Theriophonum minutum (Willd.) Baill.
First published in Hist. Pl. 13: 457 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & SE. 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
- Arum minutum Willd. in Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 4: 484 (1805)
- Typhonium minutum (Willd.) Schott in Wiener Z. Kunst 3: 72 (1829)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Arum crenatum Wight in Bot. Misc. 2: 100 (1830)
- Theriophonum crenatum (Wight) Blume in Rumphia 1: 128 (1837)
- Theriophonum kleinii Schott in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 8: 2 (1858)
- Theriophonum minutum var. chattarjeei Haines in Bot. Bihar Orissa 5: 864 (1924)
- Theriophonum wightii Schott in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 8: 3 (1858), nom. illeg.
- Theriophonum zeylanicum N.E.Br. in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 1258 (1880)
- Typhonium crenatum (Wight) Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 17 (1832)
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.
- 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.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 1980 | C.V. [3666], Sri Lanka | K000499273 | Yes | ||
| Aug 1, 1980 | Wight, R. [n.s.], Tamil Nadu | K000499278 | Yes | ||
| Aug 1, 1980 | Chattarjee, B. [5244], Orissa | K000499279 | lectotype | Yes | |
| Aug 1, 1980 | s.coll. [n.s.] | K000499277 | Yes | ||
| Aug 1, 1980 | C.V. [3666], Sri Lanka | K000499272 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
| Jan 30, 1929 | Wight, R. [8934], Tamil Nadu | K000499276 | Yes | ||
| Jan 30, 1929 | Wight, R. [8934], Tamil Nadu | K000499275 | Yes | ||
| Barnes [698] | 58090.000 | No | |||
| C.V. [3666], Sri Lanka | K000499274 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 8934], India | Typhonium crenatum | K001131874 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 8932], India | Typhonium minutum | K001131871 | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images