Araceae
Theriophonum

Theriophonum dalzellii Schott

First published in Aroideae 1: 15 (1853)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & S. India. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

India

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.
  • Sasikala, K., Vajravelu, E. & Daniel, P. (2019). Fascicles of Flora of India 29: 1-357. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.
  • Sharief, M.U. (ed.) (2024). Flora of India 28: 1-764. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Sivadasan, M., Jaleel, V. A., Alfarhan, A.H. & Lakshminarasimhan, P. (2014). Taxonomic identity of Theriophonum danielii and T. manickamii (Araceae). Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 21: 63-70.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Sharief, M.U. (ed.) (2024). Flora of India 28: 1-764. Botanical Survey of India.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Hooks [s.n.] India K002824081 No
Hooks [s.n.] India K002824079 No
Woodrow, G.M. [s.n.] India K002824083 No
[Shocks] [s.n.] India K002824082 No
Talbot, W.A. [85] India K002824080 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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.
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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 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 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images