Araceae
Theriophonum

Theriophonum minutum (Willd.) Baill.

First published in Hist. Pl. 13: 457 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India, Sri Lanka. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

India, Sri Lanka

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

  • (2023). https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcrbp.2023.1006.002. epublication.
  • Sharief, M.U. (ed.) (2024). Flora of India 28: 1-764. Botanical Survey of India.

Kew Plants for Health

  • "World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)"

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 1980 Chattarjee, B. [5244] India K000499279 Lectotype Yes
Aug 1, 1980 Wight, R. [n.s.] India K000499278 Type Yes
Aug 1, 1980 s.coll. [n.s.] K000499277 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 1, 1980 C.V. [3666] Sri Lanka K000499272 Type Yes
Aug 1, 1980 C.V. [3666] Sri Lanka K000499273 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mooney, H.F. [3608] India K002824105 Yes
Barnes, E. [TM23(b)] India K002824100 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002824096 Yes
Davidse, G.; Sumithraarachchi, D.B. [8982] Sri Lanka K002824117 Yes
Bourne [305[4]] India K002824120 Yes
Bourne [s.n.] India K002824119 Yes
Barnes, E. [TM23(c)] India K002824102 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [3974] India K002824109 Yes
Barnes, E. [700] India K002824101 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [3551] India K002824106 Yes
Bourne [[3054]] India K002824118 Yes
Barnes, E. [698] India K002824097 Yes
Balasubramanian [2047] Sri Lanka K002824116 Yes
Abraham, A. [3127] India K002824107 Yes
Matthew, K.M.; Britto, S.J. [RHT 28721] India K002824114 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] India K002824104 Yes
Barnes, E. [699] India K002824098 Yes
Barnes, E. [1444] India K002824103 Yes
Barnes [698] K:SPC-58090.000 No
Barnes, E. [s.n.] India K002824112 Yes
C.V. [3666] Sri Lanka K000499274 Type Yes
Mooney, H.F. [3963] India K002824110 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [3963] India K002824111 Yes
Barnes, E. [s.n.] India K002824113 Yes
Barnes, E. [TM23(a)] India K002824099 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002824108 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8934] India Typhonium crenatum K001131874 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8932] India Typhonium minutum K001131871 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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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

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