Araceae Juss.

First published in Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 23. 1789 [4 Aug 1789] (1789)
This family is accepted

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

  • Lemnaceae Gray in Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 729. 1822 [10 Jan 1822] (as "Lemnadeae") (1822)nom. cons.

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Croat, T. B. (1978). Flora of Barro Colorado Island. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California.
  • Mayo, S. J. (1985). Araceae. In: R. M. Polhill (ed.). Flora of Tropical East Africa. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
  • Mayo, S. J., Bogner, J. & Boyce, P. C. (1997). The Genera of Araceae. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Nicholson, D. H. (1988). Araceae. In: M. D. Dassanayake & F. R. Fosberg (eds), A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 6: 17–101. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam.

Neotropikey

  • Bown, D. (2000). Aroids. Plants of the Arum family. 2nd edn. 392 pp. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon.
  • Croat, T.B. (1991). A revision of Anthurium section Pachyneurium (Araceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 78(3): 539-855.
  • Croat, T.B. (1997). A revision of Philodendron subgenus Philodendron (Araceae) for Mexico and Central America. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 84: 314-704.
  • Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.C. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae). 560 pp. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens.
  • Haigh, A., Mayo, S.J., Croat, T.B., Clark B.R. (2007). CATE ARACEAE version 0.7. Published on the internet at www.cate-araceae.org on 28 November (2008). Includes interactive keys to genera, and species of Anthurium and Philodendron. International Aroid Society http://www.aroid.org.
  • Landolt, E. (1986). The family of Lemnaceae: a monographic study (vol. 1). Ver. Geobot. Inst. E.T.H., Stiftung Rübel 71: 1-566.
  • Mayo, S. J., Bogner, J. & Boyce, P.C. (1997). The Genera of Araceae. xii, 370 pp., Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens.

CATE Araceae

  • Mayo, S.J., Bogner, J. & Boyce, P.C. 1997. The genera of Araceae. 370 pp.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • A. Haigh and P.C. Boyce (2012). in J. R. Timberlake, E. S. Martins (eds). Flora Zambesiaca, Vol 12 (part 1) Araceae. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Bown, D. (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. 2nd edition. Timber Press, Portland.
  • Li, H. & Boyce, P. C. (2010). Remusatia (Araceae). Flora of China 23: 3–79. Science Press, Beijing; Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Mayo, S. J., Bogner, J. & Boyce, P. C. (1997). The genera of Araceae. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Thompson, S. A. (2000). Araceae. In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America 22. Oxford University Press, New York & Oxford.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • CATE Araceae

    • Haigh, A., Clark, B., Reynolds, L., Mayo, S.J., Croat, T.B., Lay, L., Boyce, P.C., Mora, M., Bogner, J., Sellaro, M., Wong, S.Y., Kostelac, C., Grayum, M.H., Keating, R.C., Ruckert, G., Naylor, M.F. and Hay, A., CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
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  • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook
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  • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0