, syngonium - epiphytic or terrestrial climbing shrubs of Central and South America; used as ornamental houseplants for their velvety foliage
- genus xanthosoma, xanthosoma - tropical American tuberous perennials
- genus zantedeschia, zantedeschia - calla lily
belongs to: arales, order arales - Araceae; Lemnaceaesame as: araceae, arum family
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