Araceae
Gorgonidium

Gorgonidium vermicidum (Speg.) Bogner & Nicolson

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 109: 548 (1988)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Bolivia to N. Argentina. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Cabrera; Fabris [17486] Argentina K002945051 Yes
Schinini, A.; Vanni, R. [22478] Argentina K002945048 Yes
Marcato, A.C.; Mello-Silva, R.; Forzza, R.C. [323] Argentina K002945053 Yes
Schinini, A.; Vanni, R. [22478] Argentina K002945049 Yes
Bogner, J. [101] Argentina K:SPC-45269.000 No
Molina, J.A.; Barkley, F.A. [s.n.] Argentina K002945052 Yes
Schinini, A.; Vanni, R. [22478] Argentina K:SPC-64554.000 No
Cabrera, A.L.; Fabris, H.A. [17486] Argentina K002945047 Yes
Marcato, A.C.; Mello-Silva, R.; Forzza, R.C. [323] Argentina K002945054 Yes
Aichinger [2] K:SPC-58933.000 No
Bogner [101] Argentina K002945050 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images